Interview with Monique Lee
Monique Lee, Interior Design Director of Mas Studio Ltd., columnist on interior designs for Capital Weekly, Hong Kong.
Designer of the Day Interview
19 December 2018
Holding a master of MEM U OF Tech Sydney, a degree of BAppSC(Arch) Curtin U of Tech. Fellowship, Asian College of Knowledge Management and with over 16 years of experience in design business up to now. I founded Mas Studio Ltd.in Year 2009.
I have a passion for beautiful things since childhood. My designs bring life, love, sense of freedom and passion for life. I keep enriching my knowledge for self-advancement. I wish everyone can feel my designs.
First and foremost, we need to gather information on environment, requirements, operation and things that may affect the design. We will then bring out the problems and seek solutions. This is the basis on which we create each design. Every design embodies my style. Inspiration may come from the nature or some people or anything.
Process of creating a new design is like day-dreaming. Indulging myself in personal imagination and isolated from external interferences. Based on my insight of the project nature and spontaneous inspiration, I create my designs. The most encouraging is to bring well-being to other people.
Design makes my life. I am just addicted to it. Curiosity is the driven force for new trials and continuous improvements. Passion could overcome all obstacles.
Do your best every day and be prepared for a challenging future. I wish to help the underprivileged through designs.
My designs bring life. I love to design anything related life. Learn from people and things around me makes me a better designer.
Passion to feel is indispensable. Success only comes after failures.
Live every moment with heart. Sincere with work, people, entertainment, etc.
Creativity is beyond limits. Trends influence you and designs in your distinct style set trends.
To feel every detail with my heart.
No design is perfect. Every design always has room for improvement though limited by time factor.
I love every project I made though perfection has yet to be achieved. I wish it comes true in the near future. I always look forward to new projects which are new chances for better designs.
Antoni Gaudi. Born and raised in Hong Kong. Strongly influenced by Hong Kong’s unique mixed East and West culture. Contemporary and yet traditional. A well-blended East and West design style
Hong Kong is home and everything to me. Its cosmopolitan and diverse ethnic cultures breed new concepts and ideas.
Work with heart and enthusiasm or advancement is not possible. We need colleagues, friends and family. Sharing the same vision and mutual trust drive improvement. Mutual respect and team work are indispensable.
We join charity projects to help the community with our designs. Meanwhile, we always share information related to designs to propagate eco-friendly interior design concepts through our columns in magazines.
A’ Design Award is a renowned and authoritative design competition. We learn and improve our skills through the whole process. It provides an ideal platform for designers from around the world to compete which impact positively on the design business. Undoubtedly, designers and companies whom are awarded with prizes gain reputation from joining the Award. I am truly honoured and excited to be Designer of the Day and motivate us to contribute to the community with our designs.
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I have a passion for art since childhood and have always aspired to design for spatial comfort and simplicity. After getting my Degree in Architecture from MEM U OF Tech Sydney, BAppSC(Arch) Curtin U of Tech, I started my career in an interior design company where I worked closely with land developers and gained trust from them. It was very encouraging to me that they regard my designs as a blend of inspiration and functionality.
While consolidating my working experience, I furthered my studies in interior design. Looking for a chance to advocate eco-friendly interior design concepts, I decided to found my own company Mas Studio in 2009 which was a turning point in my design career.
While consolidating my working experience, I furthered my studies in interior design. Looking for a chance to advocate eco-friendly interior design concepts, I decided to found my own company Mas Studio in 2009 which was a turning point in my design career.
Making a good design is everything.
I chose to be a designer out of my passion for design.
My design brings life and I wish that I could create designs related to all aspects of life.
Keep enriching personal knowledge and strive for self-advancement.
Good designer does a good thing, Great designer makes things better.
Perception and attention and to details, sensitive to problems and offer solutions. Determined to learn and create designs helpful to life.
Designs change and improve life.
Create designs to improve more people’s life.
Create designs to improve life of the people in underdeveloped countries.
Learn from failures.
Everyone around me inspires me.
Every design has it’s personality. Always admires each design’s unique aspect.
I like every piece of my design while it always has room for improvement.
I keep learning and enrich my knowledge for self-enhancement.
Diving instructor or traveler
Design is infinite space
My family
Love, passion for life and freedom
Face setbacks and learn from failures.
They want everyone to feel their designs.
Strive to improve myself and challenge my limits.
Strive for perfection.
Create more and better designs.
They improve life and relationships among human beings.
I always feel excited with every design I make.
Those projects which posed challenges because they bring improvements to life.
More inventive concepts
Designs which we have no experience before.
It depends on scale of project.
Understanding project background, customer’s requirements, deadlines, planning execution schedules, etc.
Do everything with heart.
They interact with each other. Designs set trends while trends also affect designs.
Technology keeps making the impossible become possible.
Auto CAD, Photoshop, Illustrator.
Colour, materials and ambient work as a team.
Yes, I want them to feel my designs.
Admire, perceive it’s core concept and value.
Someone who inspires me, brings new design impacts.
“Human dimension & Interior Space”
Keep asking questions, brainstorming, think of problems and create solutions with team members.
Antonio Gaudi, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando
Prizes and Awards are forces for striving for advancements and breakthroughs.
Black, Blue & Purple are my favourite colours. Though it varies depending on emotions. I love Hong Kong, it’s my home. Favourite season is summer when we have lots of sunshine and spend time on beaches.
Get lost in daydreaming is the most inspiring
I love ‘Beauty’ since my childhood.
Evolution and advancement
Imagination and creativity are without limits
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My passion for art originates from a school work which received credits from my art teacher.
A group of young fellows who always ‘work hard play hard.
Design is balance / equilibrium between sense and sensibility.
New, challenging concepts
Interior Design itself
An office design
Things and happenings around us, new materials.
It comes anytime.
Balance between aesthetic beauty and functionality
Overwhelmed, elated, thrilled
Work hard play hard
Care and conservation, protecting the environment is responsibility of everyone. As a designer, we assume an important role to reduce waste from source.
Design is not only changing, improving, but evolving to a different attitude to life.
Last project, Next project
People, things and happenings around us
Based on preferred style of the end user to infuse unique elements to create a unique style
Hong Kong. No.
Sincerity and Passion
Mutual respect. Trust and feel their works and style
First, we need to understand the project nature, then, we decide the design style. Next, we proceed to conceptual design draft and 3D graphical presentation. When initial design idea is approved by our customer, we proceed to detailed visual and structural drawing. Finally, we proceed to actual execution of design.
Staircase, Kitchen, Cabinet, Garage, Doorplate, Dining Room
Everyday is full of imagination and fantasies.
Work Hard & Play Hard
No boundary for creativity and we could always think outside conventional framework. At the same time, we are always binded by traditions and existing framework.
Devotion and design with heart.
Ability to communicate with people and convey messages through visual design elements.
Things around our everyday life.
Think carefully before you act to avoid rework of design. A good work life balance.
It depends on scale of project.
If the finished design meet the genuine needs of the customer.
The whole working experience as a green, junior design until today as a leader of a design team.
Lai Sun Dining Limited, New World Property Management Co. Ltd.
Design without specific constrains and everything related to design.
Keep making breakthroughs in design concepts.
I always work with my design team.
info@mas-intdesign.com
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