Mid-century modern design meets Eastern thinking in a future-proofed Hong Kong home
- A homeowner was so impressed with the mid-century modern refurbishment of her Pok Fu Lam home that she joined the design studio responsible
Customers have multiple ways to broadcast satisfaction with service these days, whether it be through website reviews, social media recommendations or word-of- mouth referrals.
Vanny Luk Wing-sang took an entirely different approach to endorsement, however. Soon after moving into the 1,296 sq ft (120 square metre), two-bedroom apartment in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island that Hong Kong-based Hintegro redesigned last year for her and husband Tommy Yeung King-leong, who is in the hotel industry, she plumped for a job at the interior design studio.
“It’s quite an interesting relationship,” says Hintegro founder Keith Chan Shing-hin, musing about how Luk is now staff and he her boss, although she continues to be a client.
Smiling about the unconventional set-up, the marketing executive explains that her immediate family also played important roles in the refurbishment of her first marital home.
Her mother, a furniture lover who lives nearby, bequeathed collectible kit, including a 1970s-designed Maralunga leather sofa by Vico Magistretti for Cassina; her sister, a furniture designer working in Japan, introduced her to Chan.
Hintegro’s portfolio of residential projects gelled, partly because of the studio’s proclivity for mid-century modern (MCM) design, infused with an Eastern sensibility.
