Interview with BEAMS Creative Limited

Beams creative is a spatial design studio focusing on small scale construction, interiors, installations and exhibits.

For me, I see it as an interpretation of world views. What I think the world should be and what I think needs to be changed.

I really enhoy working on projects that I haven’t tried before. Different scales or proportions. I find working in different cultural context to be interesting. Doing this has brought me to new questions and problems that has made me question my education and conventions.

We just finished an urban garden at the end of last year. It was a new experience for me and required both the client and myself to learn more about each other’s culture in order to understand the idea. It was an intense project that only allowed for a two week design process.

The first thing I worked on was that's was actually used and built was for a Chinese architecture firm. There they only build big complexes or gardens as they like to call them. There is always a series of towers along with a podium. I hated everything there.

I have always been a big fan of Ando and Sanaa. Which brings me to concrete. Its funny because I also enjoy working with different levels of perforation.

Usually at the times when I'm not designing. Its when I'm in a taxi or metro thinking about all the colors in the advertisements that I ride by, or when I'm playing basketball, pondering ways to play more efficiently. I truly believe design is an interdisciplinary practice and I try to pull solutions for solving problems from other areas of my life.

Excitement. How can you not get hype about this kind of thing.

By that time, Im usually over it. Its nice to take a walk around it though.

I won't call designs bad. Someone genuinely thought that this certain space should be like this. Maybe the execution could be bad. Or they were wrong on how people would interact with the space. But I think that makes them wrong, not bad.

not to be self loathing, but I do see the impact of designers to be substantial. Designers shape the way we use the world. In a sense, we have more or less taken over some of the duties of nature; forming boundaries of cities and neighborhoods, and

We had an exhibition in Shanghai in April. Its not something we do normally.

We design to solve problems. But of course I approach them in manner that allows me to put into place my perspectives.

I have always gravitated more toward surrealism and the underlying meaning of the images that artist created. However, being practical, I attempt to express meaning through lack of convention through modern minimalism.

I would say find what problem you want to solve and a common ground on how you want it approached. Sometimes, bigger companies are accustom to doing things a certain way, so it may not always be best for you. When dealing with designers, I would say that it is important to be very clear and transparent on what you are looking for and what you could accept.

Most of them are shoes or clothes. I don't own any expensive furniture yet.

I would consider myself a young designer. If anyone has any advice for me, Im very open to hear it.

Have a goal. An intention you want to express or a theory or even a hypothesis.

I think most important is a

I think talking through a project is the biggest tool. Out everything on the table. Sketch together, over each other. So I guess I would say my team or peers.

Im very bad at this.

I would say a few weeks at least. This generation is very microwave. But if I would, I would like to sit on things. Finish it, work on something else, then come back to it. That'll usually give me clarity. But I would say a few weeks is minimum.

What do you do?

They vary widely. We have a local Hong Kong cafe and we have large Chinese developers. We have a German film camera company and American production studios.

I think the type if design is not as important as having a good client.

I want to up my scale gradually. My dream is to bring my company into museum installations.

I have a small team. I hope to make it a bit bigger soon.

We have a few that are pending. I don't wanna jinx anything.

If you go to our website you could find multiple ways to contact me or my team @ beams creative.com