INDEX offers a more dimensional view of the design landscape across Asia by introducing design studios and companies that demonstrate clear design philosophies and notable achievements. Spanning graphic design, branding, spatial design, product, digital, and motion, INDEX focuses on emerging practices and looks beyond portfolios to examine how they work, where their ideas come from, and what they ...

  Miki Orihara Chairperson, Japan Commercial Environment Design Association (JCD) / Jury Member, Asia Design Prize       “Miki Orihara is a Japanese interior designer and producer who developed her own approach to spatial design through field experience and independent study rather than formal design education. She established her own design office in 2011 and renamed the company ODO i...

CEO Doyoung Kim Founder of Asia Design Prize       When running a brand, the list of things you want to do keeps growing. You want to create new products and enter new markets. Once you start running an Instagram account, it feels like you should be on YouTube as well. Once you achieve a certain level of success domestically, expanding overseas seems like the natural next step. And when a ...

Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi Professor at Hanyang University       Slowly untangling a pair of white wired earphones from a pocket, they place them in their ears. Instead of the latest smartphone, they hold a palm-sized compact digital camera from the early 2000s and flick its clicking power switch with a fingertip. This is a scene commonly seen among teenagers and people in their twenties toda...

  Miki Orihara Chairperson, Japan Commercial Environment Design Association (JCD) / Jury Member, Asia Design Prize       “Miki Orihara is a Japanese interior designer and producer who developed her own approach to spatial design through field experience and independent study rather than formal design education. She established her own design office in 2011 and renamed the company ODO i...

  Antoine Besseyre des Horts Vice President of Design, Asia, LIXIL Global Design       “As Vice President of Design at LIXIL Global Design, Antoine Besseyre des Horts leads multicultural and multidisciplinary teams across regions, especially in Asia. His primary focus covers Asia Pacific and Greater China, while his work also connects Asian markets with other regions through the stewar...

Teruaki Ishimoto Founder / Principal Architect, CURIOUS DESIGN WORKERS Inc. “A storehouse more than a century old in Nagoya’s historic Shikemichi district has been reborn as a contemporary showroom that conveys the memory of place through light. In light wave, Teruaki Ishimoto of CURIOUS DESIGN WORKERS reinterprets the ripples of the Horikawa Canal as a continuous spatial mo...

Doyoung Kim Founder, K-Design Award "How did a design award founded in Korea grow into a brand that attracts designers from around the world? When Doyoung Kim established the K-Design Award, his priority was not scale but the creation of a brand that could earn trust over time. From a small online award to a global platform, the choices and standards he has developed over the past ...

INDEX offers a more dimensional view of the design landscape across Asia by introducing design studios and companies that demonstrate clear design philosophies and notable achievements. Spanning graphic design, branding, spatial design, product, digital, and motion, INDEX focuses on emerging practices and looks beyond portfolios to examine how they work, where their ideas come from, and what they ...

CEO Doyoung Kim Founder of Asia Design Prize       When running a brand, the list of things you want to do keeps growing. You want to create new products and enter new markets. Once you start running an Instagram account, it feels like you should be on YouTube as well. Once you achieve a certain level of success domestically, expanding overseas seems like the natural next step. And when a ...

Prof. Ryan Jongwoo Choi Professor at Hanyang University       Slowly untangling a pair of white wired earphones from a pocket, they place them in their ears. Instead of the latest smartphone, they hold a palm-sized compact digital camera from the early 2000s and flick its clicking power switch with a fingertip. This is a scene commonly seen among teenagers and people in their twenties toda...

  Prof. Yonghyuck Lee Editor-in-Chief, the Asia Design Prize       Applying the concept of WAVE to design goes far beyond merely mimicking the shape of undulating water. It requires incorporating the organic mechanism of how a wave begins, travels, and ultimately spreads into the fundamental framework of a product or space. A wave inherently possesses three distinct elements which are a ...