In The Creative Chair is a creative conversations series offering a glimpse into the minds of some of the most divergent and active creative thinkers and design practitioners on the international stage today. Each conversation invites them to share their ideas and what drives and inspires them, to spark new conversations and provoke fresh thinking.
Interviews
IN THE CREATIVE CHAIR WITH MICHAEL YOUNG
Hong Kong-based British industrial designer shares his personal signifiers, things he enjoys collecting, his most memorable commission, and the best design advice ever given.
IN THE CREATIVE CHAIR WITH ELAINE YAN LING NG
Textile weaver and designer and Founder and Design Director of The Fabrick Lab, explains how she is reinventing waste eggshell as eco-friendly wall tiles and what she does for inspiration.
IN THE CREATIVE CHAIR WITH OTTO NG
Hong Kong-based architect and Design Director & Co-founder of LAAB, Otto Ng talks about his most surprising creative experience and how he sees technology as part of arts and crafts.
IN THE CREATIVE CHAIR WITH VICKI KARAVASIL
Vicki Karavasil, Melbourne-based architect at Elenberg Fraser, an integrated design and architecture practice, talks about how her latest office design project, Market Lane is a living biological object and shares her favourite architecture podcast.
IN THE CREATIVE CHAIR WITH TAKAHARU TEZUKA
Tokyo-based architect and Founder of Tezuka Architects, talks about his idiosyncratic habit of only wearing cobalt blue clothing, his favourite design era, and how he’s been feeding his mind and soul.
Talks
Open image tooltip IN THE CREATIVE CHAIR – SEOUL
In the Creative Chair kicked off the new year with our first ever event in Seoul, Korea. We have not one, not two, but three brilliant speakers joining us on an all-star panel delving into their insights on the ways materiality can transform design.
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Takaharu Tezuka – SINGAPORE
Takaharu Tezuka,founder of the award-winning Tezuka Architects and Professor at Tokyo City University, shares his thoughts on how architecture can turn obstacles into opportunities, in a talk titled ‘Inconvenience’.
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Yusuke Obuchi – Tokyo
Yusuke Obuchi’s work redefines contemporary architecture and design, as he explores new ideas in materiality, design systems, computational design techniques and fabrication processes.
Open image tooltip Rachel armstrong – hong kong
Rachel is a Professor of Experimental Architecture at Newcastle University, sustainability innovator and Senior TED Fellow.
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Reuben wu – hong kong
Photographer, film-maker, music producer and co-founder of an electro pop band, Reuben’s shares the story of his extraordinary journey in a talk titled ‘Following the Light’.