Unleashing multi-cultural imaginings

Since moving to Hong Kong three years ago, Danny Fang has leveraged his Dutch, Chinese, West Indian and Indian multi-cultural roots to become one of the Territory’s top industrial designers.

Already widely acclaimed for a series of African ethnic arts and crafts, Fang began working with Amsterdam’s respected Marcel Wanders studio in 2001, eventually rising to become Product Development Head. In 2007, Fang simply packed his laptop, caught a plane and set up his own studio in Hong Kong. Genuinely multi-cultural designs such as Gradient woven, polythene-extruded outdoor furniture and Russian doll-style Matryoshka chairs have since cemented his reputation as a truly visionary commercial designer and developer. One of Perspective magazine top ‘40 under-40 bringers of change in Greater China’s creative industry’, Fang eagerly gives back to the community by lecturing at the School of Design of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He also enthusiastically supports many worthy charity and educational initiatives.

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Danny Fang於 1975年7月7日在荷兰哈莱姆出生。他的母亲是荷兰人，他的父亲是加勒比人（出生於特立尼达和多巴哥，母亲有中国和印度血统，父亲是西印第安人…...）

1998年，他毕业於爱恩德霍芬设计学院的人与休閒学系。

1999年，他参与了荷兰公平贸易组织在肯尼亚和津巴布韦的项目。长时间与木雕匠、烧陶匠、织篮工和丝网印刷工相处後，Fang发现他对工艺的热爱，以及创造产品的能力，还能藉此与人建立一种他无法用语言表达的友谊。

为了提高他的技术知识，Fang花了近两年在荷兰应用科学研究所，创造和实验新技术。

2001年，Fang加入了Marcel Wanders Studio。在此他发展成为一个全面的设计师。离开时，他主理Marcel Wanders Studio的产品部门。

2007年，Fang带了一部手提电脑，便登上飞机，只身来到香港创办工作室，致力工业设计和开发。不久後，Fang开始了一些小型项目，约半年後，他开始了他的首个家具设计项目，工作由此开展……

在叁年的时间里，Fang成为了香港设计界中其中一位受尊重的成员。他做了多项商业项目，在香港理工大学设计学院讲课，参与了多项慈善和教育计划，并获选为《透视》杂誌「四十骄子」之一，在创意工业及大中华地区的贡献受到肯定。