Businessof Design Week - Day 3

This is from Arch Jordi Fauli - the Catalan man who's spent 25 years interpreting and building to finish Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. That is true dedication!

This is Jeanne Gang of ‪#‎StudioGangArchitects‬ in Chicago (next year's guest city), showing one of the most interesting projects this weekend: they're designing an old airport by the waters of Chicago, making it into a space for nature - to be enjoyed by everyone in the dense city. Their inspiration? The paths of migratory birds who fly over the islet. Inspiring and amazing!!!

An artist's dedication...

Business of Design Week - Day 2

This is André Fu. He makes amazing I-wish-I-could-stay-there luxury lifestyle spaces and has progressed to other things as well... like a perfume line. His work is stunning!

This is Chelsia Lau - this lady designs for Ford. She's does everything from foosball tables, to chairs they've displayed in Milan, to the interiors of a McLaren, to this: an ice cream sandwich. Nuts! 😜

Chelsia Lau

Martí Guixé of Barcelona. He's a product designer and also happens to make things that relate to food. Like this: a solar powered restaurant. Paint a square and that's your restaurant. If you want to smoke, step out do the white square. Open only on sunny days. Tsk. I love this guy too!

Marti Guixe

Business of Design Week 2015 Day 1

Here we go! Welcome to Hong Kong, Barcelona!

"Business of Design Week (BODW) is a flagship event organised by Hong Kong Design Centre since 2002. Each year, BODW brings to Hong Kong some of the world’s most outstanding design masters and influential business figures to inspire the regional audience on creative thinking and design management. In addition, it also provides a valuable platform for participants to network, exchange ideas and explore business cooperation. Today, BODW enjoys the reputation as Asia’s leading annual event on design, innovation and brands."

This is Welsh industrial designer Ross Lovegrove, one of the #BusinessOfDesignWeek keynote speakers. Amazing and intelligent, he is..

A bulldog made of rattan by Arch Benedette Tagliabue .. I swear we should do this in the Philippines. My hairs are standing - it's amazing!!! Look her up!

This is the world's lightest luggage - designed by #RossLovegrove for a UK luggage company. It's made of carbon and weighs 1.5 kilos. Yup. You read that right. So light so you can put a little more stuff. Amazing!

Amazing, wearable clothes from South Korean brand @recode_ (as shown by head designer Park Sun Zoo) -- they recycle and up cycle as well .. Like this really cool skirt made from old men's jackets. Nothing goes to waste. This is the way fashion should be thinking!

Clothes made from old CAR SEATS! @recode_ --- I am now such a fan! Your work is fantastic!❤

You can read more about BODW here.