While formally trained as an industrial designer in Singapore, Kevin is essentially an inquisitive creative. To gain an alternative perspective, he pursued the MA,MSc Innovation Design Engineering programme at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College in London.
After a successful launch on Kickstarter in 2017, Kevin co-founded VOORT studio, a watch collective that crafts minimalistic, experimental timepieces. He has also worked at Deloitte Digital, Tokyo Design Lab, Keio-NUS CUTE Centre, Lanzavecchia + Wai consultancy studio, studio juju and currently serves as an senior industrial designer for Dyson. He has also been a design associate for the Design Singapore Council since 2018. As a freelance industrial designer, Kevin has well over 8 years of experience under his belt. His passion to educate led him to take on the roles of Visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art, Part-time tutor at National University of Singapore, Senior tutor at LAC Studio in Shanghai and Creator-In-Residence for the Hong Kong Design Institute.
His work has been featured in Archpaper, Channel News Asia, CNN Style, Core77, Dezeen, iF World Design Guide, Index Project, James Dyson Award, Dyson On Magazine, Reuters, The Financial Times, Wallpaper* and Yanko Design. His work has been presented at the Stanford Center on Longevity Design Conference, The Artling Collectible Design Showcase, Reciprocity Design Liege - Handle With Care, Dubai Design Week and has been invited to exhibit at the 2020 Ventura Future Design Showcase in Milan, Italy.
Kevin has won various international awards, most notably the James Dyson Award (National Winner, Singapore and International Finalist) in 2018, second place for the Europe Prize Trophy Design Competition in 2019 and first place for the 2020 KI Award, presented by KI Europe.