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View Larger Image and Additional Photos of Lee Kong Wai Connie STATEMENT OF ART:About Lee Kong Wai Connie : Connie Lee is the founder and director of Contact Design Group, previously as Contact Design, an award-winning design and innovation company based in Hong Kong.
After pursuing her industrial design education in Design Academy Eindhoven, Lee founded Contact Design - specialising in product innovation fusing technology and user experience. Lee has worked on a wide spectrum of co- design projects with partnership of international brands, including Sony, Target Store, illy, Hyundai and start-up ventures to innovate for better future. Some of the iconic designs Connie created include JuLaVie - First's cold press juicer for home, E Bike for future, Wellness Herbal Machine and Innovative Tea Can, which have received international awards. The JuLaVie project was rated as the no.3 trending design project on the Kickstarter; while the Wellness Herbal Machine project has been selected and awarded as ‘Rising Star’ by the Hong Kong Startup Council.
In recent years, Lee has successfully evolved from a designer into a design entrepreneur, creating tangible experiences for the society, especially in Health Tech area, innovating healthier lifestyles through design.
With the vision to connect with start-ups, technology and business leaders,
Lee has co-founded The Contact Store, a lifestyle experience center in Italy and the Hong Kong Science Park. With the mission of “Connect. Co-Design. Create”, it aims to connect different industry players and to engage in meaningful collaboration and conversations.
In recent years, Lee has received Red Dot Concept award, Design for Asia award and Smart Gifts Design Awards, and has be granted as “Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award”. Lee has also been selected as 100 Designers by Kun Shan University Annual International Design Symposium.
Lee is passionate to nurture young designers through her teaching at School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as visiting lecturer. Design is a well-balanced integration of art, technology, culture and business. ORGANIZATION: Contact Design Group Limitied EDUCATION: 2012, Man and Activity, Design Academy, Eindhoven, The Netherlands EXPERIENCE: 2012-now, Director of Contact Design Group Limited, Hong Kong MIXED EXHIBITIONS: 2017, Kun Shan University 10th Annual International Visual Communication Design Symposium 2017, In Style Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur 2017, Rise Conference, Hong Kong 2016, In Style Hong Kong, Bangkok 2015, Super Design Show, Milan Design Week, Hong Kong 2015, Hong Kong Gifts and Premium Fair 2015, Hong Kong Roving Exhibition at PMQ, Hong Kong 2015, Hong Kong Roving Exhibition at Times Square, Hong Kong 2015, HKTDC Entrepreneur Day, Hong Kong 2015 Giftex, Tokyo 2015, Design Mart, Hong Kong 2014, Business of Design Week, Hong Kong 2013 Inno Design Tech Expo, Hong Kong EVENTS: 2017, In Style Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur 2017, Rise Conference, Hong Kong 2016, In Style Hong Kong, Bangkok 2015, HKTDC Entrepreneur Day, Hong Kong 2014, Business of Design Week, Hong Kong 2013 Inno Design Tech Expo, Hong Kong AWARDS: 2016-2017, Good Design Award, Chicago 2017, Rising Star Award, Federation of Hong Kong Industries 2016, Outstanding in Functionality, TOP Awards Asia 2016 2016, Winner, Hong Kong Design Awards 2015, Hong Kong Young Design Talent 2015, Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2015, Bronze Award, Design For Asia Awards 2015, “Selected Objects”, SuperDesign Show, Milan Design Week 2015, Silver Award (Corporate Group: Corporate Promotional Gifts), Hong Kong 2015, Bronze Winner - Smart Gifts Design Awards 2015 2015, Judges Award - Smart Gifts Design Awards 2015 PRESS APPEARANCES: 2017, Special feature on Capital Entrepreneur, December, Hong Kong 2017, Hong Kong Economic Times, November, Hong Kong 2017, MingPao, October, Hong Kong 2017, HKET, October, Hong Kong 2017, Ta Kung Pao, October, Hong Kong 2017, PressLogic, September, Hong Kong 2017, MingPao, August, Hong Kong 2017, Sing Tao Daily, July, Hong Kong 2017, NNA ASIA, July, Japan 2017, Milk Magazine, July, Hong Kong ACCOLADES: 2018, 40 Under 40 Award Winner, Perspectice Global 2015, Hong Kong Young Design Talent, Hong Kong Design Centre, Hong Kong 2015, D-Mark Certification, Design Council of Hong Kong, FHKI, Hong Kong LANGUAGE SKILLS: English (Near Native) Chinese (Native) Mandarin (Near Native) PORTFOLIO URL: www.contactdesigngroup.com REGISTRATION DATE: 2018-03-18 03:42:59 COUNTRY/REGION: Hong Kong (China) ACCOUNT TYPE: Startup |
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