Other: projects, writing, speaking engagements etc.
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Approved Valuer (Design), Asian Civilizations Museum - Singapore, 2025
Judge, Vietnam Design Awards, 2023
Judge, Singapore Interior Design Awards, 2023
Judge, Vietnam Design Awards, 2022
Advisory council member, Asia Pacific, Asia Designer Communication Platform (ADP)
Judge, Vietnam Design Awards, 2022
Judge, Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards 2021
Judge, Society of Interior Designers, Singapore (SID) 2021
Judge, Vietnam Design Awards, 2021
Judge, Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards 2020
Selection committee, Bangkok Craft Week 2020
Judge, Denfair Australia 2019
Judge, Design for Asia Awards 2019
Judge, Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards 2018
Judge, HDII (Indonesian Interior design awards), 2017
Advisory council member, Greater bay area, Design Trust (since 2018)
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Community & Conviviality: Food, People & the Kitchen, House of Madison, Hong Kong 2024
Find Design Fair Asia, “These Precious Things”, Singapore Design Week 2024
JCK03 x Design Anthology ‘In Process’ 360º Design Dialogues, Bali 2024
DesignArt x Apple dialogue, Tokyo 2023
Find Design Fair Asia, ‘Craft & Industry: Man & Machine’, Singapore Design Week 2023
Nature Squared x Rossana Orlandi, panel member, Milan Design Week 2023
Carlyle & Co., dialogue with Fiona Lynch, Art Week Hong Kong 2023
Find Design Fair Asia, “Trash to treasure”, Singapore Design Week 2022
BAR Studio “Art & Design collaborations”, Melbourne Design Week 2021
Visions of the Future - co-hosted with DesignSingapore Council, 2021/2021
Kohler Bold Live Talks series with Andre Fu, Jean-Michel Gathy, Soo Khian Chan etc, 2020/2021
Business of Design Week (live on ViuTV), panel with Marcus Fairs, Martha Thorne and Stanley Wong, 2020
Design Thinkers – hosted by Christopher Boots, Melbourne Design Week 2020
Denfair, Melbourne 2019
Louis Vuitton dialogue with Joyce Wang, Hong Kong 2019
Design Anthology x The Murray design award dialogues, Hong Kong 2019
Business of Design Week, Melbourne Space & Design forum, Hong Kong 2018
Kohler Design Forum, Hong Kong 2018
Seoul Design Festival, Keynote speaker, Seoul 2018
Niccolo Lecture series with Spencer Fung, The Murray Hotel Hong Kong, 2018
Louis Vuitton dialogue with Andre Fu, Hong Kong 2018
Art Stage, Singapore 2018
Upper House fireside discussion with Yabu Pushelberg, Hong Kong 2018
Maison & Objet, Andre Fu, Tony Chi, Soo Khian Chan etc, Paris 2016-2017
Found Muji event with Naoto Fukasawa, Singapore 2017
Cult design dialogues with Adam Goodrum, Adam Cornish and Richard Munao, Brisbane and Sydney 2017
deTour, Hong Kong 2017
Kohler Design Escape, Bangkok 2017
Design Pier, Hong Kong and Singapore 2016-2019
Lladro x Gary Baseman dialogue, Hong Kong, 2015
Swire Properties pavilion - Art Basel, Hong Kong 2015
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Various episodes of The Design Dialogues
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Radio Architecture - podcast interview, March 2025
FuturArc - in conversation, March 2025
South China Morning Post - interview, September 2024
The Artling - interview, September 2024
Home Life Magazine, issue 8, November 2021
Architect My Life podcast, episode 3, September 2021
The Invisible Collection - interview, Feb 2021
Fame+ - interview, Dec 2020
Monocle on Design – episode 452, Jun 2020
Business Times, Singapore – interview, Jun 2020
South China Morning Post – interview, May 2020
Monocle on Design – episode 441, Mar 2020
Kanto Journal – issue no.1 ‘Action’, Mar 2020
Catch the Experts: The Future of Design After COVID-19 - Mar 2020
Telum Media – ‘Telum talks to Fifth Black Media’, March 2020
Apalmanac - online photography journal, Dec 2019
Apaiser – ‘World of Apasier’ interview, Feb 2019
Zolima – online culture mag, Jan 2019
AusBiz Asia TV – episode 11, Jul 2014
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Hong Kong inspires: The architecture of Rocco Yim (T&H) - contributing author
Tropicality: Houses by Andra Matin (T&H) - project editor
Steve Leung: Designing Asia and Beyond (T&H) - contributing editor
More Escapism: Hotels, Resorts and Gardens around the World by Bill Bensley (T&H), 2022 - consulting editor
Fort Street Studio: A Tale of Warp and Weft (Rizzoli), 2020 - contributing author
Design in Asia: The New Wave (T&H), 2019 - editor
Various features published in Design Anthology
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Art Handling, Transport & Storage (short course) - NODE Centre for Curatorial Studies
Works of Art for the Qing Emperors: History, Collecting, Market (short course) - Christie’s Education
Understanding Chinese Contemporary Art (short course) - Sotheby’s Institute
LEED Green Associate Certification – Everblue Training Institute, USA
Certificate Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD) – Welkin, Hong Kong
Certificate Graphic Design (Illustrator & Photoshop) – Welkin, Hong Kong
Graduate Diploma Marketing – Monash University, Australia
BA Interior Design (Hotel Design) – National Design Academy, UK
Certificate Arts IV (Interior Decoration & Design) – Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Diploma Marketing & Merchandising (Textiles, Clothing & Footwear) – Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia