Hei Yiyang’s works are about branding, exhibition planning, environmental design and publishing. He devotes himself to putting different mediums like graphic design, contemporary art, advertising, architectural space, the city and society together, to make his works interesting, meaningful and valuable. In 1999, he formed Sense Team, now considered among the most energetic and farsighted collectives of global Chinese creative teams, with a focus on civility and sociality. His poster design ‘Seeds of the Cities’ won the Gold Award at the One Show in 2009.

Jesse McLin and Julie Progin co-founded their Hong Kong-based design studio Latitude in 2008. Influenced by their American, Swiss and Hong Kong heritage, as well as their diverse backgrounds in design and arts, McLin and Progin create graphic and visual communication campaigns, as well as homeware collections and bespoke art pieces. Raised in Hong Kong by her Swiss parents, Progin studied textiles design at Duperré in Paris and product design at Parsons. In 2008, she came back to Hong Kong and established Latitude with McLin, who grew up in Northern California, studied in Kansas City Art Institute and Alfred State School of Ceramics Arts and taught at Parsons.

Hong Kong-born Ken Lo studied visual communications at the HKU Space Community College and graduated in 2005. He kicked off his career as a design intern for CoDesign, where he participated in various award-winning projects, including the PageOne removal campaign and the Hong Kong Art School revamp project. He joined Alan Chan Design Company in 2006, where, under Chan’s guidance and support, Lo became involved in branding, identities, packaging and environmental graphic design projects which paved the way for the launch of his own practice in 2010, when Blow and Luckipocki (tote bag design) were established. He was also involved in the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design’s Detour 2010.

Born and educated in Hong Kong, Philip Lau and Grace Kwok co-founded Cowrice in 2003, specialising in various types of works, including leather goods-making, the design of handcrafted goods and illustration. The team’s first publication — ‘Capture the Fleeting Moments of Life’ — captured bits and pieces of their everyday life. In 2008, Cowrice was invited by Lomography Asia to design the special edition Diana F+ camera for Diana Vignetters. Lau and Kwok are active participators in various local design events, such as Designer Exchange Programme at the Detour 2010 exhibition at Victoria Prison, and the recent We ・ My Chair Exhibition by Muji Hong Kong. Currently, they are working at Fungus Workshop providing courses in handmade leather.