Suen Kwok + Dylan Kwok

Miss Suen Kwok graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design in 2003, with First Class Honour in Industrial Design. She is experienced in both product and lighting design, having gained a wealth of design knowledge from various materials and semantic expressions. Miss Kwok is currently working as a lighting designer, mainly on commercial lighting projects and lighting research; she is also active in delivering seminars on lighting design topics.

Dylan Kwok is one of the core members in the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dylan was awarded by CreateHK as the 2009 Hong Kong Young Design Talent, and selected by Perspective magazine as one of the 40 upcoming young designers in 2011. Prior to returning to Hong Kong, Dylan was living in Finland and Canada, and has practised design and new urbanism abroad. He earned a BA in Interior Design from the Ryerson University, Toronto (2005), and MA in Spatial Design from University of Art and Design, Helsinki (2009). For much of his career, he has focused on spatial furniture design, exhibition production and urban concept innovation.


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Fruits
Squared watermelons are for easier transportation and packaging; Oranges with no seeds, grapes with thinner skins, apples in mini versions…. new fruits’ designs have given us inspiration.What are their design principles? How are fruits made? With genetic modification technology, can human redesign fruits to fulfil new consumer needs? Suen explored the rationale of fruits in terms of semantics, function, structure and most importantly their endless life-cycle which is unlike human designs. Completely beyond human intelligence, who then, is the Designer behind this?


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PILVI
23 Hectare
Inspiration: Buildings, ground, sea, sky, social media, culture, people and heritage.

PILVI was an awarded socio-urban concept for which entered 2011’s the Helsinki South Harbour International Idea Competition in 2011 and was awarded by the Helsinki city in 2012. The idea explores alternative methods to revitalisze the most prestigious heritage sites of the Finnish Capital without using major infrastructural transformation. Literally meaning ‘Cloud’ in Finnish language, PILVI was inspired by the collaborative model in IT technology, seeking a balance between architectural intervention and social agenda. The concept not only introduced a new Guggenheim museum, an extension of the iconic esplanade, and a multi-functional parking complex; but is also used in year-round festive events, cultural apps, and multiple pop-up/mobile store that are integrated into the new streetscape.