Interview with Jonathan Wong

Jonathan Wong is a twenty years young designer from Ireland. Born and raised in Limerick he is currently in his third year studying Visual Communications in the Limerick School of Art and Design.

ELATE*: In which cities have you already lived (and where do you want to go)?
Currently living in Dublin for the month of March on work placement. I really enjoy Limerick though, it’s got a great music scene and the art scene is really growing too. Other places I like would be London and Hong Kong. They are amazing places.

ELATE*: What did you want to be when you were a child?
A professional footballer! Haha, now I just want to do something I love and make a comfortable living for myself doing it.

ELATE*: Where do you take your inspiration from?
Everything around me. From random chats to music. That’s the beauty of inspiration. You never know when or where it will come from next..

ELATE*: Which designers, artists or creative people are your source of inspiration?
A lot of cool people working in Dublin right now. Unthink and D.A.D.D.Y. are the two places I’m going with on work placement and I really respect the work they do. Places like Depthcore is an amazing source of inspiration full of like minded creative and enthusiastic people.

ELATE*: How would you describe your artistic style? How has this style developed over time?
I don’t know how I’d describe it. I found myself really developing the lighting in my work and that plays an important part.
I’m trying to just vary my styles at the moment. It’s good to stay fresh and on my toes. As for how my style changed, I guess I’ve just been a bit more polished in my final product.

ELATE*: Where do you work on your designs and projects?
I am currently on work placement at Unthink in Dublin. Very nice people, this is the space I got.

ELATE*: What does a typical day at work involve for you?
I’m still in college so a typical day there would be to get in around 9.30.
Work, hangout, do some more work, get food, back to the apartment. Maybe a drink later to wet my whistle

ELATE*: What shoes are you wearing at the moment?
Squeeky Green DC’s:

ELATE*: Where can one come across you, where do you like to spend your leisure time?
I like to spend time with my girlfriend and my mates. Just chilling out. I love to watch movies too.
I am trying to watch all of the films in top 250 list on IMDB by the end of this year! I’ve seen over half already so going strong.

ELATE*: What’s your favourite music genre / band / artist / DJ?
I like indie alternative and I find I listen to that kind of thing more than anything, but listen to everything really.
I do like my singer-songwriter stuff! Josh Ritter, Damien Rice etc…

ELATE*: Your last redundant purchase?
Dirty Harry on DVD. I’m addicted to buying DVDs, it’s getting a bit scary..