Occupation

  • 2010 - now: Independent consultant/advisor/trainer in image solution for VTVs, VTC-Intecom, VinEdu/Motion/Retail, TienphongBank, Hyperlogy, Niteco, Victorymedia, ...
  • 2010 - now: Assuming the title of Academic Head at FPT-Arena
  • 2012: Guest lecturer at the London College for Fashion Studies and Keuka Program - ISVNU;
  • 2008 - 2010: Founding lecturer at Omega - the first experimental school for design in Hanoi;
  • 2003 - 2005: Graphic designer at CDT, HGK, i-Pro. Clients served: Sofitel Metropole Hanoi, Melia, Sheraton, Horizon (Swiss Bell), Liberty Mutual, Path-VN, EU-VN, HaiLong Junk, Lexim, ...
  • 2000 - 2004: Lecturer of academic drawing and visual theory at 360° fine arts studio.

Logo & branding

  • One of very few designers who directs logo design at both best cost saving in production/application and catching customers at highest effectiveness based on modern material visual method.
  • Prioritize the importance of key visual systematically, which helps strongly recognizing the brand even without the logo.
  • Extensive art/culture foundation is a big advantage in high-class and not-easy-to-do logos.

Arts & Design

  • 2014 - 2018: Top 1¼ badges and top 5% most viewed portfolios on CGSociety - one of the most professional world-class computer art communities;
  • 2014: Winner in Graphics and Visual Communication Design Category - "A Prime" International Design Award - Como Italy;
  • 2013: 3rd prize in Train Your Brain - the global contest in computer art hosted by The Art Department - USA and Deviantart.com - the largest online art community worldwide;
  • 2011: Illustrations for the fairy tale "Tu Thuc" featured at the mentioned renowned page Deviantart.com;
  • 2010: Awarded for "Book cover set of the year" by Nha Nam publishing house;
  • 2009: Advisor in anatomy and environment drawing for "Gray matter" - an Euro point-and-click game developed by Wizarbox and published by DTP entertainment (partly produced at Phoenix - Hanoi based);
  • 2009: "Unreal 99.9%" and "Nho" - 2 group exhibitions in digital painting - HCM City;
  • 2008: The matte-painting artwork "Ha Long bay" featured on Zidean - the largest online art community in Vietnam then;
  • 2004: In team with 2 artists Nguyen Ngoc Quan & Ha Lien Hoang to draw portrait for nearly 200 guests in one single evening - live performance at Honda's event "Hello Vietnam";

Tutoring & being Academic head

  • 2010 - 2013: Promoted famous artists/lecturers from Europe and America to bring their workshops in calligraphy, artbook, "game jam", design thinking, ... to local creative community.
  • 2006 - 2012: Lead FPT-Arena's annual creative exhibition "Just do it". The 6 seasons has discovered and brought many young talents into spot light for the first time;
  • 2009 - 2011: Working as assistant teacher for the renowned expert Richard Moore (who first brought & promoted "marketing design" into Vietnam) at Gologo - the very first professional logo courses then.

Typography

  • 2004: "CHU" - The first private conceptual typography exhibition in Hanoi, including 24 artworks.
  • 2010 - 2015: Hosted more than 20 courses, workshops and talks about typography in Hanoi and HCM city;
  • 2013: "Typeace"- 4 experimental typography workshops hold for students with designer Pham Dam Ca. Collected artworks were exhibited at Manzi art space - Hanoi;
  • 2013: "Unlimited Letters" - group exhibition at "Zone 9 district" - modern art complex in Hanoi;