Loraine Wong
Loraine’s research explores colour as a visual language and cultural lens in Hong Kong’s graphic practices between 1945 and 1985. In the pre-digital era, the use of colour was shaped by printing technologies, production conditions, and economic considerations, influencing how visual messages were constructed and perceived in everyday life.
Loraine’s research explores colour as a visual language and cultural lens in Hong Kong’s graphic practices between 1945 and 1985. In the pre-digital era, the use of colour was shaped by printing technologies, production conditions, and economic considerations, influencing how visual messages were constructed and perceived in everyday life.
Through the study of printed matter and graphic artefacts preserved in the archive, the project examines how colour functioned beyond decoration, operating as a communicative tool that mediated cultural meanings, social values, and commercial intentions. Particular attention is given to how colour choices responded to technical constraints and economic considerations, while still achieving visual richness and promotional effectiveness.
Drawing on Loraine’s background in printmaking and curatorial practice, the research positions colour as a lens through which to interpret the relationship between material processes, visual expression, and cultural context in post-war Hong Kong’s graphic design history, while contributing new interpretive frameworks for understanding Hong Kong’s graphic design heritage.
- 2026
- Fellow: Loraine Wong
Loraine Wong is a Hong Kong–based curator, art and cultural practitioner, researcher, and designer working at the intersection of design, printing heritage, and craft practice. With a background in visual communication and printmaking, she explores the tacit knowledge and intrinsic values embedded in heritage media and their contemporary cultural relevance.
She holds an MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (Distinction) from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her practice-led research examines how embodied skills, material processes, and heritage knowledge can be reactivated to support sustainable cultural development and public engagement.
Loraine has worked across exhibition curation, research, design, and education, collaborating closely with artists, designers, and cultural institutions to translate heritage practices into meaningful contemporary narratives that connect history, practice, and society.