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Cha Seungean currently works and lives in Seoul. Her artistic practice references abstract paintings and consists of strokes and shades on woven textiles. After graduating from Hongik University with a BFA and MFA in textile art and the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in painting and drawing, she has continuously explored the condition of painting through producing textile art on woven canvases. The artist’s current interest is to reconsider the legacy of the experimental art movement in the […]

Au Yeung is a well-respected cross-media artist and a curator of food culture based in Hong Kong. Au Yeung is China’s preeminent lifestyle and dining specialist, well regarded by the media and public alike. Au Yeung graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Bachelor’s degree with honours in Graphic Communication. He later obtained a Master’s degree in Philosophy. Au Yeung has been deeply involved in the study and research of lifestyle in contemporary China. His research takes various forms, […]

Johanna von Pezold is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Hong Kong, where she is researching the trade and consumption of Chinese-made fashion products in Mozambique. Originally from Germany, Johanna obtained an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford. She has worked for different think tanks and management consulting firms in Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro and Beijing. Johanna is especially interested in China-Africa relations, transnational flows of non-Western fashion and material culture, and interactions between […]

Brainfood was co-founded by Aaron Wong (MA in Linguistics) and Cat H. M. Fung (MPhil in Linguistics, MA in Interpretation) in summer 2018. Sign language, as a visual language, serves as one of the brain foods which stimulates how we navigate our daily lives through sight. Brainfood also serves as a hub to promote Deaf awareness and sign language as a human right.  Born to Deaf parents, Wong as a Deaf lecturer has been advocating for his own rights through […]

Sunnie Chan is currently the Associate Curator of Exhibition at CHAT. She holds degrees from the University of Essex majoring History of Art & Film Studies, and the Hong Kong Baptist University in MA Communication. Between 2010 and 2019, Chan worked as an independent and with Gallery 27, a private design gallery in Hong Kong, took part in research and curating for projects including M+ Mobile: Yaumatei (2012), Sori Yanagi: The Designer’s Heart (2015), Hong Kong Department Store (2016), Very […]

Alice Wong is a story designer based in Eindhoven and teaches at Design Academy Eindhoven in the department of MA Information Design as Specialist Tutor. She focuses on designing multi-perspective narratives to make complexity comprehensible so as to evoke awareness and cognition to reality and to be critical towards everyday information. Her research focus is rooted in understanding reality and how our perception of reality is shaped. Her principal topic of interest lies in the intersection of biographical documentary, media […]

Wang Zhi-Hong is a graphic designer and a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). He is committed to incorporating typography into his design projects across the cultural and commercial sectors. He launched his publishing imprints with major publishers in translated books featuring internationally renowned artists and their works, including Nobuyoshi Araki, Shinro Ohtake, Tadanori Yokoo, Takuma Nakahira and Comme des Garçons. Among his recognitions are TDC Awards, Silver Cube from ADC Awards, Prize Nominee Works from Tokyo TDC Awards, Best […]

Spatial Anatomy designs spaces, objects and strategies for cities. Founded in 2016 by Calvin Chua, the firm takes an interdisciplinary research and design approach towards today’s complex urban challenges. Maintaining an international portfolio of projects across scales and mediums, Spatial Anatomy is currently working on projects ranging from public infrastructure, exhibitions, to strategic masterplan. With a keen interest in bridging design and geopolitics, Spatial Anatomy has supported research and capacity building programmes on urban regions in the DPRK, including Pyongyang […]