Min Kong

Senior Industrial Design Lead
Caon Design Office

PRODUCT DESIGN JUROR

Min Kong is an industrial designer with an expansive portfolio of high-profile projects spanning the medical, consumer, transportation, and experience design sectors. Recognised for her design integrity and refined form language, her work is defined by an innovative approach to physical product design that elevates the end-user experience and resonates with the context, with a focus on shaping a better tomorrow. Min’s work has been recognised by multiple prestigious awards, including the Australian Good Design Awards and the Red Dot Award.

Min currently leads the industrial design of aircraft programs for Qantas Airways at Caon Design Office, including the flagship Project Sunrise A350 fleet. Previously, she enjoyed over a decade-long successful career at Blue Sky Design Group and played a key role in the design and development of The Oracle Jet at Breville. In 2020, she founded Mink Design Studio to collaborate with multidisciplinary creatives on future-forward design projects.

She holds an Honours degree in Industrial Design from the University of New South Wales, where she has taught in the Industrial Design program since 2014. Min is actively engaged in the Australian design community and has contributed as a speaker at various design forums and as a jury member for both national and international design awards.