Interview with Louis Lau

We love design and we only do good design. We are experts not only in design but also in construction, building survey, engineer and building services. In the past years we have not only done interior design, but also “rebrands” for corporate such as New Vision, China Telecom and Vinda group. From a design concept, we develop to interior design, display, advertisement, selling method and uniform.

Design is not only my career, mainly is my interest

interior design, commercial project such as retail and workspace

China Telecom flagship store in Macau, this is very hard to change a concept mind for a big Chinese traditional company but finally we made it

A jewellery shop, they are still our client we designed 4 store for them in last 5 years

we love timber, painted finished, somethings warm and long lasting

always close to deadline of the project

first thing is functional, then aesthetic, environmental friendly, durability and last is costing

focus and sucessful

use the heart to design, treat the projects as your own

i think functional is the most important part, if cant achieve this point, this must be a bad design

very simply for us, we just need to do our best on every single projects, then everything will be good…

We think technology will apply a lot into our design such as home automation

We think technology will apply a lot into our design such as home automation, and recycling material , energy saving solution will be very common in the future

from Magazine, books, and daily life experiences.from Magazine, books, and daily life experiences. We pushing the creative by group discussion and brain storming

Our style is we focus on concept and functions. And we don’t have any specify style as every projects are unique

We live in Hong Kong, a very speical place which mixed with Western and Chinese culture

I'm a leader in the company and we work for our interest

Company should sety some rules, rules no 1, every designer should love what they are doing, this is not a Job

we lots of research, study client background and end users need, then we create a unique concept, then design development. After that present with 3D rendering and material board. Actually we can explain any details of our design because we design from concept

lighting, space planning, detailing, artwork and loose furniture

i work at 7 in the morning until 8pm everyday, I do need meet clients, internal group discussion, comment design, site meeting, actually in involve in whole design process

should love what you doing, and working really really hard

positives, we are lucking, our interest can earn salary for lives
negatives, our works really take us most of our time

treat the projects as yours own

I think spacious concept and detailing knowledge

A pen and yellow tracing paper

If the outcome and design are amazing, we allow some delay on design presentation and construction.

sometimes 2 months, sometimes 2 years

what is your favorite style

mistake, we always have some mistake and we learn from it

China and international corporate brand

interior design , my interest and career

We believe that doing always our best, we can change the world and it’s not too far.

I works as a team leader and I’m that asshole pushing my them everyday

www.amplehk.com

no, it is the longest interview i have ever answered