Keat Ong graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honors) from the Curtin University of Technology (Australia) and was invited into the Golden Key Honor Society for his achievement as one of the country’s top scorers. He is the current president of Society of Interior Designers, Singapore (SIDS), and the Founder of Nota Design Group as well as Keat Ong Design, which specialize in interior design and architectural design consultation. He is also the Lead Design Consultant of a listed company in China, Hunan Huakai Creative.
As a multi-awards winning designer, Keat has been named one of Asia’s Top Designers in Singapore Design Awards 2014 and as Designers of the Year 2016/2017 from the famed INTERIOR DESIGN Magazine. Due to his contributions and influence in the Asian design industry, Keat was awarded “The Influencer Award” at Maison Shanghai twice in 2017 and 2018. He was also subsequently honored with the title of “The Most Influential Designer” by China’s national body for Interior design, China Building Decoration Association in the 2017 3rd Circlerider Award. Keat is also no stranger to media exposure as he has appeared in more than 7 local and international magazine covers so far. Keat is also the first foreigner in China to become the Lifetime Honorary President for two of China’s provincial level industry bodies, namely the Yunnan Interior Design Industry Association in 2014 as well as the Shandong Interior Design Industry Association in 2019.
Some of his notable projects include Changsha Museum (24,000 sqm), Changsha Library (31,300 sqm), Dong Ting Lake Exhibition Centre (40,000 sqm), Longping Rice Museum (18,000 sqm), Lion’s Den Hotel in Pingjiang, and a number of important product experience centers. Keat has also ventured into digital art as well as product and furniture design since 2010.