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Why designer Steve Leung has torn up the formula while juggling multiple projects
- Founder of Hong Kong and China studio behind Mango Tree, yoo Residences and One Park Shanghai believes in taking a bespoke approach
- Technological advances have helped to transform his practice so that there are no longer any boundaries to design, he says
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For architect, interior and product designer Steve Leung, design is far from formulaic.
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“Every project is tailor-made to meet the client’s needs,” says Leung, who is the founder of Steve Leung Designers.
He founded the company in 1997; since then, it has grown into a 500-person design firm, with offices across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Even if you do not know the name of the practice, you have probably visited one of its spaces.
As the world advances and with globalisation blurring the lines of differences, I have noticed a strong desire for personalised design that conveys the distinctive culture and character of the end user
Steve Leung Designers was the creative force behind Mango Tree restaurant in Elements; it also designed Novotel Citygate Hong Kong hotel in Tung Chung and The 8, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant at the Grand Lisboa in Macau.
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