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Michele
De Lucchi
Michele De Lucchi is an expert in communicating corporate
values through design. As Director of Design at Olivetti
from 1992 to 2002, De Lucchi developed personal theories
on the evolution of the workplace, as well as experimental
projects for Compaq Computers, Philips, Siemens and
Vitra. His architectural designs have focused on office
buildings including NTT in Japan, Novartis in Switzerland
and Enel and Piaggio in Italy.
www.amdl.it |
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Kiki van Eijk
Kiki van Eijk was born in 1978 and graduated Cum Laude
in 2000 at Design Academy Eindhoven. She got known by
her famous “Kiki Carpet”. Now she’s mainly working on
her own collection which is presented worldwide in galleries
and museums. Besides her own collection she works on projects
for companies and institutions such as studio Edelkoort
Paris, Design Academy Eindhoven, HAANS, MOOOI, Ahrend,
Royal Leerdam, Lebesque, City of Eindhoven, Verardo, Wooninc.,
Forbo flooring and many more.
www.kikiworld.nl |
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Chiaki
Murata
Besides working on product design, Chiaki Murata was also
involved in the backbone concept of new projects such
as single domestic appliances. Murata established Hers
Experimental Design Laboratory, Inc. in 1986, and created
many ground-breaking products in a wide range of products,
graphics, and interface designs. Through constant experimentation,
he proposed the virtual industry system, which links each
process of product development to an industry that specialises
in that field.
www.metaphys.jp |
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Robert
Holdway
Robert Holdway is a research fellow at the Royal College
of Art, department of industrial design engineering. He
is co-founder of giraffe, a unique form of management
consultancy giving advice on strategy, product development,
and innovation. Holdway’s design and management experience
includes work with Philips Corporate Design (Eindhoven),
Rover Group, RM Consulting (Royal Mail), Unilever, and
Cranfield University School of Management. He is also
a visiting lecturer on design for Brunel University, UK.
www.giraffeinnovation.com |
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John
Heskett
John Heskett is Chair Professor at the School of Design,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Previously, he was
Professor of Design at the Institute of Design, Illinois
Institute of Technology in Chicago, where he taught design
theory and history. He is the author of Industrial Design
(1980), widely used as a basic textbook on design courses
in many countries and subsequently translated into several
languages; and numerous others. His most recent book is
Toothpicks and Logos: Design in Everyday Life, is published
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Andreas
Schupp
An industrial design graduate of Germany's Darmstadt Polytechnic
University, Andreas Schupp is a Design Director at Lenovo
Group, Innovation Design Center, where he is responsible
for the establishment and management of the IDC Hong Kong
office. This role includes strategic design, design research
and management of projects in the categories of Mobile
Internet devices and Ultra Mobile PCs. Prior to assuming
his current position, Schupp was a Senior Design Manager
with Philips Design Hong Kong from 1998 to 2008. He has
also been a lead consultant for External Market clients
where he worked on diverse projects for Top 10 MNCs.
www.lenovo.com |
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Michael
Young
Reputed from the outset of his career as one of the most
influential designers of his generation, Michael Young’s
designs greatly mirrors the essence of contemporary design
– it is bold, eclectic, daring and extremely varied. His
clients have included Galley Kreo, Danese, Artemide, Cappellini,
Sawaya & Moroni, Rosenthal and Swedese and Astro bar.
Young is currently based in Hong Kong, where he enjoys
direct access to the manufacturing capacity of the nearby
region.
www.michael-young.com |
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Mary
Yan Yan Chan
Mary Yan Yan CHAN is the Founder and Director of StyleCENTRAL
Ltd., a multi-facet company and a business partner of
Peclers Paris: Hong Kong/ Singapore/ Thailand. As a Magna
Cum Laude Graduate of FIT’s Fashion Design and Fabric
Styling BFA program, Mary understands the fashion industry
especially having worked a number of years on Fashion
Ave in New York City upon graduation. “Better anticipate
trends to fashion a more successful future”, building
on its long-lasting trend forecasting savoir-faire, markets’
prospective vision, and style & fashion expertise,
Peclers Paris helps leading Brands in the world to design
the most desirable innovation ideas, both in terms of
marketing concepts and products to build long-lasting
leadership.
www.peclersparis.com |
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Eric
Chan
Named by Contract magazine as the 10 most influential
designers in the US, Eric Chan possesses a special ability
to strategically use design as a tool for improvement,
in product, service, productivity and sustainability.
A leading specialist in product identity and development,
his company, ECCO Design is a globally sought-after consultancy
that has developed products and services for trans-nationals
such as Toyota, Virgin Atlantic, LG and Lenovo.
www.eccoid.com |
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Manfred
Wang
Manfred Wang is the Chief Design Officer of both BenQ
Group and Qisda Group. He joined BenQ Corporation and
established the Lifestyle Design Center in 2002. A graduate
from State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart, Germany
in 1994, Wang joined the Industrial Technology Research
Institute of Taiwan and worked as project leader of Conceptual
Product Design. Prior to his role at BenQ, Wang was the
Design Director of Acer Brand Operation, in charge of
all branding and design strategies.
www.BenQ.com |
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David
Jia
LKK design is a design consultancy established in 2001
in Beijing China. David Jia, Director of LKK, is excels
in both industrial design and business management. LLK
provides high-level services including industrial design,
mechanical design, brand design and UI design. This is
matched with a sound design process and management system.
LKK’s clients include established brands like Samsung,
Nokia and Siemens. Its list of local and international
awards include the Red-star Awards, Red dot awards and
iF awards.
www.lkkdesign.com |
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Fumikazu
Masuda
Fumikazu Masuda’s began his design career servicing major
Japanese industries, including electric and electronic
home appliances, audio equipments, automobiles and other
products. The latter half has been dedicated towards local
SMEs. Since the early 90's, he has collaborated with o2,
a worldwide group of environmentally conscious designers.
Besides working on research projects about eco-design,
Masuda is preoccupied with infusing "design for sustainability"
as part of his practical daily efforts.
www.openhouse.co.jp/fumi_masuda |
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Rem
D. Koolhaas
Nephew of architecture mastermind Rem Koolhaas. this Dutch
designer launched United Nude in 2003 with Galahad JD
Clark. Nude is a branding and design company that serves
as a creative force and hub for interaction between architects,
fashion designers, magazine editors and photographers.
The products are about clear concept, elegance and new
ideas where they often collaborate with other brands such
as K-Swiss to create the first dual-branded United Nude+K-Swiss
shoe.
www.unitednude.com |
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Paul Eilbracht
Paul Eilbracht started his small design firm in 1990 and
focused on sustainable design and product design. His
work has ranged from research projects in energy consumption
and development of new renewable wood-like materials to
various projects on bio materials, sustainable tourism
and sustainable technical solutions. Eilbracht has developed
several bio composites under the name of Treeplast. As
Chairman of O2, he is committed to promoting sustainable
design to designers, industrial companies and governments.
O2 is an international network that works to organise
events relating to issues of eco-design and sustainability.
www.o2nederland.org
www.eilbracht.nl
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Lo Chi
Wing
Lo Chi Wing is an architect whose furniture designs have
shaped the direction of Giorgetti since 1996. His aspiration
for timelessness has brought his collections to worldwide
attention, and much of his work remains greatly sought
after. He has an inclination and the spontaneity to transcend
simple form to achieve the poetic. These sensibilities
are manifested in all his works: an ossuary in Arcadia,
a villa by the Bosporus, a tower house in Athens, the
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Sean
Chiles
Born in London in 1960, Sean Chiles is a fashion design
graduate from Central St. Martin’s School of Art in London.
He has worked for numerous leading business and fashion
names (Conran Design Group, the Burton Group, Debenhams,
LC Waikiki, Bossa, Madura Garments, Tommy Nutter, IPC
Magazines). Chiles also holds much experience in fashion
education and external assessment at diploma, degree and
masters level. His business, Concept Innovation Ltd.,
develops intellectual property, concept, design, strategy,
recruitment, and licensing for a variety of global commercial
clients and not for profit organisations. |
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Alan
Yip
Alan Yip graduated with Bachelor of Arts in industrial
design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1987.
After winning a working scholarship in 1986, he joined
Frog Design Inc. in California, USA. In 1988, Alan joined
Philips Netherlands and worked at Philips Design in Eindhoven
for 2 years. Enticed by the challenge of upgrading product
design standards in Hong Kong and China, Yip decided to
return to Hong Kong and founded Yip Design in 1990. Throughout
the years, over 1000 products, which cover a wide range
of categories for numerous trans-national clients, have
been designed and launched.
www.yipdesign.com |
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Joost
van Bleiswijk
Joost van Bleiswijk was born in Delft, 1976. He graduated
in 2001 and got lots of reviews with his “outlines”
series. He’s mainly working on his own collection in
which “no glue no screw” has become a major part since
4 years. Every year it becomes more complicated, interesting
and architectural.
Next to his own collection he works for companies
such as Ahrend, Bruut furniture, city of Eindhoven,
design connection, Lebesque etc. His work is sold and
exhibited through galleries worldwide. Publications
such as wallpaper, vogue, elle deco, financial times,
etc.
www.projectjoost.com |
