Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team

Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou is a design studio formed by two graduate students based in Okinawa, Japan.
Inspired by the natural environment and everyday life of Okinawa, the studio explores furniture that blends culture, function, and quiet beauty. Through hands-on research and field practice, they seek forms that resonate gently with both people and place. Their work searches for new expressions rooted in nature, tradition, and the rhythms of daily living.

Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team is a highly acclaimed winner of the internationally acclaimed A' Design Award in Għamara. With the Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda, the jury of the A' Design Award & Competition recognized the work of Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team. In the competition, Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team entered anonymously, and an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members decided by blind peer review.

The 2024 - 2025 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition brought the recognition to Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team. On the world design rankings of Designers.org, Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team stands at position 2,997, and at position 185 among the designers of Ġappun. The achievements of Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team earned the World Design Rating title Professjonist Futur. The award-winning works of Mingbo Hou & Ruoyou Zhou Design Team are presented below, and each of them carries a verification code that confirms its award status.