Didi NG Wing Yin (HK/FI) is a Helsinki-based artist-designer born in Hong Kong. Upon completing a Master of Arts degree in Interior Architecture from Aalto University in 2023, he specialised in woodworking in both sculptural and functional furniture and objects. Didi's artistic creations focus on craftsmanship and material culture. He aspires to broaden the concept of woodworking and contemporary design by emphasising the essence of wood in its materiality through conceptual thinking, experimental surface treatment, and carving techniques. His passion for woodworking throughout the years has aimed at exploring the honest expression of wood, which can be stated in one word - Naturalness.
Upcoming Exhibition
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Selected Exhibition
2023
Sep // Talentshop
Helsinki Design Week, Habitare Fair, Helsinki, Finland
Jul // Xylos, Pocket Show
Prime Matter Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Jun // Ukurant
3 Days of Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
May // New Contemporary
Stockholm Creative Edition, Stockholm, Sweden
May // International Schools Show 2023
WantedDesign Online, Virtual
Apr // Alcova Project Space
Alcova, Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
Mar // Curated Section
Collectible Fair, Brussels, Belgium
Mar // PAUSE
Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Feb // Tatu Laakso / Didi NG
Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2022
Oct // Design without borders
Kiscell Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Sep // Sense of Spirituality
Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Finland
Sep // Protoshop
Habitare Fair, Helsinki, Finland
Sep // Habitare Design Competition
Habitare Fair, Helsinki, Finland
Jun // Ein&Zwangzig
Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
2020
Jan // Puretalents Contest
IMM Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Awards, Grants & Residencies
2022
Winner, Category Student Floor Lamp, L A M P 2022
Project Grants, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, Finland
2021
Winner, Ein & Zwangzig 2021, German Design Coucil, Germany
2020
Nominated Finalist, PureTalentsContest 2020, IMM Cologne, Germany
Nominated Finalist, Habitare Design Competition 2020, Messukeskus Helsinki, Finland
2019
Wood and Design, EKA SUMMER ACADEMY WORKSHOP, Estonian Academic of Art, Estonia
2017
Nominated Finalist, Furniture Design Award 2017, The Singapore Furniture Industries Council, Singapore
2013
Nominated Finalist, The 7th Hong Kong Lighting Design Competition, HKTDC, Hong Kong
2012
Nominated Finalist, The 6th Hong Kong Lighting Design Competition,
HKTDC, Hong Kong
Selected Press
2023
Jane Englefield: “Didi Ng Wing Yin presents ‘down to earth’ timber furniture at Helsinki Design Week”, Dezeen, Sep 2023, UK
Aidan Imanova: “Natural lines”, Identity Magazine, Issue 231, May 2023, P.28-29, UAE
La Redaction: “Collectible 2023 : qui sont les talents à ne pas manquer ?”, Mar 2023, FR
Yen Kien Hang: “Greenhouse: Growing Young Scandinavian Design”, Art and Design 藝術與設計, Issue 497, Feb 2023, P.77, CN
Dorthe Smeby: “INTRO GREEN HOUSE 2023”, Nytt Rom, No.92, Feb 2023, NO
2022
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle : “HELLO HELSINKI”,
HOME & DECOR, Dec 2022, P.71, SG
Anna Von Knorring & Katarina Matsson: “Finlands sak är vår”, ELLE Decoration, NR 9 Nov 2022, P.66, SE
Elena Kurki: “Sisustusarkkitehti Wing Yin Ng vieraili kuudella kesämökillä ja veti häpeämättömän johtopäätöksen: "En ikinä kuvitellut, että se voisi olla tällaista”, Helsingin Sanomat, 4th Sep 2022, FI
Ludovica Proietti: “L’anima del legno nel design di Didi NG Wing Yin”, Cielo Terra Design, 10th Mar 2022, IT
2020
Mitty: “北緯64度芬蘭建築遊記”, Metro Pop, Issue 675, 19th Nov 2020, P.48, HK
Milena Raappana: “Uuden Muotoilun Helmet”, Glorian Koti, Nov 2020, P.25, FI
Reiko Shimizu: “海の波の力強い動きを形状に落とし込んだモジュール式パーテーション「CURTAIN」”, AXIS web magazine, 22nd Jul 2020, JP
Silja Cammarata: “Ein feiner Spürsinn”, RAUM UND WOHNEN, 13th Feb 2020 ,P.78, CH