ORIGINS:

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.

Interested in the emergent, interactive, and progressive/dynamic investigation of architecture + design, 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 within a project.

ORGANISATION:

WE-DESIGNS.ORG is originally founded by Wendy W Fok, an Architectural/Product designer + Material Research Group member for COOP-HIMMELBLAU—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/Economics at Barnard/Columbia University.

Depending on a project—whether it is a project focused on architecture, a photoshoot, or a branding campaign—a professional + selective group within the talent base of WE-DESIGNS.ORG would be selected to best execute + produce + design the project.

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.

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  ATHENS FRINGE FESTIVAL: July 2009

  Exhibition: Mapping Networks
  Page: 3-4
  Link: http://www.fringefestival.gr/
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  CORE.FORM-ULA Online Magazine, 08 March 2009

  Article: Through the Eyes + Interpretation of Wendy W Fok, Stockholm Design Week
  Link: http://www.core.form-ula.com/2009/03/08/through-the-ears-interpretation-of-wendy-w-fok/
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  MIDDLE EAST ARCHITECTS MAGAZINE, March 2009, Vol.3, Issue.3

  Article: “Student Union”
  Page: 31
  Link: http://www.meada-magazine.com/frontpage/
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  UNBUILT:ATHENS, Byzantine Museum, September 2008

  Exhibition: Mapping Communications
  Page: 104-108
  Link: http://we-designs.org/soundscape/
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  FONTAINEBLEAU Newspaper, August 2008

  Article: Les Future Stars de L'Architecture a l'ecole bellifontaine
  Page: 3
  Link: http://www.fontainebleauschools.org/
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  DAM STUHLTRAGER GALLERY, 'Au courant', July 2008

  Exhibition: Mapping Field Conditions
  Link: http://www.damstuhltrager.com/
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  PIDGIN MAGAZINE: VOLUME 3.0, May 2008

  Article: 「CORRUGATION」
  Page: 104-108
  Link: http://www.pidgin-magazine.net/
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  HOLCIM AWARDS 2008, Next Generation

  Submission: Dubai, Eco-Lux Water Renergating Marina Resort
  Link: http://www.holcimfoundation.org/
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  MARKET OF EFFECTS SYMPOSIUM, YALE UNIVERSITY, March 2007

  Lecture: Mapping Communications and Sounds
  Link: http://www.architecture.yale.edu/
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  PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL 2007, July-August 2007

  Exhibition: Mapping BillBoarders
  Link: http://www.pq.cz/
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  ART OF SCIENCE 2006, Exhibition Finalist, May 2006

  Exhibition: Undulating Roof System, La Biennale di Venezia
  Link: http://www.princeton.edu/~artofsci/gallery2006/
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  KROB Competition 2006, May 2006

  Submission: Field condition, Moveable Stacks
  Link: http://www.krobarch.com/
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  TIMEOUT NEW YORK, 6-12 January 2005

  ARTICLE: Around Town, Museums Section
  Link: http://newyork.timeout.com/
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  ARTDAILY.COM, January 2005

  Article: Dualism in America--An Art Installation by Wendy W Fok
  Link: http://www.artdaily.com/
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  WORLD JOURNAL NEWSPAPER, 07 January 2005

  Article: (Chinese)
  Link: http://www.worldjournal.com/

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  INFORMATION

  WENDY W FOK: New York, NY/Vienna, Austria
  (Founder: Architect/Urban Planner/Installation Artist)

  Wendy W Fok 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; Athens, Greece; and in Prague, Czech Republic. She had also worked in Athens (for the Greek Agora), London, New York, and on several International Architectural Projects and Competitions.

  Her written/design works have been published in Middle East Architect Magazine, Pidgin Magazine, the Prague Quadrennial, core.form-ula online, and her installation works have been covered by TimeOut New York, New York Magazine, Architectural Newspaper, to name a few. In addition to being the Premier Prix winner of the Fontainebleau School of the L'Ecole Beaux Arts Americaines, in France, she also has been an invited presenter at both Yale University’s 「Market of Effects」 conference, and interdisciplinary talks at Princeton University’s Women and Gender Department on her article, 「Strapping on a Functional Theory of Penetrating Space」. Her recent contemporary sound installation for UNBUILT: ATHENS, for the Byzantine Museum in Athens, was very well received.

  Fok’s work challenges the dynamic significance in structuring and mapping the ideals of art, architecture and urbanism in the current trend of creating sustainable planning with progressive designs within the built environment.

  Since Autumn 2008, Fok has been collaborating with the well-known Viennese (Austrian) Starchitecture firm COOP-HIMMELB(L)AU (known for their recent completion of the BMW Welt HQ, in Münich Germany, and other notable international projects).

  Cities Fok has lived/worked in:
  + Hong Kong, Hong Kong (né)
  + Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  + Tokyo, Japan
  + Vancouver, BC, Canada
  + New York, NY, USA
  + Paris, France
  + London, UK
  + Athens, Greece
  + Vienna, Austria
  

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

  Website: http://cv.wishiewashie.com/

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  INFORMATION

  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.

  Another major change to the site has been a reduction in the amount of sections now. Purely focusing on photos and feedback and have removed the news and ordering sections. Although very happy with the amount of prints sold from the site James has recently found himself too busy to keep doing the orders alone. However anyone interested in obtaining or enquiring any of his work or services can do so via the feedback section on the site here.

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

  Website: http://jameslealand.com

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  INFORMATION

  JASMIN DIETERLE: Vienna, Austria
  (Team member: Architectural Designer/ Engineer)

  Jasmin Dieterle is an architectural designer and engineer. In 2008, she founded NEOZOON lab, an interdisciplinary architectural design and research platform. The principle of NEOZOON lab is to analyze architecture as a dynamic open system and to imagine buildings as living structures with the ability to produce energy and develop as self-organizing systems. The lab is to encourage the development of new building typologies.

  Dieterle has acquired a diverse educational background, which includes Pharmacy with Biochemistry and Physic at the Biocenter of Johann-Wolfgang v.Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany (2000-2003), as well as studies in Psychology and Sociology. In 2007, she graduated from Architecture School of University of Applied Science in Konstanz, Germany. For one year she worked there on different projects in the virtual reality lab.

  During her studies, Jasmin won first place in a project development competition sponsored by Ernst Young and an idea competition sponsored by Louis Poulsen with one of her sound installations. She also won the competition for a new bath and living area for the city of Freiburg/ Germany. Her diploma Atmosphere in virtual reality, involved collaboration with the Biological Institute of the University of Konstanz.

  Jasmin is currently working at Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna. Since she started there in 2007, she has worked on several internationally renowned projects including the European Central Bank in Frankfurt M. and the BMW World in Munich, and has been involved with numerous international competitions.

  Jasmin Dieterle’s Specialties:
  Architecture, Design,Engineering

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  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

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  KADRI + MARIS KERGE: Tallinn, Estonia / Vienna, Austria
  (Team Members: Architects/Designers/Photographers)

  Kadri & Maris Kerge are sisters from Estonia and they worked together in field of architecture, interior design, furniture design, photography. They have experiences working in several fields related to architecture like urban space, landscape, graphic design, art, fashion, exhibition design.

  Maris Kerge´s Summary

  Maris has a Batchelor´s degree of Interior Architecrure from Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design. Her photo-exhibitions have been displayed in different Estonian cities. She has created interior design for private houses, apartments, restaurants, coffees in Estonia and for shops in Baltics, Russia, Ukraine and Czech Republic. She has both created herself and made a design for installation works. Currently is Maris an interior architect at Baltika Group. She has been designing shops for fashion brand „Ivo Nikkolo」 in Baltics after creating Nikkolo´s store concept. Her main project in a company is at the moment an interior design solution for Baltika Group´s department store.

  Her new 「loves」 are enterprises and landscape. She has been arranging music+art+culture+food enterprises to give to 「usual」 people from her neighbourhood experience about 「real」 things. Things out of TV and Internet. Her first connection with field of landscape was designing landscape sculpture in tiny Estonian island Hiiumaa after winning a competition. Her written works has been published in Maja, Diivan, Anne and Eramu & Korter and webmag Artishok (Estonian art, architecture and interior design magazines)

  Kadri Kerge´s Summary

  Kadri Kerge has been studied four years in Estonian Academy for Arts, Faculty of Arhitecture before she moved to University of Applied Arts Vienna to architectural design studio Wolf D. Prix, where she is currently studying (3 years). Kadri has been collaborating with several architecture offices in Estonia, and Vienna. She has been mainly influented working for 3+1 Architects in Tallinn and for COOP-HIMMELB(L)AU Her collaboration work with architect Tõnu Laigu has been nominess for the Cultural Endowment of Estonia Annual Prize 2006 and renowned with honorable mention "Estonian Best Private House 2004-2006".

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

  Website: http://gisele7.blogspot.com

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  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

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  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.

  Currently working as an architect at TEA (Thomas Eriksson Arkitekter).

  In addtion 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

  Website: http://tea.se

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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

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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

LOCATIONS:

+ 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)

Punchline: An international creative collective & collaborative architecture + design group.