Staff Profiles

Education

MA (Visual Arts) , The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia , .
BA (Visual Art) , The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia , .
GradDip (Professional Art Studies) , The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia , .

Areas of Expertise

Cultural History of the East Asian Book and Printing; Design in the Context of National Experience; Graphic Systems for Envisioning Information: History and Practice of Graphic Design; Online Collaboration in Design Learning and Teaching; Socio-Graphic Analysis of HIV/AIDS campaigns in Australia and South East Asia; Iconography, Symbolism and Visual Culture in East Asia.

Teaching Areas

Graphics and Contemporary Society; Graphic Investigation in Books and Prints; History and Practice of Graphic Design; Information Design. Courses taught: GEND0201; COFA0201; GEND4205

Research Supervision

Degree:	Project:	Status:
MDesHons		Current

Current Research Activity

Leong Chan is one of the founding research directors of the Australian Socio-Graphic AIDS Project (AGAP) and the South East Asian Socio-Graphic AIDS Project (SEAGAP). Both projects investigate the differing roles of governments and community organisations as influential factors in the design of graphic representations that characterise HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns used in Australia and South East Asia.

Leong has also established the Design Asia Project (DAP) which investigates the history of printing and visual culture in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. DAP focuses on identity, modernity and national experience as determining factors in the graphic communication of the Chinese diaspora from the region.

He is also joint chief investigator in the Omnium project which tests online modes of interaction (physical) and collaboration (social) for visual communication designers.

Leong is currently completing his PhD thesis, Envisioning the Nation: Representing Ideology and Identity in Singapore, 1965-2003, for submission to the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, UTS.

Publications

Books

Chan, L. K. (eds). , 2001 , HIV/AIDS Imaginaries: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand , Sydney , University of Technology .

Chan, L. K. (eds). , 2000 , Visualising AIDS: Images in Art and Design , Sydney , University of New South Wales .

Chan, L. K. (eds). , 1999 , Gay, Lesbian and Queer Studies in Australia , Sydney , University of Sydney .

Book Chapters

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2005 (in press)). Australia responds to AIDS: A socio-graphic analysis of HIV/AIDS campaigns. Mind the Map: Design History and Design Studies. ( - ). Istanbul, Istanbul Technology University.

Bennett, R. Chan, L. K. Polaine, A. (2005). The Future has already happened: Dispelling some myths of online education. New Policies, New Opportunities. ( - ). Canberra , Australian National University.

Bennett, R. Blackmore, M. Chan, L. K. McIntyre, S. Polaine, A. (2005). Improving accessibility, engagement and experience for postgraduate (coursework) students in art and design through the provision of a course-specific online information literacy assistant. The Postgraduate Coursework Experience: Meeting the Challenges . ( - ). Sydney, UNSW.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2005). Interpreting Graphic Design: Cultural Imaginaries and Social Productions. Future Ground. Volume 2: Proceedings (CD-ROM). ( - ). Melbourne, Monash University.

Chan, L. K. (2005). Visualising multi-racialism in Singapore: Graphic design as a tool for ideology and policy in nation building. New Views: Repositioning Graphic Design History. ( - ). London, University of the Arts (forthcoming).

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2005). South-East Asian HIV/AIDS: Dangerous Bodies and Public Moralities. No Name Fever: AIDS in the Age of Globalization. (117 - 146). Gothenburg, Sweden, University of Goteborg/Studentlitteratur.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2004). Graphics/Messages/Texts: Cultural Productions of HIV/AIDS Knowledges. AIDS: Social and Economic Issues. (123 - 127). Bologna, Italy, Medimond SRL.

Chan, L. K. (2003). The Iconography of Belonging: (Re)presenting Identity in Singapore. Future Work 2: Intercultural Design. (41 - 48). Dornbirn, Austria, Fachhochschule Vorarlberg.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2001). Textual and Visual Imaginaries: Cultural Productions of HIV/AIDS in South-East Asia. HIV/AIDS Imaginaries: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. (6 - 36). Sydney, University of Technology.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2001). Rubber Love: HIV/AIDS in South-East Asia. HIV/AIDS Imaginaries: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. (4 - 5). Sydney, University of Technology.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2001). HIV/AIDS in Chinese-Australian Communities. HIV/AIDS in Chinese Communities - Threats and Opportunities in the New Millennium. ( - ). Hong Kong AIDS Foundation, Hong Kong.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Language, Identity and Representation: HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Social Science: Rights, Politics, Commitment and Action (Vol. 2). (89 - 95). Bologna, Italy, Monduzzi Editore.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Images and Messages: Community Participation in the Design of HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns. Collaborative Design. (7 - 12). Coventry, England, Coventry University.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Cultural Resistance to HIV/AIDS: Chinese-Australian Communities in Sydney, 1991-1999. Community Resistance to HIV/AIDS Interventions in Chinese Communities. (24 - 41). Hong Kong, Hong Kong AIDS Foundation.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Representing AIDS. Visualising AIDS: Images in Art and Design . (29 - 43). Sydney, University of New South Wales.

Chan, L. K. (2000). Representing the Nation: Multi-Racialism as Ideology; Images and Messages: Community Participation in the Design of HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns. Collaborative Design. ( - ). Coventry, England, Coventry University.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (1999). Differences and Diversities: HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns in Australia. Design Cultures (Vol. 1). (172 - 195). Sheffield/Salford, England, Sheffield/Salford: University of Sheffield Hallam, and the University of Salford.

Chan, L. K. , . (1999). Cultural Context and Graphic Design of the 'Chinese' Communities in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Useful and Critical: The Position of Research in Design. ( - ). Helsinki, University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH).

Chan, L. K. (1999). Culture, Ideology and Visual Communication in Singapore: The 'Speak Mandarin' Campaigns. Design Cultures (Vol. 1). (150 - 171). Sheffield/Salford, England, Sheffield/Salford: University of Sheffield Hallam, and the University of Salford.

Published Articles

Chan, L. K. (2005). Tempting Browsers: Designing Multimodal HIV/AIDS Strategies. Journal of the Asian Design International Conference (CD-ROM), (Vol. 1). ( - ).

Chan, L. K. (2003). User-centred Design and the Graphic Representation of HIV/AIDS in Public Health Campaigns. Journal of the Asian Design International Conference (CD-ROM), (Vol. 1 ). ( - ).

Chan, L. K. (2003). Visualising Local Identities: Post-war Graphic Design in Singapore. Journal of the Asian Design International Conference (CD-ROM), (Vol. 1). ( - ).

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Visibility/Invisibility: Imaging AIDS in South East Asia. National AIDS Bulletin, (13 (4), April-May). (8 - 12).

Chan, L. K. (1999). Communication, National Identity and Cultural Identity in Singapore: Graphic Responses to the 'Speak Mandarin' Campaigns. The Design Journal, (2 (1)). (24 - 38).

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2005, Love Gloves: Australian HIV/AIDS Campaigns 1985-2004 (with R. Donovan). Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Kobe, Japan.

2004, Bulletproof Vests 1: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. HIV/AIDS Campaigns 1992-2001. (with R. Donovan). XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok.

2004, Condom Cultures 2: Australian HIV/AIDS Campaigns, The Second Decade 1995-2004 (with R. Donovan). HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases (HHARD) Social Research Conference/National HIV Educators' Conference, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

2002, Condom Cultures 1: Australian HIV/AIDS Campaigns, The First Decade 1985-1994. (with R. Donovan). HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases (HHARD) Social Research Conference/National HIV Educators’ Conference, University of New South Wales.

2002, . Bodies Positive: Australian HIV/AIDS Campaigns 1985-1999 (with R. Donovan). Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

2001, Rubber Love II: Language and Representations. HIV/AIDS in South-East Asia. (with R. Donovan). Sixth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Melbourne.

2001, Rubber Love I: Language and Representations. HIV/AIDS in South-East Asia. (with R. Donovan). UTS Gallery, University of Technology, Sydney.

2000, Visualising AIDS: Images in Art and Design. (with R. Donovan). Ivan Dougherty Gallery, . University of New South Wales.

Conference Papers

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2005 ). Tempting Browsers: Designing Multimodal HIV/AIDS Strategies. International Design Congress (IASDR), November, (, Douliu, Taiwan.

Chan , L. K. (2005). Visualising Multi-racialism in Singapore: Graphic design as a tool for ideology and policy in nation building. New Views: Repositioning Graphic Design History Conference (October), (, London, UK.

Chan , L. K. (2005). Representing Chineseness: The Graphic Construction of Culture, Place and Race in Singapore. "Locating Design", The Design History Society Annual Conference (September), (The Design History Society, London, UK.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2004). Interpreting Graphic Design: Cultural Imaginaries and Social Productions. Design Research Society Future Ground International Design Conference, (Design Research Society, Melbourne.

Bennett, R. Chan , L. K. Polaine, A. (2004). The future has already happened: Dispelling some myths of online education. ACUADS Annual Conference, ANU (September), (, Canberra.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2003). Expose the Myth: Visual Ambiguity and the Design of HIV/AIDS Campaign Messages. 6th Asian Design International Conference (October), (, Tsukuba, Japan.

Chan , L. K. (2003). Visualising Local Identities: Post-war Graphic Design in Singapore. 6th Asian Design International Conference, (, Tsukuba, Japan.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2003). Materiality and Visibility: Australian Socio-Graphic HIV/AIDS Designs 1983-2003. 2byTwo: Growing a Community of Design Practice / Preparing for the Future of Knowledge Presentation Conference (May), (, Chicago, USA.

Donovan, R. Chan , L. K. (2002). Australia Responds to AIDS: A Socio-Graphic History of HIV/AIDS Campaigns. Mind the Map: Design History Beyond Borders, Third International Conference on Design History and Design Studies (July) , (, Istanbul, Turkey.

Chan , L. K. (2002). Singaporean Identity: National Experience and Ideology in Graphic Communication. Mind the Map: Design History Beyond Borders, Third International Conference on Design History and Design Studies (July), (, Istanbul, Turkey.

Chan , L. K. (2002). Graphic Communication in A Multi-racial Society (Keynote Speaker). Intercultural Design Conference (September), (University for Applied Science, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2001). Cross-Cultural Collaboration in HIV/AIDS Prevention. Sixth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (October); Invited Regional Representatives (Australia), Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Official Satellite Symposium, (, Melbourne.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Images and Messages: Community Participation in the Design of HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns. CoDesigning 2000 International Conference of the Design Research Society (September), (, Coventry University, England.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). HIV/AIDS in Chinese-Australian Communities: Threats and Opportunities in the New Millennium. Thirteenth International AIDS Conference, (July). Invited Regional Representatives (Australia), Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Official Satellite Symposium, (, Durban, South Africa .

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Language, Identity and Representation: HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Thirteenth International AIDS Conference (July), (, Durban, South Africa.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (2000). Multicultural HIV/AIDS Strategies: A Sydney Case-Study. Invited Panelists, Community Health Conference (July), (National Health Education Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore.

Chan , L. K. (2000). Representing the Nation: Multi-Racialism as Ideology. CoDesigning 2000 International Conference of the Design Research Society (September), (, Coventry University, England.

Chan , L. K. (2000). Nation Before the Community Before the Individual: Negotiating Graphic Spaces in Singapore (August). Design and Asia Conference, (, University of Technology, Sydney.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (1999). Selling Safer Sex Safely: Cultural Diversities and Practical Designs. Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (October), (, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (1999). Orogential Sex: Anatomy of an Australian Campaign. Fifth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (October), (, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (1999). Community Resistance to HIV/AIDS: Interventions in Chinese Communities. Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (October). Invited Regional Representatives (Australia), Hong Kong AIDS Foundation Official Satellite Symposium, (, .

Chan , L. K. Donovan, R. (1999). Differences and Diversities: HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns in Australia. European Academy of Design Third International Design Cultures Conference, (, Sheffield Hallam University, England.

Chan , L. K. (1999). Cultural Context and Graphic Design of the ‘Chinese’ Communities in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Useful and Critical: The Position of Research in Design Conference (September), (, University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, Finland.

Chan , L. K. (1999). Chinese Identity in Contemporary Graphic Design: Hong Kong and Singapore. Ninth International Conference of the Asia Pacific Confederation for Arts Education (July), (La Salle SIA College of the Arts/Asia Pacific Confederation for Arts Education, Singapore.

Chan , L. K. (1999). Culture, Ideology and Visual Communication in Singapore: The ‘Speak Mandarin’ Campaigns. European Academy of Design Third International Design Cultures Conference (March-April), (, Sheffield Hallam University, England.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (1998). Australian Graphic AIDS Project. Australian Federation of AIDS Organisation and Gay/Positive Educator's Conference (October), (, University of New South Wales.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (1997). Shadows and Silhouettes: Recent South-East Asian HIV/AIDS Campaigns. Re-Activate Conference, (, University of Sydney, Sydney.

Chan, L. K. Donovan, R. (1997). Strategies on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention in the Chinese Community: Australia. , (, .

Grants

Australian Research Council Discovery Project, A Design History of Australian HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns 1983-2004 (Chief Investigators: Leong K. Chan, UNSW and Raymond Donovan, University of Newcastle). (2003-2006), DP0344814.

Australian Research Council Discovery Project, The Omnium Project: Formalising a System and Approach for Online Collaborative Design (OCD) in Visual Communication. Chief Investigators: Rick Bennett and Leong K. Chan, UNSW. (2004-2006), DP0556787.

Anthony Mason Fellowship, Design Communication and HIV/AIDS Intervention. (Chief Investigator: Leong K. Chan (UNSW), Collaborating investigator: Professor Shui Shan Lee, Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Chinese University of Hong Kong). (2006), .

UNSW Faculty Research Grant, Graphic Representation and Southeast Asian HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns, 1990-2004. (Chief Investigator: Leong K. Chan, UNSW, Associate Investigator: Raymond Donovan, University of Newcastle). (2005), .

Professional Associations

Australian Graphic Designers Association (AGDA)

Design History Society (UK)

East Asian Library Research Group (EALRG), Australia

Global Chinese AIDS Network (GCAN), Hong Kong

International Institute of Information Design (IIID), Austria

The Asian Arts Society of Australia (TAASA)

AIDS Action Council of the ACT (Canberra)

AIDS Council of NSW (ACON)

Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO)

Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Service, Sydney

National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR)

NSW Department of Health

Queensland Department of Health

Queensland AIDS Council

Victorian AIDS Council / Gay Mens Health Centre (VAC/GMHC)

VicHealth

Action for AIDS, Singapore

AIDS Concern, Hong Kong

AIDS Research Centre, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei

Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Department of Health, Hong Kong

Hong Kong AIDS Foundation

Malaysian AIDS Council

Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Ministry of Health, Singapore

Ministry of Health, Thailand

UNAIDS Red Ribbon Centre, Hong Kong