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Designer/ Brand : Chiaki Murata @ hers design inc.

Region?Japan

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Designed for hustle-free living�� Simple yet sophisticated

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Established by Chiaki Murata in 1989 in Osaka, Japan
involving in the fields of graphic design and diversified product design, the
brand collaborated with METHAPHYS, a design consortium brand, in 2005 to
fusion design image and share vision with each other. The Behaviour Design
practiced by Chiaki Murata originates from the nature of an "Object".
Reiterating the needs of the end users, the project features various
collaborations with traditional craftsmen, such as the art of making tin and
cast iron ware.

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gekka?a
drinkware set made of tin which is said to absorb impurities in water and
make liquors mellower while acting as a powerful thermal conductor.

suiu?also made
of tin and featuring a playful design. When taking away its lid, the
container is a drinkware of itself, and the lid could be used as a small
serving dish. When stacked, it looks like the Japanese celebratory kagami
mochi.

quolo?a
collaboration with Matsuda Yasu Ironworks Inc., this cast iron incense burner
is particularly good as an ash guard.

saen?another
collaboration with Matsuda Yasu Ironworks Inc., this chakoro features a
heat-insulating base part and is safe to move around when in use.

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Designer/ Brand : I'DER Visual Image Design

Region?Taiwan

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Observe the ever-changing "Taiwan" design plan

This ambitious design project brings together the
tea leaves produced by Mountain Ali Tea No. 35, the paintings by Apex Lin and
the brand design by Izen Tu. The exhibition "Descry Taiwan-Alishan" is
curated at the renowned Taiwan tourist spot, Alishan. Taking place in a
hidden mountain forest, the exhibition merges Taiwan tea industry into the
art through a form of cross-field combination, which brings tourists the
scenic view and the beauty of both craftsmanship.

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The images of Taiwan islands are taken as the
subject of the artwork. Apex Lin transformed various plants into the outline
of Taiwan. The most outstanding feature of the show is the use of three
colours as the creative elements, namely green, yellow and red. The green
colour symbolises the forest of Alishan, while the yellow colour and the red
colour represent the sunrise and the sunset respectively. These elements are
practically applied to the Alishan gift packaging and introduce a viewing
perspective by the crossover of Taiwanese art and Alishan. It also unites
artists, designers and business operators, and enhances their cooperation.
Part of the exhibits is shown this time.

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Designer/ Brand: Samuel Chan @Joined and Jointed

Region: The United Kingdom

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Streamlining the details,� a complete return to the utmost of refined
wood application

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Hong Kong-born Samuel moved to the United Kingdom at
the age of 13. His hand-made furniture is well-known and highly acclaimed in
the industry. His client list includes the world-renowned singer Eric Clapton
and the late founder of the British fashion brand, Joseph, among others.
Famous for its clean line feature, his work demonstrates innovation,
uniqueness and attention to the details, free of unnecessary parts. With the
wise use of solid wood veneer, a fresh visual look is created. The designer
adapts traditional woodworking techniques in the world of contemporary
furniture design with a touch of unpretentious Oriental style. Refusing to go
with the flow, he created a timeless style. 'I hope my design would not only
last for one generation but also pass through generations,' said the
designer.

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Designer/ Brand: Julie & Jesse

Region: Hong Kong

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When the Western humour meets spotless white
porcelain

Jesse Mc Lin was born in California, USA, and Julie
Progin is a Hong Kong-born Swiss. They are both husband and wife and work
partners. The couple focuses on porcelain dinnerware and housewares, at the
same time getting involved in graphic design and woodwork.

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Their
creative career kicked off in Hong Kong. They bring the traditional
craftsmanship to the contemporary world and create simple yet interesting
designs by integrating modern elements. Famed for emphasising the
collaboration with traditional artisans, the duo also create some
cutting-edge designs by leveraging advanced technologies and materials. Their
latest series Without Leaving Your Room is exhibited this time.�

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Designer/ Brand: Niko Leung

Region: Hong Kong

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Explore the world�
Venture into the possibilities of ceramics and glass art

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The Hong Kong-born designer graduated from Design
Academy Eindhoven in Holland. Working as an artist and a secondary school
teacher, the designer has practiced internship in Jingdezhen, the
Mainland.� Following her graduation,
she worked for a period of time at Holland's most established ceramics
manufacturing factory Royal Ticheiaar Makkum. She also gained a lot when
visiting the 150-year-old Kouraku Kiln in Japan as a resident artist. Her
design focuses on craftsmanship and narratives. After graduation, she began
to appreciate practicality, from her daily housework and cooking, while
currently she tries to combine aesthetics, craftwork and culture with the
scenic views she appreciates and develops design education programme.

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Last year, she visited Taiwan to explore new
materials. After that, she designed a series of glass arts through a
collaboration with Spring Pool Glass. Furthermore, during her internship in
Jingdezhen, she was astonished by the massive waste produced from the
large-scale productions. A considerable amount of defectives were thrown away
every day which made her realise the enormous consumption of resources during
ceramics creation. It stopped her, the ceramics lover, from going into a
ceramics studio for an entire year. However, this experience has also added
the concept of environmental protection and nature connection to her creation
afterwards.

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Designer/ Brand: ?Shin So
Hyun & Jeon Min Seonge @ OIMU

Region : South Korea

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New packaging rekindle the diminishing matchbox
industry and light up your life

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OIMU was founded by a couple, Shin So Hyun and Jean
Min Seonge. The brand name, OIMU, means One Day I Met You. During the decline
of the matchbox usage in Korea, the two vintage lovers are committed to the
matchbox industry with a sense of mission, and they turned the dull match
heads into a vivid kaleidoscope of colours while playing around with the
shape design for the matchbox.� A sense
of luxury comes with a quote written on a parchment paper found in the little
match box. The graphic design is exquisite, eye-catching yet subtle. With an
addition of promotional images filled with cultural ambiance to the
matchboxes, people's love for vintage matchbox collection is instantly
rekindled.

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To extend
the matchbox design, the couple started the Air Project which is another
collaboration with an incense workshop to design incense stick collection,
bringing natural aroma to daily life. Fully handmade by artisans, the
collection features elegant simplicity. With reference to the traditional
design of incense burners from the Three Kingdom period of Korea, the newly
designed incense burner that features four short feet and rounded fine lines
is a perfect match for the modern interior design.

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Designer/ Brand: Upsetters Inc.

Region: Japan

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Reviving Tobe ware of Ehime by the new generation

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This project is led by Shuzo Okabe, the creative
director and architect of Upsetters Inc. Born and raised in Ehime, Okabe was
invited to initiate the project "Shiro Ao". The Tobe ware from Ehime
prefecture has a history of 230 years, making use of the local raw materials.
The beauty of Tobe ware comes from its white porcelain with slight thickness
and the hand painting with indigo colour. Okabe not only studies the history
and development of Tobe ware, but also studies the importance of the
development project and its connection to the generations, in order to carry
out continuous experiments on the adaptation of various sizes and shapes on
different dinnerwares. "Shiro Ao" continues to gain support from new
designers and keep injecting new craftwork and design elements into the
traditional foundation, extending the centuries-old craftsmanship and
heritage.

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Fashion
Design

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Designer/ Brand: Arto Wong

Region: Hong Kong

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New interpretation of knit design

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Knitting is the iconic technique in the glorious era
of Hong Kong's textile industry. With the rise of fast fashion, the amount of
knitted fashion dropped significantly while the amount of produced garments
increases rapidly, leading to a huge waste problem. Majored in knitting
design, Arto Wong looks to reverse the trend and designed a series of
knitting fashion demonstrating a balance of design and texture, bringing an
eye-opening experience to the public.

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Trained in a knitting machine manufacturer in Japan,
Arto masters the practical knowledge of automated knitting with a better
understanding of the knitting techniques and concept. She created a series of
knitted fabrics with a theme Chinese poetry under� the"Word You See" series. The
porcelain-like pattern is a combination of words and colours with great sense
of time, thinking out of the box.

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Designer/ Brand: Polly & Andy
@ Creatique Studio Limited

Region?Hong
Kong

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Reborn of
Canton gauze and knots

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Gambiered
Canton gauze is a traditional Guangdong handicraft and a unique fabric found
in the southern China. Polly & Andy puts this fabric to the centre stage
and created a themed collection that blends both trends and tradition with
other materials and knitting methods. The collection presents traditional
Chinese stories, such as Concrete Jungle featuring Chinese tiger, and Mang
Zhong featuring an auspicious cat, giving the Canton gauze a new life and a
contemporary twist.

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Chinese
knotting deserves an irreplaceable position in the fashion industry in China.
Either known as cheongsam or qipao, they cannot be regarded as completed
pieces without the Chinese knots. Inspired by the art of Chinese knots, Polly
& Andy created the patterns featuring the delicate knotting and made a
collection named KNOT, breaking the conventional concept for knots and
putting spotlight on the intricate craftsmanship.

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Designer/
Brand:?JUNE LAU @�
Novel Fineries� ltd

Region?Hong Kong

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Passion turns Suzhou embroidery and Indian beading
into a masterpiece

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June
Kimberly Lau, the founder and designer of Novel Fineries, presents Pocket Art
and Gorget collection in the exhibition. She paid a visit to Suzhou in search
of the local embroidery artisans for the butterfly patterned pocket square of
Pocket Art collection. The beaded shawl from Gorget collection is a tribute
paid to the heritage of Indian hand beading. Lau values authentic expressions
and the traditional craftsmanship, while falling for the affection on the
craft and its heritage. She incorporates the traditions into new media and
daily lives, making unique and ready-to-wear accessories. Apart from Suzhou
and India, Lau explored Kyoto and Kenya for local handicrafts, in a hope of more
startling collaboration with artisans.

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Designer/
Brand:?Priscilla Shunmugam @� Ong Shunmugam

Region?Singapore

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Oriental
beauty presented in dyed textiles by a Singapore designer

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The Indian
Chinese designer, Priscilla Shunmugam was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Currently living in Singapore, Shunmugam established her own brand,
Ong Shunmugam with an ambition to level up the status of Asian traditional
costumes and in a hope of pushing haute couture fashion to a world beyond
Europe and the US.

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Shunmugam
always incorporates South East Asian textiles into her Oriental design style,
such as Java batik, Bali batik, Cambodian tie-dye and Chinese tapestry, as an
action to show the importance of the declining and nearly lost craftsmanship
on fabric dye in the fashion world. By validating the craftsmanship of
various countries, she hopes it will bring the arts to the international
stage and enhance Asians' sense of belonging.

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Designer/
Brand:
RE;CODE

Region:
South Korea

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A balance
between fashion industry and the nature

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As the
fast fashion industry emerges, customers seek trends instead of fashion
quality. That's why more and more clothes and fabrics end up in landfills. In
order to cut the amount of off-season clothes and excessive fabrics, RE;CODE,
an up-cycling brand under KOLON Industries FnC from Seoul, Korea makes good
use of those unwanted materials to produce a collection of stunning recycle
fashion design that makes people rethink the meaning of fashion.

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RE;CODE
values quality. Each piece is meticulously sourced and processed. Despite its
limited quantity, each piece is unique. Those pieces chosen for the
exhibition are something different from the typical Korean fashion. They are
subtle in colour and design, showing details and complexity through a
patchwork of fabrics and materials. Unique, sustainable and stylish.

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Designer/
Brand: Chan Chun Leung @� SILZENCE
style Ltd.

Region?Taiwan

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A revolution of Tang costume

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When it
comes to men collection, you might think of tees, jeans, football jerseys and
suits. Yet, don't forget Tang costume which has a long history despite the
fact that it is gradually forgotten by the times. Wearing Tang costume might
make you stand out of a crowd in the Western culture trends, which might
discourage young men from doing it. Chan Chun Leung, famed as oriental design
master, introduces Chinese culture as a backbone of his design, bringing
ancient oriental charm to the world. Believing Tang costume is more suitable
to the Asians, Chen creates the collection "SILZENCE men" to extend the history
of Tang costume.

Selected
pieces of SILZENCE men showed at the exhibition are specially designed for
the Asian builds. Following the traditional tailoring techniques for making
Tang costume, the design features low shoulder line, mandarin collar and buttonless
edge, creating clean lines and a sleek silhouette for the masculine charm of
mature men.