Interviews with CHEANG Hoi Fung

I started my career as a quantity surveyor for 3 years and then changed as a project coordinator for fitout projects. I learned interior design via evening study and job training. I did a lot of freelance design works while worked as a project manager and I found my own company WHDL by 2010. our service is design, management and build. I have a diploma of interior design and I am the full member of Hong Kong Interior Designer Association and Hong Kong Design Association

I had my first summer job worked as a surveyor assist at the construction site Peninsula Hotel Extension at 1994. I was so lucky I assisted on building the famed restaurant 'felix' in there, designed by world famous designer Philippe Starck. while I worked in there my potential of design passion triggered and then I made up my mind and studied interior post graduated. after my career 1st 3 years surveying training, I changed my career to project manager for fitout projects. i become more interested on interior design as i involved a lot of great design projects. actually, i started more interested on architectural and my favour architect is Tadao Ando, Foster etc. but it is more easy to start up a design work is interior design in HK.

my priority of design 1)enduser friendly, 2)form and layout, 3)personalized style of enduser.

i can use hand sketch to do design concept, and rely on the auto cad and rendering for the client understanding. as my background is a builder, i can understand the technical and scale of the end product. i seldom rely on mockup except clients wanted.

i always feel exciting when doing design. the idea suddenly hit my head made me so exciting. i am exciting from the design concept to the end product built. i like most during design is mediation and smoke cigar. i am sensitive on details surround me. i always can create something inspired by surrounding. i feel so happy through this process if the idea transferred to realistic. inner side satisfaction.

hardworking, passion, respect and love people and creature. caring others.

all the above.

design is you creating somethings for others to enjoy. that's why you need to respect people and caring others. so that you can do good design.

my own growth path is via construction training.

i hope people remember my well organized on design, progress, and budget control, not just only focus on good design. i want to design more furniture in future.

work hard, be sensitive, care others, sense of humor

patient

passion. self thought.

never bad mouth to the competitor, the resource from the universe is abundant

respect every design/ designer

allow sometime for oneself alone. mediation is the best way.

i started mediation and exercise in the morning. enhance both mentally and physically.

i something read design news.

riding motorcycle and smoke cigar

doing joke with people

-timless, unique, connected to people, make people feels good and inspiration .

-not too rely on the trend

my design is initial from practical point of view so that it is always feasible.

i usually stop further development when it actually feasible, i have to consider the budget and timeline as well.

when the client see the draft and feel happy. it is successful then.

100% of my client happy to my design since myself satisfied on it before present to client.

i designed and named a biscuit store for my wife calls "blesscuit", all baked be blessed and customers be blessed when they eat them. the idea is the biggest, even each store is small.

i am originally doing commercial design and build and one of my client encouraged me to do her residential projects. after that, my client so happy and served me with a lot of referral. this is the milestone i started work for residential projects

tadao ando

tadao ando

Zaha Hadid

le corbriuser

all the above

hk

yes

yes

hk

interior design

good design makes people feel joyful, peaceful, happy, harmony, timeless, less pressure.

i am easy to work with.i respect people.

50/50 individual and team work

i concern the attitude and character of someone, rather than just skill and knows how.

creativity and how they treat people and street smart.

design with love, gratitude and blessing

influence others with some direction with my thought

take care all stuff of my company

creativity and caring people

i yearly donate an amount to the institute i joined (RICS, CIOB etc.0

i yearly donate an amount to the mediation centre and wish more people can benefited with mediation process

i yearly donate to Oxfam, orbis, cancer fund, unief, save the children etc.

participate competition widen ones vision on design aspect, build up network and got update with design trend.

- the design mood and functional requirement from my client. (zen mood, hotel ambient and mult- function area and interior space blended with the outdoor scenery

-timeless, peaceful, harmony, functional with all hidden storage, zen material with metal highlighted, form follows function

- the layout planning, strict alignment rules and material combination

- treat it as a milestone, recognition and motivation for the company development

-enhance the confident of new clients using us.

- after couple of mediations

I worked this out together with my client.

the design is directly produced to my client.

-client has strong sense in the mood of zen and modern blended with elegant luxury, so do i.

as I did a lot of luxury retail projects where the refined detail inspired me on this project. so that the zen mood becomes more refined and elegant.

someone required for high quality, peaceful, timeless and precise design.

-the layout and functional requirement is unique. so that the design is unique for each projects; always form follows function, less is more.

Zen Living. the space is for living, mediation, worship and enjoy the peaceful and harmony

autocad, hand drawing

timeless, NOT fully follow the trend, practical, precise, strong mind on proportion, alignment and ergonomics

myself, my client and my millworker

too much irregular structural members at the space against the harmony/ peaceful theme

I will review the end result each time in order to make improvement for next projects.

i graduated in BSC (Hon) quantity surveying and worked as a quantity surveyor for 3 years. i felt so excited when the design drawing turned to actually built. i was touched by every detail. i studied part time evening course of interior design after then and changed my career gradually.

-i am talented on it, and i have passion.

-with the strong technical background makes me a lot easier to manage the designer.

i have worked as interior designer more than 15 years

i design interior. i wish to do more furniture design

-think out of the box.

-work hard

-work with passion

-good designer can do good design

-great designer can do timeless and symbolic design.

-good form and shape

-useful

-make people/ end users feel exciting, touching and joyful.

-VS. cost

good design can make people feeling joyful, peaceful, happy, exciting, interesting, inspiration, relaxing. that's why we need invest on design so that people physical and mental health can be improved.

i will design a mediation place for buddhist.

architectural projects

-touch base client needs from their heart

-study the living pattern of the enduser

-inspiration via the mediation.

-budget and progress control

-tadao ando; norman foster; lecorbusier;

Porsche ; timeless and always good looking and good performance

I ever designed and owned biscuit shop named 'Blesscuit'; it means all the cookie and biscuit baked with blessing.

-more care others

-enlarge their vision

-respect everyone/ everything surrounded

- a builder

design is part of our life, it physically and mentally influence our life.

-my family

-all my ex- bosses

-all my clients

-gratitude

-blessing

-love

-my own thought; self- limitation

-simple and clear; but strong message

-I am doing couple of small residential project currently. I expect to do some big one in near future.

-financially freedom with no stress; just doing the high quality projects

-good design

-work in harmony and joyful mood with people

-responsible (quality , time and cost control)

-create harmony, joyful and peaceful space for people releasing stress and balance their emotion

-I do design + PM + build projects and all parts under my control

'Blesscuit' cookie store, meaningful name and strong message deliver to customers.

-recycle material used;less use of the natural material such as wood and stone

blend with the natural

depends. usually 4-6 weeks

-user criteria (mood, time , cost)

- always respect and care people

-meditation

either ways

-make end users and the team more easy to understand the design via seeing the visual simulation

-autocad; 3d studio max

-main role; as important as the form and shape

- how can you make the ambient so timeless, peaceful and harmony?

-feel gratitude I have the opportunity to seeing that.

-buddha/ universe (via the mediation)

-client / end user

-law of attraction

-projects designed by others

-past experience

-window shopping

-seeing the show flat for new property

-mediation

-I treat all these as a profile in order to give confident to my clients.

earth tone;

hong kong

all foods

autumn

cars, glasses, watches, cigar, home

the contractor engraved the dimension sign and figure on the physical stone floor as shown in the shop drawing

-gratitude

-blessing

-family

-not yet; until I had my first summer job for building philippe starck designed restaurant

AI can do interior design and fitout

I want everyone knows I am so caring about their thought, I want to design the space for people feel, joyful, happy , harmony, peaceful and timeless.

I actually studied building studies and quantity surveying at the City University in Hong Kong. my first summer job worked as a quantity surveying trainee at the construction site at the Peninsula Hotel extension, HK at 1994. I was arranged to coordinate the construction for the top floor restaurant called 'Felix' which is designed Philippe Starck, the world-famous designer. I was so lucky I could work for the world- class design project for my 1st job and my buried interest and potential on design has been triggered via the design drawing and physical built. after my graduated and worked as the quantity surveyor, I studied the part time evening course for interior design. after 3 years worked for the quantity surveying industry, I worked for interior fitout contractor as a project manager and involved many world class design projects (retail boutiques, hospitality, office and residential) . meanwhile, I have gained a lot of visions, experiences, skills of interior design through the job training. i had an opportunity to work as a freelance design and build project for a small retail boutiques for my friends on 2007. i have got a lot of referral for new projects since then. i setup my own design+PM+build firm named WHDL on 2010. as i have the strong technique background and the sense of aesthetic, which can help me to strike the balance between the feasibility and aesthetic. i always got a strong touch when i walked into a interesting designed space. somehow i feel the connection between my soul and the space.

My company called WHDL合十, established since 2010, our scope is design, design/ PM consultancy and construction. 合十, the Chinese characters means palm togethers. with the spirit of gratitude and blessing, our company is committed to creating comfortable, practical and yet harmonious, elegant and joyful space for our clients through our designs. this is our business philosophy and design concept.

to create something (object, space etc.)to improve human life both physically and mentally

interior design and architectural

cars, watches, interior space, glasses, fashion, architect.

a company logo

-wood, metal and stone.

-pinterest

-3D studio max

when I feel happy and peaceful.

human living pattern inside the space.

exciting, concentrated, energetic

exciting, blessed, touching and gratitude

clients feel happy, exciting, touching and feel better improvement when using their new space.

i respect every design. the design makes client happy is always good design.

-to design space makes people feel peaceful, harmony and joyful

-use material less damage the environment and less energy consumed

AI design

i did some local TV interview to demo my projects and introduction of advanced material last year. the next one will be next year.

-zen elements, architectural, travelling, mediation

-mediation, projects done by others

-mediation, life details

-zen, peaceful, harmony, elegant, subtle luxury, timeless, practical, human care

-i am a buddhist, i hope my clients always feel peaceful and joyful via living for the spaces i design for them.

-form follows function, less is more

i live hk. hk used to be the colonial city of UK and is a international metropolitan city. multi cultural in the city makes the design vibes very exciting.

(+)multi cultural makes a lot of idea flowing around the city

(-)hk is a tiny city where the space design is very limited

i like to work close with the team via respect each other, open discussion, accept new idea, less pressure but serious atomsphere

-concentrate more on their heart and thought rather their skill

client requirement (scope)> mediation> brain storming> design development

mini garden, multi function zone (worship, mediation, gym, study and gathering), hidden storage mechanisim, walk-in closet and layout planning

driving, mediation, smoke cigar, make jokes with people, blessing people, working, gym, play with dogs

- listen/observe attentively to people;

- work with your passion rather than just treat it as a job.

I will say positive only

-creativity; free of thought, exciting, self satisfaction, team work; vivid

-understand the needs from end users

sensitive on every details

recycle paper and drawing pens.

-via mediation, I can be inspired. I will drop down all the idea floating around. most productive is in the morning

depends the scale and level of requirement

- how is the function requirement for the space used?

- how is the timeline and budget?

-I worked for Duty free stores and worked with international projects and designer in asia pacific area. I gained the international vision which help my design work a lot.

retail owner; residential end user and millwork supplier from oversea.

furniture design.

-I want to buy some properties and renovated them in my own style and then resell them or rent them out. as a investiment

50% my own design, 50% team work

-I am doing a residential project in hK where my client likes the Japanese style. finally we mutually agreed to do mild Japanese style just with some signature elements to highlights.

fung@whdl-hk.com

+852 96997115

as my career path started as a surveyor, and then a builder project manager and then a designer, my company is quiet all rounded to provide prof. service on each scope.

besides I work for design work for the local clients, I also as a PM consultant for some luxury brands such as YSL and tumi. meanwhile, for my international network and know how for building, I provide service for installation work for oversea millworker for local installation as well. and I am both the HK and macau permanent residence, I am legally to work at both locations.

I have the follow professional qualifications:

RICS- Royal institute of chartered surveyors

CIOB- chartered Institutes of Builders

HKICM- Hong Kong Institute Construction Managers

HKIDA- Hong Kong Interior Design Association

HKDA- Hong Kong Design Association

the above shown myself and my team is capable to do the design, PM and build projects.