Student Stories

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PolyU Outstanding Student 2024 GONG Yanni Coco shares her dual aspirations as a builder and a creator

Coco Gong, named the PolyU Outstanding Student of School of Design for 2024, shared how PolyU’s Environment and Interior Design programme has nurtured her critical thinking and human-centered design approach, broadening her perspective on ‘interior’ from micro-scale structures to environmental relationships. Join us to explore her inspiring journey and the passion behind her success.

An interview with Outstanding Student Award 2023 winner KWOK Hoi Yan Zoe

It is our greatest pleasure to announce that Miss KWOK Hoi Yan Zoe from our BA(Hons) in Communication Design programme has been selected as a PolyU Outstanding Student for 2023. She is one of 28 winners from different departments, faculties and schools at PolyU. We had an opportunity to interview Zoe to learn about her personal growth story. Let’s dive into her extraordinary journey and discover the secrets behind her exceptional achievements.

The Student Story: A Global Conversation with Thomas Marinari Acciani

In the latest interview of ‘The Student Story’, we sat down with Thomas Marinari Acciani — An Italian product design student that travels to Mainland China regularly since young, for a rapid-fire chat. Despite the conversation quickly taking a brief detour bantering about local pizzerias, we learnt more about his story and how he is enjoying life in this vibrant city. Buona Lettura (Happy reading)!

PolyU Design is full of talented people: Valerie Wong reflects on PolyU Summer Institute 2023

The PolyU Summer Institute 2023 — Residential Camp went by quickly and one of our student ambassadors, Valerie Wong of Foundation Year spent some time to reflect on the cherished moments of the experience.

4 Questions with Li Zihan: my 4 years at PolyU Design and next

Li Zihan, a Year-4 product design student and the awardee of PolyU’s Outstanding Student Award 2022 for his excellent academic performance at PolyU Design. After finishing high school in mainland China, he decided to begin his journey to become a designer in Hong Kong. We had a chat with him to peek into a PolyU design student’s study life. Follow through our chat and see if PolyU Design is your next destination.

Grace Moon’s PolyU Delegation Trip to South Korea

Grace Daeun Moon, a Year 3 Communication Design student from PolyU Design had the chance to accompany the university’s senior management in a visit to South Korea last month, taking up the role of the sole student ambassador. She sat down with us for a chat right after the trip, sharing the details of this eye-opening journey.

Intern experiences

Throughout the years, students have gone out into the world to gain professional and practical experience through internships, in preparation to become young designers after graduation. Here, you’ll find some of our students’ stories and experiences of internship.

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