Studio

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Absence from Island is a young and award-winning architectural & design practice founded in 2020 by registered architect Chi. Its work is a direct reflection of the teams’ diverse working experience and education background, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, London, Madrid. For two years, Absence from Island has already gained recognition both locally and internationally. Our work has been published by SCMP, Dezeen, Designboom, Archdaily, Architectural Digest, Detail magazine etc. And The Studio has also won numerous awards within its short establishment, including the INSIDE Award of World Festival of Interiors and Good Design Award in Japan.

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We

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We are a group of design collectives including architect, artist, digtial creator, photographer and other design disciplines. Our team is both creative and professional which make sure that projects can go through in a professional way. We are simply perfectionist and passionated that we exploring the fundamental core in each project and pushing the boundary of different design disciplines. Our aim is always creating the extraordinary and unique design for the world.

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Design Methodology

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We are concept driven and experimental design studio. While function and beauty is our duty, our design approach always come with story. We believe in story which is fundamentally rooted in our world and embedded in each project.  By in-depth research and communication, we create a honest narrative for the project and design together with asethic sense and unique design elements. Our project would express unique scneary atmosphere that correlated with the story.  

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City

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We are a Hong Kong and London based design studio and work interenationally. Hong Kong is a fast-paced metropolitan. Despite its high density, it is also blessed with nature. Hong Kong, our hometown, is no doubt a bustling city and more importantly, it is a beautiful city full of hidden breathing spaces. We take it as a chance, for investigating the relationship between city, human and the nature. Regardless of our project locations, our design philosophy will always be a reflection of the city’s persona.

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