Zi Yong “Zed” Ng
Designer/B.Des Student
Victoria University of Wellington
Zi Yong Ng, or Zed, is a Singapore-born New Zealand-based multimedia designer that is currently in his final year of study in the Bachelor of Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington. Zed’s area of interest focuses on the integration of art, design, science and technology in outputs such as multimedia installations and digitally created designs. As part of the VUW’s Summer Research Programme, Zed conducted background research into relevant LASG projects, animated printed forms and soft robotics. Zed has also created prototypes to demonstrate power, communication and microprocessor control and scoping actuation methods suitable for 4D printed kinetic structures.