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American designer (1917–2003)

For the metals company, see Wah Chang Corporation.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.

Wah Ming Chang (August 2, 1917 – December 22, 2003) was an American designer, sculptor, and artist.

With the encouragement of his adoptive father, James Blanding Sloan, he began exhibiting his prints and watercolors at the age of seven to highly favorable reviews.^[1] Chang worked with Sloan on several theatre productions and in the 1940s, they briefly created their own studio to produce films.

He is known later in life for his sculpture and the props he designed for Star Trek: The Original Series, including the tricorder and communicator.^[2][3]

Early life

The Chang family moved from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California and about 1920 opened the Ho-Ho Tea Room on Sutter Street, which became a favorite venue for the city's Bohemian artists.

Wah-Ming's mother, Fai Sue Chang, was a graduate