Saluting Hong Kong's 'can do' spirit

Co-founder of Hong Kong's highly successful GOD ("Live better" in Cantonese) locally-inspired lifestyle brand, Douglas Young continues to set the design direction for the company's best selling homeware products and accessories.

Rather than being fixed for all time by their architects, buildings in Hong Kong quickly become a riot of self-expression as tenants start adding elements to make their homes more comfortable and distinctive. Consequently, establishing which designs best characterize the Territory's indigenous architecture is a poser that local architects have been hotly debating for years. For Young, the answer clearly lies in Kowloon's legendary Walled City before its 1993 demolition. The only place in Hong Kong outside police jurisdiction, the area quickly became a criminal hotbed. That people were able to survive and even thrive in such shoddily built and poorly ventilated surroundings is, for Young, the story of Hong Kong itself encapsulated in architecture.

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杨氏於一九六五年香港出生，在英国Sheffield大学修读建築学系。 自一九九一年起，杨氏在香港主要从事住宅和零售店之室内设计工作。

杨氏与合伙人刘玉德先生於一九九六年创办「住好啲」品牌，专门售卖中西合璧的傢俬和生活家品。 「住好啲」大部份货品均由杨氏领导的设计团队创作和设计, 长远目标乃希望建立一个能展示香港文化根源的本地品牌。

「住好啲」现时於香港的五间分店面积由3,000 至 20,000 平方呎旗舰店不等 。

「住好啲」的产品现时分销世界各地的大型商场、时装店及展览场馆等, 并己获得很多传媒关注。