Studio Leung is a young and diverse design studio based in Hong Kong. It was opened by Michael Leung in London 2006.
Michael was born in London and graduated in July 2005 from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. After graduating, Michael moved to Amsterdam to do a 7-month internship with Droog Design, under the direction of Gijs Bakker.
Michael has worked with international companies and organisations such as LEXON, American Apparel, Corian, Chi ha paura...?, the Motorola Design Studio, MUJI, Amnesty International and Louis Vuitton.
Michael has re-visited Ravensbourne College as a tutor for the BA (Hons) Product Design course, and is currently a visiting tutor on the BA and Masters courses at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he also completed his Masters in 2010.
Michael is the founder and creative director of HK Honey - an organisation of artists, designers and beekeepers in Hong Kong. He is also the co-founder ofShanghai Street Studios - an platform for artists and designers to engage a local community in Hong Kong through creative and socio-cultural projects.
Studio Leung focuses on commissioned projects, products and services that enrich everyday life by observing people's behaviours, using form and design language appropriately, and by using materials in a meaningful way. The studio's work ranges from mass-market consumer electronics to conceptual objects for people who have passed away.
Studio Leung are also collaborating with international companies, designers and local organisations. The Studio Leung shop serves as an outlet for products that are suitable for batch production - many of which are made locally in Hong Kong.
2011
Creative Lifestyle Award, HK Honey, City Magazine, Hong Kong
2010
Young Design Talent Award, Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong
2009
100% Design Shanghai, Designed in China competition,
short-listed for 2 products
2006
Toshiba Hard Disk Revolution Design competition, highly
commended, world-wide
2005
Teenage Furniture, Design Boom competition, short-listed for
collaborative project, world-wide
Undu Graduates 2005, short-listed, UK
RSA Student Design Awards, short-listed and commended for
Ceramic Futures brief, UK
2004
Vitra Design Award, degree course client project
2003
Oxo Peugeot Design Awards 2003, short-listed, UK
2011
DESIGNEAST 11 HK Honey, Osaka, Japan
LIGHT UP, Amnesty International and HK Honey, Hong Kong
Shenzhen - Hong Kong Design Exhibition, Hong Kong Design Centre
2010
Eat Local by HK Honey, Detour, Business of Design Week, Hong Kong
My Chair, MUJI, Detour, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Design Centre, Business of Design Week, Hong Kong
Fragments, Fotanian, Otter Studio, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Home Exhibition, HKCEC, Hong Kong
2009
From London to Hong Kong, Detour, Business of Design Week, Hong Kong
Design Mart, Detour, Hong Kong
2008
Super Christmas Market, Somerset House, London
Mall Gallery Canary Wharf, London
2007
Tent, London Design Festival
Salone del Mobile, Milan
2006
Maison et Objet, Paris
2005
Off the Hook, London Design Festival
Objects of Beauty, SCP Selfridges, London Design Festival
NUDE, FIM Valencia
Ceramics Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
New Designers, London
2004
Vitra Showroom, London
2003
Oxo Tower, London
2011
Introduction of "Vanishing of the Bees" documentary screening
& HK Honey presentation, Broadway Library, New York
Critical Design Public Forum, HKDA, Hong Kong
2010
Designer Exchange, Hangzhou, China
Designer Exchange, Ikejiri Institute, Tokyo
Communal Table Series, Detour, Hong Kong
Pecha Kucha, Detour, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Moscow Interior Design exchange workshop, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - BA (Hons) Industrial & Product design course, Hong Kong
K11 Art Mall Launch, Hong Kong
2009
Hong Kong Design Association, New members, Hong Kong
Pecha Kucha, Theme: Independent, Hong Kong
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication -
BA (Hons) Product design course, London
Kingston University, Tool Kit 6 lecture series -
BA (Hons) Product & Furniture design course, London
2008
Hong Kong IVE, Product design course, Hong Kong
HK Honey, collaboration with local beekeepers, artists & designers
2010 - present day
Kowloon Chess Club, collaboration with local creatives & chess players
2012 - present day
Shanghai Street Studios, collaboration with Martin Cheung & community
2011 - present day
Sample Studio, collaboration with Machiko Yanagi & Kasumi Umeno
2005 - present day
Out of Office, British Design collective
2007 - present day
Printable Offerings, debut project with Nicolas Cheng
2008 - present day
Photography, various locations
Design Interns
2011
Gap Yi
Joy Wong
Kate Chiu
Mic Yeung
Tiffany Lau
Grace Cheung
Louise Minshall
2010
Catherine Ka Hei Suen
2009
Fish Kan, design assistant
Daphne Ting Wang
Thank you!
