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A Golden Opportunity to Meet with 12 Top Local Creative Designers at Asia Society Hong Kong Center

Imminent Domain: Designing the Life of Tomorrow Exhibition

January 31 – March 31, 2013

HONG KONG, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Society Gallery presents an exciting exhibition that showcases a series of extraordinary art pieces, individually created by 12 international Hong Kong designers who come from different industries. Each has a unique interpretation over topics pertaining to current and future lifestyle, history, origin of human beings, nature, sustainability and technology. These highly talented designers are pushing the boundaries of our imaginations beyond the traditional means and creating technological innovations that are driving lifestyle changes and affecting our aesthetic perceptions.

The exhibition is curated by Fumio Nanjo, Director of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, a renowned veteran curator with over 20 years of arts experience and worked in various roles at numerous biennales worldwide. His team includes Amy Chow, former Project Director of Hong Kong Design Centre and Dominique Chan, Gallery Manager of Asia Society Hong Kong Center. The exhibition aims to leverage the potential of design through presenting the work of leading Hong Kong designers across different fields.

To mark the beginning of this extraordinary exhibition, we are honored to invite Mrs. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, GBS, JP, Chief Secretary for Administration, HKSAR Government to officiate the opening ceremony together with Mr. Ronnie Chan, Co-Chair, Asia Society and Chairman of Asia Society Hong Kong Center.

"We are honored to have 12 most extraordinary Hong Kong designers, 4 globally renowned and at the pinnacle of their success and the rest are on their way to international stardom. Their reputations and achievements have been well recognized not just locally but internationally as well. Their works have earned them accolades and we are so excited to showcase their latest masterpiece for a period of 2 months through this exhibition. We trust this event will make Hong Kong people be proud to call it their own and we would like to thank Create Hong Kong for making it possible," said S. Alice Mong, Executive Director of Asia Society Hong Kong Center.

The exhibition has utilized both the gallery and the outdoor space of the Center. For example, the spectacular bamboo portal mounted at the apex of the footbridge, designed by architect William Lim, is a representation of harmony and sustainability. The design is also associated with nature of the past, present and future. Arnold Chan, a lighting architect, has redefined the outdoor space near Berm A with advanced lighting technology, complemented by Wendy W. Fok's abstract form of LED sculpture. Dylan Kwok, another interior designer, is inspired by the greenery setting of Asia Society Hong Kong Center and created several settlements of small stainless steel houses on site. His design raises some questions on the boundary between rural and urban spaces in the future.

Inside the gallery, product and jewelry designer, Nicolas Cheng, has revived the ancient technique of cloisonne in his latest design, while Elaine Young of the same profession has explored the origin of human beings in her collection, which contains DNA traits against a cosmic setting. Jewelry design pioneer, Kai-Yin Lo, has planted a bronze tree with blossoming flowers outside the Galley and choreographed a journey of the past, present and future in her mixed collage of design. Multimedia designer Kingsley Ng has used projectors, videos and sound to create compartment space on a train that take audience through the time tunnel. The organic electronic installation by Teddy Lo is a new breed of techno art that has various emotional states reactive to the human response. HK Honey, Michael Leung, has captured the unique lifestyle of outer islands in Hong Kong. Also, HK Salt, a project he has documented the making of salt locally. Fashion designer Yeung Chin has created a collection of outfits to "make life breathable". Last but not least, the leading automobile designer, Anthony Lo, presents his debut of combining aesthetic and functionality in his "Bike in a Bag". This gives a foresight of the return of bicycle as the sustainable form of day to day commuting for future.

Imminent Domain: Designing the Life of Tomorrow is sponsored by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) and it opens to the public from January 31 till March 31, 2013, at free admission.

For details of the exhibition, please visit www.asiasociety.org.hk.

To download information about our curatorial team, participating designers and photos of the showcase pieces, please visit:

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1) Information about our curatorial team and participating designers:
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2) Photos and details of the showcase pieces:
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