@designunplugged

designunplugged has been a member of Linktree for 6 years and joined in May 2020. The social media accounts linked to from designunplugged are: • SoundCloud • LinkedIn Besides social media accounts, designunplugged has populated their site with: • Jia Curated 2026: the festival imagining a different future for Bali • A farewell tour through the flats, fashions and fixations that defined our design editor’s 22 years at PostMag | South China Morning Post • Architect Billie Tsien on identity, fear and doing Duolingo | South China Morning Post • Have architects built boredom into our streetscapes, and can it harm our health? | South China Morning Post • Hainan holiday home blends bold design with nature’s serenity | South China Morning Post • Rewilding the city: the urban forests of Asia | South China Morning Post • An interior designer on the challenge of finally designing for his own home | South China Morning Post • Norman Foster’s hi-tech HSBC masterpiece turns 40 | South China Morning Post • Clinically Bland - why boring buildings are getting you down • TST flat transformed with clever lighting • How 3D printing combined with traditional Chinese wooden construction is helping resurrect a century-old village in rural China | South China Morning Post • A Wong Kar-wai film set? No, it’s an old Shanghai-style family home in Jing-An | South China Morning Post • Pantone’s ‘colour’ of the year, AI and other forces shaping interiors in 2026 | South China Morning Post • Is fungus the future of furniture across Asia? | South China Morning Post • Can architecture be fleeting? Check out these transient structures and see | South China Morning Post • How designers engineered flow in a young family’s home | South China Morning Post • Inside the Hong Kong flat where everything is carefully curated – even the cat | South China Morning Post • How one Hong Kong couple transformed a derelict junk into a weekend retreat | South China Morning Post • Hong Kong’s historical shops preserve city’s unique charm and craftsmanship | South China Morning Post • Treasure hunting: Ross Urwin on a lifetime of collecting design icons | South China Morning Post • How Le Corbusier and French bubble houses inspired this Lamma Island renovation | South China Morning Post • Solar fish pond devices boost growth with less labour in San Tin, Hong Kong | South China Morning Post • Why a design duo’s family home celebrates imperfection, memory and grandma’s ceramics | South China Morning Post • How a small Hong Kong flat makes space for music, fashion and fun | South China Morning Post • Courtyard house in Kunming • Nelson Chow designed this Hong Kong home with ‘the essence of a chapel’ for devoted Christian parents | South China Morning Post • The world is discovering bamboo scaffolding – as Hong Kong phases it out | South China Morning Post • 6 talents from Hong Kong and mainland China to catch at Singapore Design Week | South China Morning Post • This flexible Hong Kong flat can be transformed to suit its owners’ needs | South China Morning Post • What to see at Singapore Design Week, from cyborg cockroaches to food of the future | South China Morning Post • My story about Singapore's first 3D-printed house • Hong Kong history, one tile at a time • A designer worked his magic on a boxy 1980s Mid-Levels apartment • Inside One Bedford Place, an architect’s nostalgic tribute to old Hong Kong • Metabolism in Motion: Nakagin Capsule Tower.pdf • How do Hong Kong’s old shops preserve the city’s history and charm? • Design & Interiors: Latest Design & Interiors news and features from PostMag | South China Morning Post • Are our sustainability efforts actually worth it? • EXTRACT from Enid Tsui's book, Art in Hong Kong: Portrait of a City in Flux • Painstakingly made, these products are also unique pieces of art • Bike as art; plants for harmony • A piece of Hong Kong in your living room • How one Hong Kong family turned their flat into a Kyoto-inspired sanctuary • Unveiling the stories of early Japanese residents in Hong Kong Cemetery • Excerpt from ART IN HONG KONG: Portrait of a City in Flux • The award-winning Hong Kong recycling centre that looks like a hotel • How humble rattan furniture is experiencing a modern renaissance • How an 18th century Dutch house was restored by an ex-Hong Kong resident • How a Hong Kong film inspired the revival of 9 post-war buildings • How this family home creates positive head spaces to live, work and play • How Japan's innovative Nakagin Capsule Tower is finding new life • Our top 5 home interiors of 2024, from Japan’s Karuizawa to Hong Kong’s Lantau • Why this British couple went for a ‘midimalist’ home in Bath • Meet these custom woodworkers boring into a bespoke niche in Hong Kong • How Japan’s innovative Nakagin Capsule Tower is finding new life • Inside the biggest art event in the US, featuring 800-plus artists • This forgotten border village shows Hong Kong’s history of change • The design secrets of Hong Kong’s private housing estates • Three books on feminism – from abortion rights to toxic masculinity • From Discovery Bay to Pok Fu Lam: a family’s stylish home transformation • Can you really distil the taste of whisky in an art installation? • Why Chinese science fiction is having more than a moment • Post Magazine: Art, Culture, Design and Long Reads | South China Morning Post • Post Magazine (my SCMP Design section) • Curators, son on architect I.M. Pei’s ‘complicated’ Hong Kong retrospective • ‘The a-ha moment’: Henry Steiner on his 60-plus years in Hong Kong design • Conversion of Chinese courtyard house to B&B takes ‘simple living’ approach • ‘Extraordinary’ Hong Kong buildings designed by local architects • Why Hong Kong dog shelters are struggling to survive • 3 bars in Hong Kong with vibes and designs that hit the spot • ‘A Hong Kong story’: typography show explores Kowloon communities • Design Doha in Post Magazine, SCMP • Mix of textures creates chic urban pad that’s comforting and inviting • Space pigs to Soviet motifs, a chaotic contemporary Chinese art collection • WHERE TO FIND Design Citywalk HK.docx • Design Citywalk HK • ‘It sparks discussion’: curvaceous new Hong Kong skyscraper The Henderson • Warm wood, tree-like columns – new Union Church connected to nature and past • 360-year-old abandoned Hong Kong Hakka village is born again • ‘Full of adventures’: inside China’s award-winning school campus • He made a minimalist, airy 500 sq ft Hong Kong flat that ‘tells a story’ • Outdoor desks, indoor decor: experts pick their 2024 home design trends • Creating communities in Hong Kong is ‘maddening and fun’: meet Marisa Yiu • 18 captivating artworks on 4 islands reveal another side of Hong Kong life • Light flows through a family home with enlarged windows, glass balustrades • Low-key and shopping rarely go together in Hong Kong. They do here • In novel of a mother-daughter relationship the smallest things matter • A blank canvas: how an unlovely Macau house became a whimsical art cave • How revitalised Hong Kong park is using design to bring a community together • Singapore’s Find Design Fair: a showcase of tradition and technology • How 3D printing is helping resurrect a century-old village in rural China • They want you to embrace Hong Kong’s historic Brutalist buildings • Karmapa controversy • Eye-opening. Mind-stretching. A trio of hotels in Japan marry design and nature • Lily Jencks on landscaping Frank Gehry's Hong Kong cancer centre • Raze and rebuild? No, adapt and reuse, Chinese architecture firm says • Flash fiction stories: can you tell if these are AI-created or by humans? • Mid-century touches, homelike vibes: this is an office you won’t want to leave • Shape-shifting micro-flat so innovative a museum recreated it. Not for keeps • Hong Kong at Venice 2023: how sustainable design can shape city’s future • A Hong Kong village house so different, people like to stop and stare • ‘The simplest, dumbest materials’: how art gallery stands out by blending in • Unconventional, packed with limited editions: Hong Kong Art Book Fair 2023 • Multifunctional design magic, from furniture to interactive ceramics • He’d never designed a hotel before he took on the Regent Hong Kong renovation • THE ALARMIST podcast: The Aftermath - The 1995 Tokyo Sarin Subway Attack • What is good restaurant design? How experts in Hong Kong tackle it • Crafts masters young and old team up in Hong Kong to create beautiful pieces • Mrs, Ms, Miss, Mx - Why gender-based honorifics need a rethink • Paper stools, blood powder planters: the future of sustainable homewares • 2023 interior design trends – bold colours, optimism, curves, big kitchens • History and needs of the elderly inspire latest Hong Kong urban micro-park • Stanley Wong’s new show reveals ad man/artist in his various incarnations • Hong Kong house makes coming home feel like going on holiday • 70-plus restaurants in Asia raise funds to help feed families in Ukraine • They called him ‘The Chinese’: rags-to-success story of architect Chi Wing Lo • ‘They solve many problems’: floating cities and structures around the world • After K-pop, K-drama and K-fashion, will K-design be Korea’s next big export? • Cantonese opera the star of new snack shop at Hong Kong’s Xiqu Centre • The children’s library whose shelves are as much for play as for books • Hong Kong farm grows greens using water, fish and smart interior design • High-end furniture made of scrap a sustainable success for Piet Hein Eek • ‘We design in the East, for the East’: architect’s celebration of Asian style • Transparent, blue, Instagrammable, Hong Kong pop-up cake shop is a winner • Post Magazine (my SCMP Books section) • Courtyard Living: Contemporary Houses of the Asia-Pacific, 2nd edition • Greenery in the concrete jungle: architect brings nature into living spaces • His story is also the story of Hong Kong: Alan Chan, designer • EXTRACT: THE HONG KONG DIARIES, by Chris Patten • Simon Westcott: publisher turned counsellor on death, and abuse at school • "WATER ALWAYS WINS" by Erica Gies • The Stories Behind Abortion • ‘A mini-architectural piece’: luxury dog kennel contest stretches designers • Courtyard Living (my Thames & Hudson book) • What future homes will be like: ‘living’ materials, hybrid work spaces • Why a new multistorey skatepark in the UK could work perfectly in Hong Kong • How ‘poetic’ sight of abandoned home made Hong Kong artist urban explorer • Rocco Yim on his bold design for new performing arts centre in Shenzhen • ‘Black devils’: when African students were chased out of China’s cities • Ditty to Omicron in Hong Kong • Counterpoint, on ABC National: Chemicals in the Ocean • Bill Bensley's most ambitious project takes him to the Congo • ‘Something we have never seen before. And already know’: the NUNO paradox • High-end tiles made from eggshells that sell for US$600 per square metre • Green roof the crowning glory of a transformed factory in Shenzhen, China • Anything but dull: post-war Hong Kong Modernist buildings celebrated • ‘The magic of simplicity’: good design focus of Red Dot show in Hong Kong • 100 years of James Joyce’s Ulysses, ‘the greatest book of the 20th century’ • Why a Tokyo Sushi Bar is a Star Exhibit at M+ • Marvel at Uselessness : There’s Something Beyond What We See | Nikolas Ettel | TEDxHKU • Hong Kong's OOA win sustainability award for WaterHall in Cambodia • BODW Chinese architects on “human survival” • Why the pandemic is ‘a prompt to rethink our living spaces’ • Restaurant murals in HK • Miss, Mrs, Ms, or Mx? None of the above, thank you • Post Magazine M+ special issue • Thomassons - the forgotten architectural features that dot HK streets • Post Books Podcast | Podcasts | South China Morning Post • My Earth Detox story in Post Magazine • The Mills Fabrica • Portland Street Rest Garden • UNKNOWN: Brutalism in Hong Kong • Minoru Nomata • Post Books Podcast on Spotify: Larry Feign, “The Flower Boat Girl” • Post Books Podcast on Google: Larry Feign, "The Flower Boat Girl" • Post Magazine story about Larry Feign's "The Flower Boat Girl" • SCMP article about the Post Books Podcast • Keeping vertical gardens alive • Designing a World for Everyone • The Hotel of Tomorrow • This is what public spaces will be like post-pandemic • The future of hospitals • Kit that may calm fears about returning to the office • LIFE (SCMP's lifestyle section) • Ma Yansong, MAD Architects • George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain • My article about Tom Vanderbilt's new book, BEGINNERS • Yi Pei Square Playground, Design Trust Futures Studio • Biophilic architecture • Fort Street Studio's A Tale of Warp and Weft • THE ARCH: why the timeless architectural form is back on trend