Melissa Chan
Melissa Chan

Melissa is a Cantonese1–Malaysian graphic designer. Early in her career, as a self-taught designer she gained experience working across multiple design fields (branding, web, publishing, industrial design.) Following in which she co-led a small design outfit focused on visual identities and environmental graphics. After, (and since then) she has been freelancing as an independent designer. In between, she went on to earn a BDes in Graphic Design from the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), Den Haag.

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Currently navigating a war-life balance in Kyiv, by way of Amsterdam › Zandvoort › Maastricht (seeked refuge), Den Haag (studied), and Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya (born & raised.) Raised bilingual2 amidst a backdrop of Letrasets and Prismacolor markers, in a multi-cultural setting. Her favourite pastimes include browsing supermarkets 🛒 and occasionally drawing 🖍️

1 with mixed Hokkien/Teochew roots
2 Her first language is English.
 Advanced Malay. 
Basic spoken Cantonese.
 German (A1), Dutch (A1.1), 
and can read Cyrillic.

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     2024 — 2010
next to her own clients, collaborated on projects with Grilli Type/Kiosk, Grab, Edelman KL, KABK Den Haag,      2013 — 2015
bachelor’s degree in graphic design at KABK, Den Haag in the Netherlands.

     2010 — 2008
co-founded Kraftgrafik, a small design outfit specialising in visual identities and environmental graphics.

     2008 — 2006
honed presentation deck expert skills/graphic designer at FITCH (now Landor.)

between 2006 — 2003, she left art school earlier than her peers and gained apprenticeship as a designer at Voonwong&bensonsaw (industrial design), KLue (publishing), and Integricity Tech (web.)

Melissa is a Cantonese1–Malaysian graphic designer. Early in her career, as a self-taught designer she gained experience working across multiple design fields (branding, web, publishing, industrial design.) Following in which she co-led a small design outfit focused on visual identities and environmental graphics. After, (and since then) she has been freelancing as an independent designer. In between, she went on to earn a BDes in Graphic Design from the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), Den Haag.

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Currently navigating a war-life balance in Kyiv, by way of Amsterdam › Zandvoort › Maastricht (seeked refuge), Den Haag (studied), and Kuala Lumpur & Petaling Jaya (born & raised.) Raised bilingual2 amidst a backdrop of Letrasets and Prismacolor markers, in a multi-cultural setting. Her favourite pastimes include browsing supermarkets 🛒 and occasionally drawing 🖍️

1 with mixed Hokkien/Teochew roots
2 Her first language is English.
 Advanced Malay. 
Basic spoken Cantonese.
 German (A1), Dutch (A1.1), 
and can read Cyrillic.

📄 view cv

     2024 — 2010
next to her own clients, collaborated on projects with Grilli Type/Kiosk, Grab, Edelman KL, KABK Den Haag,      2013 — 2015
bachelor’s degree in graphic design at KABK, Den Haag in the Netherlands.

     2010 — 2008
co-founded Kraftgrafik, a small design outfit specialising in visual identities and environmental graphics.

     2008 — 2006
honed presentation deck expert skills/graphic designer at FITCH (now Landor.)

between 2006 — 2003, she left art school earlier than her peers and gained apprenticeship as a designer at Voonwong&bensonsaw (industrial design), KLue (publishing), and Integricity Tech (web.)