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BETHERE
DESIGN
FESTIVAL 1

Special Thanks

lan Lo, Lucas Kwok, Aaron Miao, Preston Chan, Chris Cho, Alexander Cardinal Tsui, Andy Chau, Tse Man Fung, Wong Yun Fung, Alex Rodriguez, Abdela Igmirien,Rose Ng, and Raphael Holzer.

Co-founded DTBY with Ron Wan in 2018, a design collective bringing out and bringing together communities through art & design with fun, memorable, creative, and impactful new experiences. DTBY curated, produced and organized a 1-month design festival featured over 20+ artists, designers, videographers from around the world to explore the theme — Homeland. The festival was hosted in a 3-storey ex- fabric factory with a G/F design market, 1/F graphic design exhibition, 2/F photography and video roulette.

Made possible by Design Trust. Printing sponsored by Fujifilm.
Audio sponsored by KEF. Beverage sponsored by Absolut.
Audio technical support by 15gramsxyz, Chun Yin Chan,
James Acey, Alexmalism, and Josh Dubman.


Support by Ferent Hunter.

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BE THERE - Design Festival will explore the theme Homeland.
A multi-sensory experience defining the meaning of homeland,
redefining home, while showcasing familiar faces and places.

A multi-sensory experiment by Alfred Nil, Matthias Urban, & dtby_.
An abstract replication of supernatural distant woodlands from
past and present. Combining ink, photography, live audio
field recordings,and curated scents.

G/F Design Market

RYSE & CA-VA
Seoul, South Korea

Julien Pradier
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Well
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Natalie Choi & Jason Chan
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sandy Wang
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

OKOKOK
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

MUM's NOT HOME
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 

1/F Graphic Design Show Space

Kidney Chun Yin
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Julien Pradier
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

James McGuirk
Dublin, Ireland

Kyungmin Lee
Seoul, South Korea

OKOKOK
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Samuel Choi & Renee Neoh
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Miguel Mesquita
Barcelona, Spain

Angela Ho
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Andreas von Buddenbrock
Stockholm, Sweden

Suze Chan
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Jeon Nahwan
Seoul, South Korea

Chris Cho
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

OrtnerSchinko
Linz, Austria

Jeongsu Woo
Seoul, South Korea

Sandy Wang
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kush Seokyong Shim
Seoul, South Korea

Hana Na
Seoul, South Korea

Papaya Heiman Fung
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

RYSE & CA-VA
Seoul, South Korea

Flavius-Augustin Budau
Berlin, Germany

Rita, Matos
Lisbon, Portugal

Can Yang
Shenzhen, China

Xyziki
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Jason Chan
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hyunjun Jang
Basel, Switzerland

Minsoo Kim
Seoul, South Korea

Yung Han Teng
Taipei, Taiwan

2/F Photo Show Space

Bruce LaBruce
Toronto, Canada

Khary Simon
New York, USA

Samuel Fournier
Montreal, Canada

Christopher Sherman
Toronto, Canada

Lindsay Gary Ryklief
Seoul, South Korea

John Tods & Dome Songprakon
Bangkok, Thailand

Hailun Ma
Shanghai, China

n_n_n_o
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Tim Lo
Sydney, Australia

Rainer Torrado
Paris, France

Olivia Lala
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Paolo Zerbini
Mantova, Italy

Jean-Paul McAllan
Melbourne, Australia

Oscar Chik
London, UK

Carly Bangs
Los Angeles, USA

Deon Wong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hao Nguyen
Toronto, Canada

Bungo Tsuchiya
Tokyo, Japan

Ferry van der Nat
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Elvis Di Fazio
Sydney, Australia

James Acey
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Camille Rouzaud
New York, USA

Joe Bulawan
Toronto, Canada

Gideon de Kock
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Thomas Eugster
Berlin, Germany

Carol Tam
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lawrence Cortez
Toronto, Canada

Oscar Rendon
Monterrey, Mexico

Puzzleman Leung
Taipei, Taiwan

Takashi Okura
Tokyo, Japan

Abdela Igmirien
Igmir, Morocco

Kyeonghee Kang
Seoul, South Korea

Laurent Segretier
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Yeti Out
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2/F Video Roulette

Harry Chan
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

CLAUDE
Seoul, South Korea

Ip Wai Lung
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Choi Ching Yee
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Munnrai
Tokyo, Japan

Ray Mok & Red Wong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Yat Pit
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Martin Hampton
Tavistock, United Kingdom

Dona Arbabzadeh
Tehran, Iran

Yu Wing Leung
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Don Tsang
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Suguru Tobukuchi
Fukuoka, Japan

Jamie Webster
Toronto, Canada

Ruby Yiu Hong
Kong, Hong Kong

Rose Ng
Sydney, Australia

Simon Christoph Krenn
Feldkirch, Austria

Jordi Estrada
Sabadell, Spain

Iveta Karpatheyova
Toronto, Canada

Xiaoqi Lin
Guangzhou, China

Matthias Urban
Feldkirch, Austria

BE THERE - Design Festival by Ron Wan & Mildred Cheng.
Made possible by Design Trust. Printing sponsored by Fujifilm.
Audio sponsored by KEF. Beverage sponsored by Absolut.
Audio technical support by 15gramsxyz, Chun Yin Chan,
James Acey, Alexmalism, and Josh Dubman.
Support by Ferent Hunter.

Special thanks to Alan Lo, Lucas Kwok, Aaron Miao, Preston Chan,
Chris Cho, Alexander Cardinal Tsui, Andy Chau, Tse Man Fung,
Wong Yun Fung, Alex Rodriguez, Abdela Igmirien,
Rose Ng, and Raphael Holzer.

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