NEWS
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Wendy W Fok @ the Opening Night of the "Come Up To My Room 2012". GEO-COGNITION (installation) is one of the 100 design pieces selected by Design Line and AZURE magazine as a featured installation, and also will be featured on CBC TV in Canada.
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111027
Wendy W Fok is featured on the Come Up To My Room 2012 website, promoting the up-coming installation as one of the 11 selected Artists, as part of the Toronto International Design Festival 2012.
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111026
A recent commentary written by Wendy W Fok, regarding the artistic & technological role of Design Fabrication & Digital Tooling, was published in the NEW ART/SCIENCE AFFINITIES book. Edited by: Andrea Grover, Régine Debatty, Claire Evans, Pablo Garcia, Thumb Projects. Published by: Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University + CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
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111025
Khajeel Times, article by Praseeda Nair, features "Rising above stereotypes through Art" by Mona F.Al Gurg / Wendy W Fok
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111009
RhinoFabLab GH Collaborative Workshop (10-12 October, 2011) in Houston, TX- Instructors: Rhino Fab Lab / Wendy W Fok
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110914
TETRA (an installation prototype), in collaboration with six students from CUHK & UMich Taubman College, has been selected for the HKSZ Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture 2011
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110901
Toronto #10: WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC (Jenny Chow & Wendy W Fok) are invited to present at the Pecha Kucha Night in Toronto at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West on the 30 September 2011 @ 8pm.
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110827
Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC is invited to give a lecture at the Alvar Aalto Academy at the 4th International Meeting of Modern Architecture (High Rise Shuffle). Keynote: Jeanne Gang / Zhiqiang Wu
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110807
(RE)Configured Assemblage, by WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC & XP& Architecture, featured on BLANK (PT) magazine, archDaily (US), and e-architects (UK).
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110806
Photography Project "L A homeless" by Kadri Kerge | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC, featured on Estonian Photo-magazine "CHEESE"
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110805
Kadri Kerge | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC, work will be part of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale exhibition "Vienna exiles"
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110803
DigitalFUTURE - Shanghai Invitation: The work of WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC & CUHK (Summer Relational Modularity Studio) will be exhibited at DigitalFUTURE, curated by Neil Leach & Philip Yuan, alongside other pioneering international design practices, including: Zaha Hadid Architects, UN Studio, Greg Lynn FORM, SPAN, Evan Douglas Studio, Aranda/Lasch, among many others.
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110712
WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC featured at the BCA Show 2011 (Barnard - Columbia Alumni Show 2011), part of the Progress | Process Exhibition -- featuring a few selected Alums of the Barnard - Columbia Architecture Program.
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110706
Max Broby | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC (UK), goes on-site with the Chelsea Restaurant (Client: Poilâne Boulangerie) in London. The restaurant is a Danish All-Star collaboration directed and designed with BrobyDNA with Danish project partners: Dinesen, Gubi, Kvadrat and Republic of Fritz Hansen.
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110518
Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC selected for the Perspective 40 under 40: Design Stars of Tomorrow Award, for the Category of - Architecture/Interiors.
Special Thanks to Bjarke Ingels, BIG, and Grace Lau, Vice-Chairman of the HKDA, for the support. -
110516
Sue Biolsi | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC will be a Teaching Assistant for the Rice University School of Architecture LAUNCH Summer Architecture Program - a program in its inaugural year.
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110501
Sue Biolsi | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC is a recipient of the John T. Mitchell Travelling Fellowship. The research is on the topic of 'architecture and diplomacy', with destinations including researching in seoul, korea and tokyo, japan.
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110401
WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC announced as one of twenty "Emerging Canadian Design Practices" participants for the Twenty+Change 03 publication and exhibition, in Canada.
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110326
WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC featured on ARCHPLATFORMA.RU
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110227
Cultural Campus Egypt by Kadri Kerge | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC, featured evolo.us
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110226
(C)ODE-(C)OLLECTIVE featured on suckerPUNCH News
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110224
Kadri Kerge | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, "Cultural Campus Egypt" is featured on suckerPUNCH
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110221
(C)ODE-(C)OLLECTIVE featured on Rhino3D News as "New Digital Design Forum"
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110215
Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, is giving a Public Lecture on 28 February, 2011 @ UVa School of Architecture | Virginia Teaching Fellow Candidate Lecture
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110125
Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, is giving a Public Lecture at Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston on the 27th January, 2011 at 3pm on ANTERIOR (3653), and the research/processes of DESIGN | OPTIMISATION |FABRICATION
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110121
Martin Xavier Broby | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, completes construction and design of "TokyoFixed Bike Shop" in Soho, London. Images to come.
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110108
ANTERIOR (3653) By: Wendy W Fok | Foreword: Jesse Reiser (ISBN 978-988-19812-1-9) sold at Basheer (HK), Page One (HK), & Buchhandlung Lia Wolf (Wien)
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110101
Launch of (C)ODE-(C)OLLECTIVE : Rhino GH + Digital Script + Code Collective: a collection forum for Grasshopper, Rhino, Parametric Modeling, and other digital design tools, which pose as an educational and developing archive site to formulate the critical utility of digital tools.
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101201
New article by Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG on Urban Flux "PEOPLE MEET IN ARCHITECTURE 人们相逢于建筑" Vol 2010 - 11, Issue 16
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101120
New article by Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG / Contributing Editor of a+a magazine "the Art of Architecture - La 12th Biennale di Venezia", Vol.30, No.11
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101029
Tuvie Industrial Design Magazine features "Jointness" from the ALESSI MUTANTS collection by Wendy W Fok
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101027
MARK Magazine #29, Dec/Jan issue, will publish WE-DESIGNS.ORG's "UP-Urban Town Transformation" and "Ephemeral Roof Exchange"
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Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, is a Finalist for the Hong Kong Lighting Design Competition. Lamp will be part of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 27-30 October 2010 Exhibition, "showcasing the talents of Hong Kong’s young and up-and-coming designers."
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100907
Cross Fabricated Scales Website Launched, CUHK MArch I Studio, Instructor: Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG
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100809
WE-DESIGNS.ORG is published in CONCEPT magazine, on a 6-pg spread, of our "UP - Urban Tower Transformation" Project.
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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.
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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.
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100606
WE-DESIGNS.ORG is shortlisted for the “Schmap: London Photo Short-list”
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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
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100515
Wendy W Fok | 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
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100510
Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG & 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.
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100428
Sue Biolsi | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, is awarded Rice University's [Best Female Graduate Architectural Student of the Year] Award
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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.
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100326
Wendy W Fok | 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
Hong Kong Expo News -
100318
Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, is chosen for the Mackenzie Award 2010 for Academics in Canada, selected by the Collingwood School Alumni Association
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100111
WE-DESIGNS.ORG is featured + selected to take part on FOC (Freedom of Creations) *Talents
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Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, won the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award 2009 - HKDI Educational Award
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Hays Report on Salaries within the Architecture/Built/Construction Industry in Hong Kong/Singapore/Japan.
Click here: Hays Report - http://we-designs.org/articles/091007_Hays_ConstructionProperty.pdf -
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.
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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.
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Wendy W Fok | WE-DESIGNS.ORG, has been accepted into the 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/
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Conceived in 2003, and officially launched as a collective in 2008, WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC 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
Conceived 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 began her design career in a few fashion houses in New York, which then led to collaborations at MAKE Architects (London), Eichinger Offices (Vienna), and COOP-HIMMELB(L)AU (Vienna) under the auspices of Wolf D Prix. Fok is educated with a Master of Architecture at Princeton University’s School of Architecture, an Urban Policy/Planning Certification at the Woodrow Wilson School, a touch from the Bartlett, and a Bachelor of Arts (Architecture - Economics) at Barnard College, Columbia University.
PROJECTS
DESCRIPTION
PRESS
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B1 Magazine (Be One Magazine)
Volume 3, Issue 49
Project Publication: (RE)Configured Assemblage
Publication Date: October 2011
Page: 44 - 51
Link: B1 Magazine -
NEW ART/SCIENCE AFFINITIES Book
A recent commentary written by Wendy W Fok, regarding the artistic and technological role of Design Fabrication and Digital Tooling, was published in the NEW ART/SCIENCE AFFINITIES book.
Contributors: Andrea Grover, Régine Debatty, Claire Evans, Pablo Garcia, Thumb Projects
Published by: Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University + CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Publication date: October 2011 -
a+a (art+architecture) magazine
Vol.31, No.9
Article by: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
Title: New Office Building： The Balance between Sublime and Graceful | 穿越迷雾，秀外慧中文
Link: a+a magazine -
Perspective Magazine | 40 under 40 (Feature)
Vol. May 2011
Feature: 40 under 40 | Design Stars of Tomorrow
Link: Perspective Magazine -
a+a (art+architecture) magazine
Vol.31, No.4
Article by: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
Title: Fluid Tranquility 流・砾・韵
Link: http://aa.chinaasc.org/ -
a+a (art+architecture) magazine
Vol.31, No.2
Article by: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
Title: 畅谈文化的可持续性 - 设计产业周的对话 / Brewing Discussions of Cultural Sustainability
� During the Business of Design Week
Link: http://aa.chinaasc.org/ -
ANTERIOR (3653)
By: Wendy W Fok | Foreword: Jesse Reiser
ISBN 978-988-19812-1-9
(Sold in the USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, & Vienna)
*This project was made possible in part by LG Hausys | HI-MACS & Luxx Newhouse Design Centre -
Urban Flux Magazine Issue 16
Vol 2010 - 11, Issue 16
Article By: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
Title: PEOPLE MEET IN ARCHITECTURE 人们相逢于建筑
Pages: 56 - 59 -
a+a (art+architecture) magazine
Vol.31, No.1
Article by: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
Title: 视点－8字住 / House 8
Link: http://aa.chinaasc.org/ -
a+a (art+architecture) magazine
Vol.30, No.11
Article by: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
Title: the Art of Architecture - La 12th Biennale di Venezia
Link: http://aa.chinaasc.org/ -
CONCEPT magazine
Vol.135, July 2010
Article by: LEE, Na-mi
Title: PARAMETER: WE-DESIGNS.ORG – UP: Urban Tower Transformation (Cover Story)
Pages: 115, 120-123
Link: http://capress.co.kr -
a+a (art+architecture) magazine
Vol.30, No.6
Article by: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
Title: Flowing Streamlines - Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum ― Interviews with Patrick Schumacher / Gianluca Racana
Link: http://aa.chinaasc.org/ -
designboom
Vol. 100615
Article by: Ridhika
Title: we-designs.org: UP - tower transformation
Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10542/we-designsorg-up-tower-transformation.html -
designboom
Vol. 100526
Article by: Ridhika
Title: we-designs.org: urban formation - sustainable village, canada
Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10326/we-designs-urban-formation-sustainable-village-canada.html -
designboom
Vol. 100520
Article by: Fiona
Title: steven ma, wendy w fok + dominik strzelec: ephemeral roof exchange
Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10271/steven-ma-wendy-fok-dominik-strzelec-ephemeral-roof-exchange.html -
URBAN FLUX MAGAZINE
Vol. 2010-04
Article By: Wendy W Fok 霍渭瑜
上海的新陈代谢运动？
METABOLIST MOVEMENT IN SHANGHAI? -
INTERIOR DESIGN CHINA
Vol. 2010-3
Article by: Wendy W Fok
探讨法国当代建筑设计中的设计思想进程
The Developmental process of the Modern French Design movement
Link: http://www.id-china.com.cn/ -
A&D (Art&Design) Magazine
Vol.122, Feb 2010
Editor: Guo Han
DESIGN TALENTS: SEEKING IDEAS FOR THE BETTER WORLD
"WENDY FOK: ARCHITECTURE THROUGH EXPERIMENT"
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ATHENS FRINGE FESTIVAL: July 2009
Exhibition: Mapping Networks
Page: 3-4
Link: http://www.fringefestival.gr/ -
MIDDLE EAST ARCHITECTS MAGAZINE, March 2009
Vol.3, Issue.3
Article: “Student Union”
Page: 29 - 31
Link: http://www.meada-magazine.com/frontpage/ -
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/ -
UNBUILT:ATHENS, Byzantine Museum, September 2008
Exhibition: Mapping Communications
Page: 104-108
Link: http://we-designs.org/soundscape/ -
FONTAINEBLEAU Newspaper, August 2008
Article: Les Future Stars de L'Architecture a l'ecole bellifontaine
Page: 3
Link: http://www.fontainebleauschools.org/ -
DAM STUHLTRAGER GALLERY, 'Au courant', July 2008
Exhibition: Mapping Field Conditions
Link: http://www.damstuhltrager.com/ -
PIDGIN MAGAZINE: VOLUME 3.0, May 2008
Article: 「CORRUGATION」
Page: 104-108
Link: http://www.pidgin-magazine.net/ -
HOLCIM AWARDS 2008, Next Generation
Submission: Dubai, Eco-Lux Water Renergating Marina Resort
Link: http://www.holcimfoundation.org/ -
PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL 2007, July-August 2007
Exhibition: Mapping BillBoarders
Link: http://www.pq.cz/ -
MARKET OF EFFECTS SYMPOSIUM, YALE UNIVERSITY, March 2007
Lecture: Mapping Communications and Sounds
Link: http://www.architecture.yale.edu/ -
ART OF SCIENCE 2006, Exhibition Finalist, May 2006
Exhibition: Undulating Roof System, La Biennale di Venezia
Link: http://www.princeton.edu/~artofsci/gallery2006/ -
KROB Competition 2006, May 2006
Submission: Field condition, Moveable Stacks (Finalist)
Link: http://www.krobarch.com/ -
ARTDAILY.COM, January 2005
Article: Dualism in America--An Art Installation by Wendy W Fok
Link: http://www.artdaily.com/ -
WORLD JOURNAL NEWSPAPER, 07 January 2005
Article: (Chinese)
Link: http://www.worldjournal.com/ -
TIMEOUT NEW YORK, 6-12 January 2005
ARTICLE: Around Town, Museums Section
Link: http://newyork.timeout.com/
TEAM BIO
WENDY W FOK
BACKINFORMATION
WENDY W FOK: New York, NY / Vienna, Austria / Hong Kong, HK
(Founder: Architectural Designer/Installation Artist/Urbanist)
Wendy W Fok, director/founder and team member of WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC (Architecture) and studio-WF (Art), winner of the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award (2009), and a selected designer of the Perspective 40 under 40 Award (2011), has a Master of Architecture & Certification of Urban Policy/Planning from Princeton University. Notably, WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC has been selected by Twenty+Change (co-curated by Heather Dubbeldam and Lola Sheppard) as one of twenty Emerging Canadian Design Practices (2011) in Canada.
Fok has an international background from Vienna, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong & Canada. Her art installations have been displayed in Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York, Athens, Venice, & Prague, and has worked on several international architectural projects, exhibitions, & competitions--including the 12th La Biennale di Venezia 2011, the Shanghai Expo 2010, & Athens Fringe Festival 2009.
Fok’s interests are towards investigations of contextual and content-related natures of fabrication, and cradle-to-cradle material investigations that compliment scaled prototypes within architectural design. Meanwhile, her design methodology is to challenge the dynamic significance in structuring and mapping the ideals of art, architecture, and urbanism within the processes of [design | optimisation | fabrication] for sustainable planning, interactive design, material research, and alternative methods of fabrication with progressive aims within the built environment.
Currently, Fok is an Assistant Professor and Lead of the Digital Media and Design Program at the Gerald D Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Architecture as Co-thesis Advisor and Graduate Material/Fabrication Studios.
On her spare time, Fok is the founder and administrator of (C)ODE-(C)OLLECTIVE: GH + Digital Script + Code Collective—a collective forum for Grasshopper, Rhino, Parametric Modeling, and other digital design tools, which pose as an educational and developing archive site to formulate the critical utility of digital tools—an Associate Member of the HKPDA (Hong Kong Parametric Design Association), and Contributing / Overseas Editor for the a+a magazine, published by the Architectural Society of China.
Fok has also participated in interdisciplinary architectural critiques & discussions at Yale University - Market of Effects Conference, UF - Digital Fabrication Panel (Keynote: Neil Leach), Asian Design Forum Singapore, University of Virginia, Princeton University, Carleton University, University of Applied Arts in Vienna, HKU, to name a few.
Wendy W Fok's Specialties:
architecture/design, materials research, fabrication (digital/analog), fencing (sabre), motorcycles
JAMES LEALAND
BACKINFORMATION
JAMES LEALAND: London, UK / Shanghai, China
(Media Design Partner: Photographer/DJ/Media Designer)
James Lealand is the Media Design Partner and Media Design Project Manager of WE-DESIGNS.ORG. Along with being an active Professional Photographer and DJ, his portfolio contains over 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 in both London, UK and Shanghai, China, his works covers 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.
Lealand 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:
Media Applications, Music, Photography, Acoustics, Graphic Design
Website: http://jameslealand.com
JENNY CHOW
BACKINFORMATION
JENNY CHOW: Vancouver, Canada
(Design Partner: LEED AP/Architect/Designer/Urban Planner)
Jenny Chow has trained in and practiced architecture around the world. As a Design Partner and Project Manager with WE-DESIGNS.ORG and its numerous design operations, Chow is a certified LEED AP, heading the sustainability design decisions for projects within WE-DESIGNS.ORG. Additionally, her role within WE-DESIGNS.ORG is to further pursue and establish the Canadian counterpart, and provide the groundwork to further develop the name of WE-DESIGNS.ORG within Canada, and act as the Design Partner for WE-DESIGNS.ORG within the Canadian architectural and design community.
In the past, Chow has worked at Coop Himmelb(l)au as a junior architect in Vienna, Austria, and 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 conscious.
Jenny Chow's Specialties:
Architecture, Design, LEED AP Certified, Sustainable
KADRI + MARIS KERGE
BACKINFORMATION
KADRI + MARIS KERGE: Tallinn, Estonia/ Vienna, Austria
(Team Member: Architectural Designers/Photographers/Interior Designers)
Kadri & Maris Kerge are sisters and collaborators from Estonia, where 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. Both Kadri & Maris Kerge have been collaborating in interior design projects, small scale architecture, exhibition design, fashion show stage design, 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. Between 2009/ 2010 she studied in the Southern California Institute of Architecture (sci-Arc), where she developed her technical skills at the 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 nominated for the Cultural Endowment of Estonia Annual Prize 2006, nominated for the "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 also 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://kadrimaris.wordpress.com
and http://gisele7.blogspot.com
KRIS KOHL
BACKINFORMATION
KRIS KOHL: New York, NY/Mid-West USA
(Consultant: Project Manager/Consultant)
Kris Kohl is a Project Manager at ESI Design and part-time consultant for WE-DESIGNS.ORG.
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
BACKINFORMATION
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
BACKINFORMATION
MARTIN XAVIER BROBY: London, UK / Copenhagen, Denmark
(Project Partner: Architect MAA / Designer)
Martin Xavier Broby acts as a Project Partner in pursuing New Business Developments in the London, and United Kingdom region, while also maintains his own architecture and design practice BrobyDNA, in London, UK. Broby is a graduate of the Bartlett School of Architecture and Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine arts. Martin is a MAA Danish Registered Architect - Member of the Academic Architect Association - Denmark, and the RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects.
Before joining WE-DESIGNS.ORG, Martin started his practice BrobyDNA immediately after graduating from The Bartlett School of Architecture in 2004. His work includes 30+ completed architectural projects in the UK, Denmark, Sweden and Lebanon – and numerous furniture and art installation projects.
BrobyDNA is a continuation of Martin’s past investigations into the world of digital manufacturing and the design through making approach. Martin’s designs are directly linked to physical prototyping and materials investigations made in the BrobyDNA Workshop.
His architectural and design talents have also been in collaboration with Anders Brix Studio and part of the Exhibition Design team at the Danish Design Centre CPH. Martin was also the UK representative of Art Andersen Cph – and was involved with Art Andersen’s design services for the Swiss Re building and Albion Riverside development by Foster + Partners.
Martin is currently working on the launch of a new bicycle designed by BrobyDNA, commissioned furniture with Dinesen, a large private residence in central London and a new flagship store and restaurant for a Parisian company.
Martin Xavier Broby's Specialties:
Architecture/Design, Digital/Analog Manufacturing, Material research, Installation art, Bicycle design
SUE BIOLSI
BACKINFORMATION
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 is currently attending Rice University where she received a scholarship to pursue her Masters in Architecture.
After graduating from UVA she worked in Paris for a year. Her next move to New York City continued her professional career as Project Manager on a variety of projects, including ground-up and interior residential architecture, a photography gallery, and several corporate office renovations.
Biolsi has an international background, growing up in various cities throughout Japan and South Korea, and working/studying in Copenhagen, Paris, Vienna 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. These experiences inspire her passion for improving the built environment and understanding the psychological and perceptual effects of the city on its inhabitants.
Sue is particularly interested in pursuing a cross-disciplinary approach to architecture and urban design. 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
_COLLABORATORS | PARTNERS
BACKINFORMATION
WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC draws its collaborations with a vast number of partnerships + consultants. Ranging from Industry leaders to Emerging Designers within the field of architecture, product design, acoustic design, to interactive media design.
Collaborating Partners:
Digital Script/Tools:
+ (C)ODE-(C)OLLECTIVE (US)
+ McNeel & Associates (US)
+ Rhino3D (US)
Materials + Fabricators:
+ LG Hausys HI-MACS (US/Asia)
+ DuPont Corian (Asia)
+ Luxx Newhouse Pte (Asia)
Engineers: Acoustic + Structural
+ ARUP / Arup Acoustics (UK)
Professional Consultants:
+ Gensler Middle East (UAE)
Product Design:
+ ALESSI (IT)
Emerging Designers:
+ SPAN - Matias del Campo / Sandra Manniger (AU)
CONTACT
WE-DESIGNS.ORG, LLC
Email: together@we-designs.org
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)
Business Registrations in: Hong Kong, New York, and London.
Punchline: An international creative collective & collaborative architecture + design group.
