what we have been up to

Februari to May 2011 - Exhibition Hong Kong Creative ecologies at the Hong Kong heritage museum.
"Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies", the brainchild of the Hong Kong Design Centre, comes home to Hong Kong after enjoying a successful debut at the Shanghai World Expo. Based around seven themes-Innovators, Image Builders, Street Smart, Brand Creators, Breakthrough Concepts, International Talent and The Young Generation-the show captures the vitality of the Hong Kong design industry and the origins and growth of the creative genes that run through its veins.

March 2011 - Cebu Next
Introduction of our new lighting collection 'Check Mate!' and the pendant light 'Fandango' for HIVE.

December 2010 - Peoples Paint
"People's Paint" - Another event organized by Danny Fang together with his friends of Local Dutch during the Detour of Business of Design Week 2010 and During the Guangzhou Design Week 2010. Poeples paint is a life size livingroom installation that can be painted on by the famous 'paint by number' concept. The Hong Kong audience was invited to participate and experience the joy of creativity.

December 2010 - 'Butchers Deluxe'
Butchers Deluxe is a Design for Charity event to raise funds for 'Room to Read'. The organization invited 13 international designers to give their comments on the Iconic Hong Kong. At at Gallery Contemporary by Angela Li all lights were displayed for the auction.

December 2010 - Design for Asia Awards 2010
The Gradient Collection won bronze award at the Design for Asia awards 2010 in the category Household Appliance / Product Design The Geppetto chair won special merit award at the Design for Asia awards 2010 in the category Household Appliance / Product Design

November 2010 - Perspective Awards 2010
The Geppetto chair and the Gradient Collection both won a special merit award at perspective awards 2010, category Product Design

October 2010 - Pye
This month we had the soft opening of our second retail concept: Pye for Esquel.

October 2010 - Shunde Creative week
Industry Lecture at the Shunde Creative week.

May to October 2010 - Shanghai World Expo 2010
We were honored to be exhibited as one of the creative representatives of Hong Kong during the Shanghai World expo in the exhibition 'Creative Ecologies'.

April 2010 - Salone Del Mobile
Introduction Geppetto Chair and Rockefeller chair at the Salone del Mobile. A joint exhibition with Hidden Heroes.

January 2010 - Alberue SCM
Lecture at Albergue SCM, Macau "How Design can create good karma for business"

December 2009 - Shenzhen Industrial Forum
Lecture at the Shenzhen Industrial Design Forum (part of the BODW 2009). Other lecturers were: Bill Moggridge (IDEO), Andreas Schupp (Lenovo), Jia Wei (LKK design), Zhou Yi (S.Point design), and Craig Vogel (University of Cincinnati)

December 2009 - Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture
Participation at the 2009 Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Architecture with Exhibition 'fossils of the future' during the Hong Kong/Shenzhen architecture biannual

November 2009 - Pimping Dutch
'Pimping Dutch' a Detour event during the Business of design week in Hong Kong. Danny Fang together with Local Dutch organized and event to show the public in Hong Kong the added value of design. At the event we helped to fix peoples broken objects and pimp them Dutch style!

October 2009 - Foshan Creative Week
Danny Fang gave 2 Lectures and at the Foshan creative week on design and development.

April 2009 - Salone Del Mobile
Presentation of Fang Studio first results as a design company in China with Hidden Heroes during the Salone Del Mobile.

March 2009 - Introduction of More than Legs
Introduction of More than Legs, our own plastir chair label at the Canton Fair.

December 2008 - Detour
During the Business of Design week we organized several detour events with 'Local Dutch'.
- Klomp a design for charity event [www.klomp-event.com]
- Dutch tv commercial night
- Co-curation Pecha Kucha Hong Kong
- Pecha Kucha presentation
- Local Dutch exhibition with photography of Rensis Ho

Sep-Dec 2008 - Guest lecture at HK Polytechnic University.
Guest lecture at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, school of design. Teaching the 'basics of car design'.

August 2008 - 40 Under 40
Danny Fang was elected by Perspective Magazine as one of the "40 under 40" talented and young individuals who lead Asia's design industry.

March 2008 - Malaysian International Furniture Fair
Matryoshika chair was elected winner of the best furniture concept and was elected winner of the best outdoor furniture concept at the MIFF 2008.

Feburary 2007 - Start up Fang Studio ltd.