Michael Young

The British born designer graduated from Kingston University in 1992. Early in his career, he worked with the designer Tom Dixon in London. In 1994 he started is own studio, his studio operated in England, Iceland, Taiwan before finally settling in Hong Kong in 2006. Sir Terrance Conran selected Young as the Most Inspirational British Designer (1997).

Young designs in a wide range of typologies of objects such as headphones, glassware, watches, bicycles, furniture, lighting and bags. In his work, he is interested in combining design with technical abilities of the local industry, this means often working directly with Chinese manufacturers and industrialists. Throughout his career, he worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, Bacardi, Cappellini, Cathay Pacific, Giant Bicycles, Magis and George Jensen and Trussardi.

Young has been the Creative Director for 100% Design Shanghai (2010, 2011, 2012), Prior to that he was the Creative Director for 100% Design Tokyo (2008) and Creative Director of the Asian Aerospace show (2009). His work has been exhibited in the Pompidou Museum and the Louvre Museum in Paris, Design Museum in London and solo exhibitions in Kyoto, Miami, Hong Kong, Milan, Paris and Belgium.