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    100730:

    Kris Kohl | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, Design Manager for the Boston-based Edward. M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, has recently made public the Institute's schematic building renderings. Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects, the Institute will contain interactive exhibits and a full-scale representation of the US Senate Chamber, for immersive experiential learning.

    100728:

    Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, has successfully presented the tea/coffee/breakfast prototype 「Jointness」 set to Alberto Alessi, at the ALESSI HQ in Omegna, Italy. The design will be part of the ALESSI MUTANTS Exhibition for the 12th La Biennale di Venezia. Jury Members included: Hani Rashid, Hernan Alonso Diaz, Florencia Pita, Tom Kovac, Reiner Zeittl, Gloria Barcellini, Alberto Alessi and his Communications/Marketing Team.

    100606:

    WE-DESIGNS.ORG is shortlisted for the “Schmap: London Photo Short-list”

    100524:

    WE-DESIGNS.ORG would like to thank you for all the press support at, inhabitat, bustler, designboom, evolo, tuvie, and congratulatory notes from our friends/colleagues for the 2nd Place winning of the HKBCF Competition, and the Honourable Mention of the Converging Territories "Paris: At the Crossroads" Project

    100515:

    Wendy W Fok, of WE-DESIGNS.ORG, with Steven Ma & Dominik Szerlec, has won second place for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Hong Kong Bridge Facilities International Competition for the Open Group

    100510:

    Wendy W Fok & Joana Sobral, representing team "4-Scales", has been awarded as Honorable Mentions for the Paris project: At The Crossroads, part of the Converging Territories Project for the EU.

    100420:

    Wendy W Fok is invited to be part of the Final Review for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dean Puay-Peng Ho's Masters I Studio.

    100326:

    Wendy W Fok, of WE-DESIGNS.ORG, is commissioned to design a piece for the “Looking Forward- The Future Generation” section for “Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies” Travelling Art Exhibition Tour 2010.
    Hong Kong Creative Ecologies: http://www.creativeecologies.hk/
    Hong Kong Expo News: http://www.hkexpo2010.gov.hk/eng/whats/news_detail_32.html

    100318:

    Wendy W Fok, of WE-DESIGNS.ORG, is chosen for the Mackenzie Award 2010 for Academics in Canada, selected by the Collingwood School Alumni Association

    100111:

    WE-DESIGNS.ORG is featured + selected to take part on FOC (Freedom of Creations) *Talents

    091205:

    Wendy W Fok won the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award 2009 - HKDI Educational Award

    091007:

    Hays Report on Salaries within the Architecture/Built/Construction Industry in Hong Kong/Singapore/Japan.

    Click here: Hays Report

    091005:

    Please feel free to browse through our frequently updated BLOG. Our website is still under development, therefore, please excuse the soft-launch of this site.

    091001:

    We are currently recruiting creative individuals internationally to work offsite. These individuals must be team oriented, be able to work individually, who are pro-active, able to work under stress/crunch, detailed orientated, and has a high-quality of time management.

    Please send us an email through our Contact Page, or email us at: together@we-designs.org

    080825:

    Wendy W Fok has been accepted into the <UNBUILT: ATHENS> exhibition in Athens, Greece. Fok will also be on a Panel Discussion on 9 Sept 2008 at the Byzantine Museum, in Athens, Greece. Project link: http://we-designs.org/soundscape/

    080503:

    Established in 2003, and officially launched as a collective in 2008, WE-DESIGNS.ORG is currently a multi-disciplinary creative group. As a developmental and collaborative team of creatives (architectural + design) individuals, all our designs are established within the international standard, detailed orientated, quality within multiple design functions, but not limited to: interactive installation, architectural, urban planning, and research-based design schemes.

  • About WE-DESIGNS.ORG:

    ORIGINS:

    Established in 2003, and officially launched as a collective in 2008, WE-DESIGNS.ORG is an international multi-disciplinary creative group. As a developmental and collaborative team of creatives (architectural + design) individuals, all our designs are established within the international standard, detailed orientated, quality within multiple design functions, but not limited to: material research, alternative fabrication methods, sound design, interactive installation, architectural, urban planning, and research-based design schemes.

    The WE-DESIGNS.ORG "Team" members are composed of an international base of ingénue designers from distinctive backgrounds + multifaceted design fields, which hence produce a differentiated approach to the integral design processes within a project.

    ORGANISATION:

    WE-DESIGNS.ORG takes its design theories + experimental approach collectively as a design collaborative from all its diverse members. All decisions are considered from the members within the "pool" of designers + points of views from within the Team before a project is finalised.

    WE-DESIGNS.ORG is originally founded by Wendy W Fok. Young enough to be original and experienced enough to be competent, Fok has in the past collaborated at COOP-HIMMELB(L)AU, under the auspices of Wolf D Prix, as an Architectural Designer and member of the Material Research Group. Fok is educated with a Masters from Princeton University’s School of Architecture, an Urban Policy/Planning Certification from the Woodrow Wilson School, a touch from the Bartlett, and a Bachelors of Art of Architecture with a concentration in Economics at Barnard/Columbia University.

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    • WENDY W FOK

      INFORMATION

      WENDY W FOK: New York, NY/Vienna, Austria/Hong Kong, HK
      (Founder: Architectural Designer/Urban Planner/Installation Artist)

      Wendy W Fok, winner of the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award 2009, has a Masters of Architecture and Certification of Urban Policy/Regional Planning from Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Fok has an international vocational and educational background from New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, and Canada. Her art installation works have been displayed in NYC & Brooklyn, US; Prague, CR; including a recent sound installation for the Fringe Festival & UNBUILT: ATHENS for the Byzantine Museum in Athens, Greece. She had also worked in Athens, London, New York, and on several International Architectural Projects and Competitions.

      Her written/design works have been published in Art&Design, Interior Design Asia, FRAME Asia, Middle East Architect Magazine, Pidgin Magazine, Urban Flux, the Prague Quadrennial, core.form-ula online, and her installation works have been covered by Fringe Festival, TimeOut New York, New York Mag, Architectural Newspaper, to name a few. In addition to being an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong & the Premier Prix winner of the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Fontainebleau in France, she also has been an invited presenter at both Yale University’s “Market of Effects” conference, & interdisciplinary talks at Princeton University’s Women and Gender Department.

      Fok’s design methods work towards investigations of contextual and content-related natures that challenges the dynamic significance in structuring and mapping the ideals of art, architecture and urbanism in the current trend of creating sustainable planning, material research, and alternative methods of fabrication with progressive designs within the built environment.

      From 2008-10, Fok has collaborated with the Viennese (Austrian) firm COOP-HIMMELB(L)AU, invited under the auspices of Wolf D Prix.

      Wendy W Fok’s Specialties:
      architecture/design, material research, hotels/resorts, high-end luxury, fencing (sabre), motorcycles, fashion/photography

      Website: http://wendy.we-designs.org

    • JAMES LEALAND

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      JAMES LEALAND: London, UK
      (Team Member: Photographer/DJ/Designer)

      James Lealand is jameslealand.com.
      His site is now one year old. 30,000 images that have been made in 8 countries spanning 3 continents have all gone towards the various pictures shared in the last 12 months. Currently based and working freelance in London covering everything from events, reportage, portrait, product and wedding photography as well as honing his skills with fashion photography retouching and always exploring new techniques and building up the experience and equipment necessary to bring out the best in the things he is fortunate enough to see.

      He has recently been published recently in the Labour Briefing magazine and DJ Magazine in Amsterdam with further publications on the horizon. His recent work with Kingpin Marketing and the Stay Up Forever music collective has provided new fresh challenges and with all of this in mind he thought it was time to make some updates.

      New to the site are the Fashion Retouching, London and Portraits galleries as well as updates to the Landscapes and Graffiti galleries. Fashion retouching shows examples of some of the skills that have been learnt to create the magazine look that we see from those 'perfect' models in magazines, pay close attention to the before and after images in that one. The London gallery is about showing some of the things he really loves about his home city especially now the summer is with us. This city truly comes alive from large public protests to relaxing in the park, just taking in the sights of this architecturally rich city is a pleasure. In the Portrait gallery you will see a mixture of both personal and professional work, with images of friends and clients that James has been commissioned to work with. He has found portrait work to be the most challenging aspect of photography and one he intends to pursue much further.

      James Lealand's Specialties:
      Music, Photography, Acoustics, Graphic Design

      Website: http://jameslealand.com

    • JENNY CHOW

      INFORMATION

      JENNY CHOW: Vancouver, Canada
      (Team Member: LEED AP/Architect/Designer/Urban Planner)

      Jenny Chow has trained in and practiced architecture around the world. Most recently, she has been working at Coop Himmelb(l)au as a junior architect in Vienna, Austria. She has obtained several academic credentials including her Masters in Architecture and Bachelor in Environmental Design Studies from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (2005 + 2007), and a Diploma in Architectural Engineering and Technology from British Columbia Institute in Technology (2003).

      Jenny has gained considerable international work experience over the past 8 years. She was part of the Asymptote team behind the design and construction of the highly acclaimed Alessi Flagship store in New York during 2006. During 2008, she collaborated with architects in Dublin where she was involved with social projects all over Ireland. While at Coop Himmelb(l)au she was most notably involved with the winning design of the China Insurance Group Tower design in Shenzhen, China. She has participated in many design workshops all over the world, including the annual PLAN conference 'wie wir wohnen werden' symposium/workshop in Köln, Germany in 2005.

      Her work reflects her belief in the collaboration of different disciplines in design and science to generate a built environment that is socially and intellectually engaging, and environmentally conscience.

      Jenny Chow's Specialties:
      Architecture, Design, LEED AP Certified, Sustainable

    • KADRI + MARIS KERGE

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      Kadri+Maris Kerge: Tallinn, Estonia/ Vienna, Austria / Los Angeles, USA

      Kadri & Maris Kerge is sisters, friends and collaborators from Estonia and they worked together in field of architecture, interior design, furniture design, graphic design photography, and art. They have experiences working in several fields related to architecture. They have been collaborating in interior design projects, small form architecture, exhibition design, fashion show stage design, writings, and landscape design.

      Kadri Kerge has been studied four years in Estonian Academy for Arts, Faculty of Architecture before she moved to University of Applied Arts Vienna to architectural design studio Wolf D. Prix, where she is currently studying (3 years). 2009/ 2010 she studied in the Southern California Institute of Architecture (sci-Arc), where she developed her skills in Hernan Diaz Alonso design studio. Kadri has been collaborating with several architecture offices in Estonia, and Vienna. She has been mainly infrequently working for 3+1 Architects in Tallinn, and for COOP-HIMMELB(L)AU in Vienna, where she learned the principals of architecture. She also has been working as an interior designer for Austrian architect Gregor Eichinger developing interiors for public spaces, coffeehouses, apartments, hotels. Her collaboration work with Estonian architect Tõnu Laigu has been nominess for the Cultural Endowment of Estonia Annual Prize 2006 , nominess for "Mies van der Rohe Award" and renowned with honorable mention „Estonian Best Private House 2004-2006“.

      Maris has a Bachelors degree of Interior Architecture, from the Department of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design from Estonian Academy of Arts, where she is currently studying Urban Design Master’s studies, focused on issues of urban space and landscape.

      Kadri and Maris Kerge Specialties: architecture, interior design, photography, beach volleyball

      Website: http://gisele7.blogspot.com, http://xlab2010.blogspot.com/

    • KRIS KOHL

      INFORMATION

      KRIS KOHL: New York, NY/Mid-West USA
      (Team Member: Project Manager/Consultant)

      Kris Kohl is a Project Manager at ESI Design
      Graduated with a BA in audio and Architectural acoustics from Columbia College Chicago, class of 2000.

      His past works include:
      * retail expansion & special projects consultant for Kid Robot
      * project manager at Ferzan, Robbins & Associates
      * engineering consultant at Shen, Milsom & Wilke
      * architectrual acoustics consulant for Kirkegaard Associates in Chicago

      Kris Kohl's Specialties:
      Project Management, Consultant, Acoustics

      Website: http://www.esidesign.com

    • LENASTINA ANDERSSON

      INFORMATION

      LENASTINA ANDERSSON: Stockholm, Sweden
      (Team Member: Architect/Designer)

      Lenastina is an architect and designer based in Stockholm, educated at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. Lenastina is currently teaching (architecture, 1st year) at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Additionally, she also collaborates on the exhibition design at National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.

      In addition to her architectural work, Andersson also designs and plans Video Game Systems within the 3D world.

      Lenastina Andersson's Specialties:
      Interior Design, Architecture, Video Game Design

    • MARTIN XAVIER BROBY

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      MARTIN XAVIER BROBY: London, UK/Copenhagen, Denmark
      (Team member: Architect/Designer)

      Martin Xavier Broby is the owner of BrobyDNA, graduate of the Bartlett School of Architecture, Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine arts, and is the UK representative at Art Anderson Copenhaen.

      Martin is also a MAA - Member of the Academic Architect Association - Denmark, and the RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects

      Martin also has previous installation and design works displayed through Denmark and London.

      His architectural and design talents have also been in collaboration with Anders Brix Studio and part of the Exhibition Design team at the Dansk Design Centre CPH.

      Martin Xavier Broby's Specialties:
      International Art Representation, Architecture, Design, Fine Arts

    • MARTIN XAVIER BROBY

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      SUE BIOLSI: New York, NY / Houston, Texas
      (Team Member: Architect/Designer)

      Sue Biolsi has a BS in Architectural Design with a minor in French Language and Literature from the University of Virginia. She has received a scholarship to attend Rice University in the fall to obtain her Masters in Architecture. For the past four years she has been working professionally in New York City, where she acted as project manager on a variety of projects, including ground-up and interior residential architecture, a photography gallery and several corporate office renovations.

      She has an international background, growing up in various cities throughout Japan and South Korea, and working/studying in Copenhagen, Paris and Seoul. She has participated in local and international design competitions, as well as the Fontainebleau Program for Music and the Arts in the summer of 2008.

      Sue is particularly interested in pursuing a cross-disciplinary approach to architecture. She strives to find a more efficient methodology to deal with the complex socio-economic and environmental issues that designers face today.

      Sue's specialties: Architecture, Design, Interior Architecture, Art, Music

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    + 40° 44' North, 73°  55' West (New York, NY)
    + 51° 30' North, 0°   07' West (London, UK)
    + 59° 23' North, 18°  00' East (Stockholm, Sweden)
    + 55° 43' North, 12°  34' East (Copenhagen, Denmark)
    + 48° 13' North, 16°  22' East (Vienna, Austria)
    + 49° 13' North, 123° 06' West (Vancouver, Canada)
    + 22° 17' North, 114° 08' East (Hong Kong, HK)

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    Email: together@we-designs.org

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