Khai liew biography of michael

Awarded the South Australian of the Year Arts Award by the Government of South Australia in and inducted into the Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame in , Liew received the Design Institute of Australia’s “Design Icon” Award in and was recognized as a Design Luminary in at the INDE awards in Singapore.

Liew elevated furniture design to a high art in Australia and beyond. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Internationally, his work is included at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London); the Design Museum (London); the Triennale De Milan; and the Osaka, Tokyo, Dubai, Sydney, Vienna and Yokohama Louis Vuitton stores as part of the brand’s in-house collection.

Born in Malaysia in , Liew migrated to Australia in After studying economics at Flinders University, he followed his passion and quickl