Design Partners
Cityplus is an open platform for all creative designers and architects who share the same vision, we understand that, to put heads together create a better result, therefore, we co-operate with young talents and sophisticated architects on our new product design project, partner for perfection.
Founding partner of Front, the New York-based integrated design practice that specializes in facades. Front collaborates with Program on iconic architectural design projects, drawing on the strengths of both companies to deliver innovative products efficiently.
Jason Carlow is an American designer based in Hong Kong and principal of Carlow Architecture & Design Ltd. His work has been exhibited in the Hong Kong / Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism as well as the Venice Biennale of Architecture. He is a recipient of Perspective Magazine's "40 Under 40" design awards for Asia.
Kristof Crolla is one of the founders of Laboratory for Explorative Architecture & Design Ltd. (LEAD) which is a Hong Kong & Antwerp based architectural design and research practice. LEAD explores how architectural innovation can stem from the strategic integration and combination of contemporary design technology and highly contextual and project-specific parameters. LEAD has won the 2013-2014 Asia Pacific Property Awards and 2012-13 A' Design Award – "Platinum A' Design Award".
Kay Lai, a Hong Kong industrial designer, has been employed by a number of local leading product design consultancy firms and has provided design services for different international brands such as Philips, Motorola, Panasonic, etc. He believes that industrial design is not simply emphasizing the appearance, but to form a unique experience when using the products.
He believes that sensation and physical experiences affect how one acknowledges his surroundings. He believes this increases how people connect with street architecture – which is very important in an urban city. At the heart of his pieces, core values are placed on real life experiences. In 2013, Sandro won 1st place in KMB-SDC Sustainable Bus Shelter Design Competition. He is looking for opportunities to bring his thoughts into street furniture that represent collective values of Hong Kong.
Samuel So is a new design star of generation Y with creative ideas. He has won the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award, Hong Kong Eyewear Design Award and Opus Design Award.
Graduated from the Hong Kong Design Institute with Professional Certificate in Innovative Furniture Design. Man Chow is eager to develop more people-oriented street furniture to the city. Through her designs, you may found she is attentive to every details of the furniture development.
L. K. Chui has studied architecture at CityU and he is passionate about designs. In 2013, he became a finalist of KMB-SDC Sustainable Bus Shelter Design Competition. Through design he explores how designs shape people’s emotion and how people feel being in space. L.K. and Program are looking forward to developing more creative street furniture in the coming future for our society.
Cyclehoop Ltd is a firm of award-winning designers and architects specialising in designing innovative indoor and outdoor cycle parking infrastructure. Cyclehoop offer a complete service from design and planning to manufacturing and installation. They have won many international design awards including the New York CityRacks Design Competition with their winning design for Google's cycle parking facility, and Reinventing the Bike Shed with the 'Cyclehoop' retrofit bike stand.
ZEDFORCE is based in Hong Kong and owned by Designer Ming-wai Wong and Civil Engineer Wailing Tang. Zedforce designs and manufactures furniture for companies or designers who have ideas. Also the founders have set up and other company called DÉJÀ VU CREATION (DVC) which is specializing in exploring the potential of reusing wasted materials through art and design to benefit the sustainable development in Hong Kong.
Environmental Street Furniture (ESF) are a global designer and supplier of street furniture and site furnishing products. Offering a comprehensive product range, coupled with the ability to offer bespoke customised products, sets ESF aside from the competition. ESF operates in 3 distinct product areas, which while they differ in many aspects, they also allow for overlaps and introduction of new innovation into each sector.
Saris is a manufacturer of bicycle products committed to making their products in Madison, WI. Saris' core passion for the bicycle is revealed through the detail and craftsmanship of their products. Their bicycle obsession spills into their commitment to bicycle advocacy and creating great places for people to ride.
Interested to be our design partners?