Lau King

Specialized in Photography Design.

Lau King

About Lau King

Lau King is an adventurous and sensitive artist who uses photography and visual art as a medium to express her personal philosophy and aesthetics. She is renowned for exploring spiritual freedom in her photography, capturing the three-dimensional world from macro to micro perspectives and transcending the ordinary into realms of beauty and freshness. Through her unique perspective and consciousness, Lau King continuously breaks through boundaries and definitions, presenting a new realm of possibilities in her work. Her art has been widely recognized and sought after, with her participating in numerous international art exhibitions, both online and offline. Lau King's works have been collected by art collectors, consultancies, hotels, and interior designers worldwide. She has won several prestigious awards, including the 2020 Top 10 Influential Artist Award in CADC China, the Bronze Fine Art Photography Italian A'Design Award, the London 6th Fine Art Photography Awards, and the Japan Mellow Art Award. Lau King has also been featured in prominent publications, such as Singapore Tatler magazine and various media platforms in China and the US, including Apple's social media Instagram.

  • Winner of 2 A' Design Awards.
  • Specialized in Photography Design.
  • Original Design.
  • Creative, Diligent and Innovative.
  • All Designs
  • Photography
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Interview with Lau King

Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?
I was graduated from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong in 2012. I discovered my interest in photography since I had my first mobile phone with 200 mega pixels to shoot and record my daily life as a teenager. My curiosity of the world and passion towards photography drives my dream as a professional photographer come truth. Now, photo taking becomes a channel for me to express my views on aesthetics and philosophy towards the world.
Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
I used to do photography for the commercial work of distinctive and luxurious brands, and then I start further pursuit my career goal and dream in art photography which grants me high level of creative freedom. Previously I have joined both online and offline art exhibitions in both Hong Kong and China. Other then collecting by private collectors, I also work with various parties like art consultancy, online luxury platform, hotel and interior designers e.g. Visto Images, the Artling, Rosewood Guangzhou, Beijing Ancient Architecture Design Institute and Beijing T.K. Chu Design. My focus now is working with my clients for their aesthetics needs in art and photography.
What is "design" for you?
Photography is part of my soul. It is also served as an observation of the world. What I shoot is my soul communicating with the world. I shoot when my frequency connect with the world at that moment. It is the soul language of me I could say.
What kinds of works do you like designing most?
I like shooting abstract, still life, geometric and landscape. Anything I find interesting and aesthetics.
When do you feel the most creative?
I feel most creative when I am relaxed ,wondering around the street and also while traveling around the world. The freshness gives me new perspective on the reality and discovery.
Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
The harmonious composition of a photo and the message I want to deliver.
What kind of emotions do you feel when you design?
I used to feel very deep connection with the world, sensitive to the beauty and atmosphere of our living environment. I feel connected to the thing I shoot with my soul.
From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
Being a photographer and artist could arouse the public awareness on the social and environment issue by their works and statement, to create more love, care and compassion towards our planet and human being in an influential point of view.
When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
My latest exhibition is currently on-going with the 2020 Art Xiamen (contemporary) Expo online till 30 June. I would like to have more cooperation with more art expo or exhibition with no limit to location, online or offline.
Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
My sources of inspirations come from my intuition. There is an inner voice ask me to stop to capture the moment when it needs to. It's an inner drive for my life. Just work with your heart and intuition, it will guide you to where you supposed to be.
How would you describe your design style? What made you explore more this style and what are the main characteristics of your style? What's your approach to design?
My artwork style is painterly with emotions, swims between the dark and light frequency and also playing with colors, geometry and abstraction. They are my own unique style coming from my own perspective of the world.
Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?
Hong Kong. Hong Kong is blessed with surrounding ocean, a lot of country park and being the busy international flight hub. Despite the cultural heritage and the signature skyscrapers in Hong Kong, I could also access to nature easily and travel around the world with lots of destination spots. The cons to be mentioned is that the living density and expense is relatively high compared to other metropolis, you need to work extra to maintain daily expense and work cost.
How do you work with companies?
Now I am cooperating with worldwide art consultancy, hotel and interior designers e.g. Visto Images, the Artling, Only Abstract, Rosewood Guangzhou , Beijing Ancient Architecture Design Institute and Beijing T.K. Chu Design. They approach me with their decoration needs in their projects. I would either supply my current artwork or commissioned any new pieces if needed.
Can you describe a day in your life?
I wake up and do a little meditation, make myself a good breakfast and tea. Then I either start working at home office, connecting with client or going out for a relax walk on mountain. If days are sunny, I would love to go to have a sunbath on beach. Connecting with nature is very essential and vital to me and our body.
Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
Be courage and think of the box. Be brave and resilient to chase your dream. Never give up even the world is against you, no one is supporting you. Listen to your inner guidance to go through the process. You will finally reach the light at the end of tunnel.
Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
Canon DSLR and apple iPhone is my best companion. Photoshop and Vsco are my mostly used software for my post-process production.
Who are some of your clients?
Visto Images, Rosewood Guangzhou, Artcm Nanjing, Singapore the Artling, Shanghai Wondulful Department, Nanjing Keyne Centre, Beijing Ancient Architecture Design Institute, Beijing T.K. Chu Design.
What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
I enjoy the photography time during travel alone the most. It is the time you truly relax yourself with any limitation and distraction from other. The work you created could solely based on your true feeling and perspective towards the place. The level of creativity is the max.
What are your future plans? What is next for you?
I would like to have more commissioned project with various entities in the coming future and also artwork integration and collaboration with any existing brands is welcome. Cooperation with galleries is also welcome.
Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
I develop my style through a long process of self-discovery journey in both inner and outer world.
How can people contact you?
Visit my website www.lauking.com or contact me through my e-mail : laukingphotography@gmail.com

Designer of the Day Interview with Lau King

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I was graduated from Schools of Creative Media in City University and I have been an artist and photographer for about 8 years. Visto Images, Rosewood Guangzhou, Artcm Nanjing, Singapore the Artling, Shanghai Wondulful Department, Beijing Ancient Architecture Design Institute, Beijing T.K. Chu Design, these are my clients I have worked with.
How did you become a designer?
Being an artist is always my dream. Before being an established artist, I worked as a commercial photographer. The turning point of my life is after hitting the rock bottom in 2018 which I got betrayed and disrespected from the people I worked with, then I realized my value and decided to answer the calling of my path as an artist after I got my first sale around my birthday time in 2019. I am a self-taught artist in taking this path.
What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
My approach in creating my artworks is 1) Observation , 2) Inspiration, 3) Sensation. World is my canvas which I do not restrict myself to any specific theme. I shoot when I feel inspired or excited about the things I saw. My phone or digital camera are my best companion in creating those artworks. As inspiration come in a flash of mind. Fast, compact and on hands camera would be my best tools in creation.
Which emotions do you feel when designing?
Inspiration comes anytime. Mostly when I am in alone moment in which I could connect to my soul without much disturbance. I used to wander around the street to discover anything I found fresh and interesting to shoot. Sometimes there is an inner voice calling me to stop and shoot, I think this is what we call intuition.
What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
Before being a full time artist, I worked as commercial photographer after graduated from university. I love photography since I was young and I self-taught myself photography skills and later on become a professional photographer. After several years of work, I found that whatever genres of photography I shoot I could not find contentment on it. And I discover the most valuable and important to me is my own photography which represents my soul and my journey.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
Things won’t happen over night. You must be patience and persistency on your dream. There will be a lot of obstacles and discourage moment along the path, treats every trials and errors as a kind of boost for strengthening your spiritual muscles. Your will be grateful that you have not given up in this marathon after reaching the light of the tunnel.
What is your day to day look like?
I wake up and do a little meditation, make myself a good breakfast and tea. Then I either start working at home office, connecting with client or going out for a relax walk on mountain. If days are sunny, I would love to go to have a sunbath on beach. Connecting with nature is very essential and vital to me and our body.
Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
I love to explore the world and there are still cities I want to visit. Paris, Kyoto, Milan, Shanghai and Bali, these are some of my favourite cities which there are a lot of beauty and interesting thing to discover. Other than Photography, Music is sort of my second life. I can live without music as well. I listen to different genres of music everyday which I connect to its vibes. The vibes could boost your mood of your days and how you see the world. I am currently at Hong Kong now. Working on some online exhibition now. Due to pandemic, some offline exhibition and a commission project incurred significant delay. Thanks to photography, I love my life every single day. I could discover something exciting in our everyday life. Life is full of beauty and miracles.
What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?
I hope my works and my approach in creation can change and raise the consciousness of the world. I wish people could stay focus in the present, aware of the beauty around us, especially nature. And I wish young people are dare to follow their heart and chase their dream. When I have more resources, I think I would establish a fund for people who have difficulties in achieving their path as an artist.
What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?
Really thank you A’ Design Award helping and guiding a lot of knowledge from its PR and promotion programme such as interviews and features, which help a lot in understanding ourself as a designer/artist to share the good works to the world. Besides, the exhibition opportunities from A’ Design Award are also very valuable. Not only we can exhibit at Como, Milan, we could also exhibit our works at extra more place like China, gaining more exposure to different audience in the world. Last, in a career wise, it definitely helps us gaining a lot more recognition and prestige in the field of our works. In this way, it helps us advance our career to a higher level of attainment. Therefore, joining design competitions are inevitably a good idea to raise our standard and advancing in our career to the next level, sharing our good works in a larger stage. Being the Designer of the Day is truly a honour to me and hope my insights can contribute and ignite some sparks to the audience.

Extended Interview with Lau King

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I was graduated from Schools of Creative Media in City University of Hong Kong in 2012. I discover my interest in photography since having my first mobile phone with my youth. I was using its 200 mega pixels to shoot and record my daily life. And then my curiosity of the world and passion of photography drives me further towards my photography career and dream. Now photography becomes my medium of expression of my aesthetics and philosophy of the world.
How did you become a designer?
My photography is like a self-discovery journey. It is my personal expression towards the world. The beauty and the God creation of the world motivate my passion in photography. Wherever I go, I am sensitive to the surrounding and atmosphere of a place. I capture what attracts my soul attention.
What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
Get out of your comfort zone. Dare to explore the world. Be courage to chase your dream. Follow your heart and excitement. Do not limit yourself in creation. Think big and do big. Never underestimate your potential and power. What you think what you become.
What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
A good photographer could shoot good photos in any circumstance by his/her skills and profession. A great photographer could transcend the photos into a more spiritual and in depth meaning, delivering wisdom, emotions and message to audience.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
Other than the aesthetics and composition, the emotions, message and story behind the photos also mark the evaluation and admiration of a good work.
You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?
The value of a good artwork is how the creator would like to communicate with audience and how the audience receive the message and the connected emotions affection from the work. People invest in a good artwork can elevate the overall taste and beauty of the interior environment, or it is solely based on their personal preference and connection between the artist's work.
How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?
The dream project is exhibiting across different countries and cooperating with art consultancy, hotels and interior companies over the world. The dream is gradually realising. Just need to take time.
How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
Let curiosity leads to discover the beauty in universal law and our beautiful earth. Stay true to yourself and your style.
What is your biggest design work?
My favorite is Photography Master Ho Fan, who has a strong sense of reality and sensitivity to light. He can form the most beautiful composition of the light and the position of the character, and then capture the decisive and cinematic moment of life. Also Gabriele Croppi from Italy, who has used black and white in photography with high contrast in light and shadow to the extreme, with adding architecture, social and cultural elements in the work, which is visually elegant and giving audience so little fun.
Who is your favourite designer?
My favourite artwork is one called "Fish on Clouds", it is portraying a carp swimming in the water but at the same time flying above the clouds. It likes a signature of myself, swimming the inner world and flying in the outer world at the same time, enjoying the ultimate freedom in this 3D world.
Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
Learn from other but do not compare with others. That is what I learn along the way. I used to compare with others subconsciously, by doing so it will only hurting yourself by lowering your self-esteem and the drive to keep creating and move forwards . Everyone starts from a different point, no need to compare or jealous with other people success, stay focus on your path and doing what you love and what make you special and unique in this industry.
Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy?
If I haven't become a photographer and artist, I think I would have entered to an international advertising agency to pursuit creative career. Yet, being an artist grants me greater freedom in creating what I love and want.
What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?
Art acts as a spiritual healing to the world and solace to design. Sometimes it is also design to beautify your house, making an interior place full of taste and character. Sometimes, it is a spirit affects other spirits in the world.
What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?
My parent, my friends and I contribute the success of reaching these heights. Honestly, I was born from a humble family with little support on my hobbies, education and career from them. At first they don't know what I am doing, with their trust and high level of freedom, I am able to pursuit the thing I love on my own. It is a hard road honestly. It is very mentally and physically lonely in this path as people around are difficult to understand what you are doing until you walk the way out. Friends might could have verbally supported you but ultimately you have to walk the path yourself even the path is unknown and misty sometimes. I faced a lot obstacles and challenge during the path. Many dark times to reach the end of the tunnel. I would thank for myself for my persevere and resiliency on my goal. It is a self-discovery journey questioning your own self , your surrounding society and the system around the world.

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