Hao Wei (Howard) Tu is a PhD candidate in Design at Swinburne University of Technology, working in collaboration with Design Factory Melbourne and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). In parallel, he is a Senior Graphic Designer at Melbourne studio D&D Creative, where he has led major rebrand projects across the CBD, including MidCity Centre and Downtown Grocery.

In 2025, Hao Wei served as a juror for the Design Institute of Australia’s Graduate of the Year Awards and was a finalist for Emerging Designer of the Year at the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Awards. He specialises in brand strategy, visual storytelling and identity systems for both commercial and cultural clients, balancing aesthetics with strategic communication. His cross-cultural design perspective, shaped between Taiwan and Australia, brings a distinctive global sensibility to his projects.

Hao Wei made history as the first designer from Taiwan and East Asia to receive The One Club’s Young Ones Portfolio Award in New York. His work has earned multiple international honours, including five Red Dot Communication Design Awards (including Best of the Best), a Gold Award at Design for Asia, Silver, Bronze and Merit awards from The One Club ADC, the Grand Prize at the AIGA 365 Design Awards, shortlist recognition at D&AD, and Excellent Awards across Communication Arts design and typography competitions. His work has been featured multiple times in Communication Arts Magazine and has been exhibited internationally in Taiwan, Macau, Germany, Japan, and Poland. He was also responsible for the exhibition identity for D&AD in Taiwan in both 2021 and 2023.

More recently, his portfolio has been recognised at the Taiwan International Graphic Design Awards (TiGDA), shortlisted in Communication Arts Design (2025), and selected for the Golden Bee Global Biennale.