Didi NG Wing Yin 吳頴賢
Artist-DesignerDidi NG Wing Yin(HK/FI) is an artist-designer based in Helsinki from Hong Kong. Upon completing a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2012, he worked in the furniture- and interior design industry. He is now attending the MA in Interior Architecture at Aalto University, Finland, where his practice has shifted toward woodworking in contemporary design and crafts. In his practice, Didi seeks to expand perspectives on wood crafting and highlight wood's natural materiality through experimental surface treatments and hand-carving techniques. Over the past years, his dedication to wood crafting has resulted in small- and large-scale works in a space between sculpture, installation, and furniture.
Email → didi@dd-ng.com
IG → dd_ng
Upcoming Exhibition
2023 May // International Schools Show 2023
WantedDesign Online, Virtual
2023 May // New Contemporary
Stockholm Creative Edition, Stockholm, Sweden
2023 June // Ukurant
3 Days of Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 Sep// Talentshop
Habitare Fair, Helsinki, Finland
2023 Sep// Magenta
The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, Finland
2023 Sep// Oozing Natural Skill
Powerlong Art Centre, Nanjing, China
Selected Exhibition
2023 Apr // Alcova Project Space
Alcova, Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
2023 Mar // Curated Section
Collectible Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2023 Mar // PAUSE
Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2023 Feb // Tatu Laakso / Didi NG
Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 Nov // PUNAINEN - Wearable art and highlights of Finnish living
Galleria GAo ShAn, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Oct // Design without borders
Kiscell Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Sep // Sense of Spirituality
Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Sep // Protoshop
Habitare Fair, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Sep // Habitare Design Competition
Habitare Fair, Helsinki, Finland
Jun 2022 // Ein&Zwangzig
Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
Jan 2020 // Puretalents Contest
IMM Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Awards, Grants & Residencies
2022 // Winner
Category Student Floor Lamp, L A M P 2022
2022 // Project Grants
Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, Finland
2021 // Winner
Ein & Zwangzig 2021, German Design Coucil, Germany
2020 // Nominated Finalist
PureTalentsContest 2020, IMM Cologne, Germany
2020 // 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 // Kim Hau: “斯德哥爾摩設計週特集2”
Modern Home Magazine, Issue 539, May 2023, P.88, HK
2023 // Aidan Imanova: Natural lines”
Identity Magazine, Issue 231, May 2023, P.28-29, UAE
2023 // Yen Kien Hang: “Greenhouse: Growing Young Scandinavian Design”
Art and Design 藝術與設計, Issue 497, Feb 2023, P.77, CN
2023 // 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
2022 // Anna Von Knorring & Katarina Matsson: “Finlands sak är vår”
ELLE Decoration, NR 9 Nov 2022, P.66, SE
2022 // 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
2022 // 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
2020 // Milena Raappana: “Uuden Muotoilun Helmet”
Glorian Koti, Nov 2020, P.25, FI
2020 // “THE NEW REALITY: ADORNO GALLERY PRESENTS VIRTUAL DESIGN EXHIBITIONS FROM 14 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES”
ArchiPanic magazine, 20th Sep 2020
2020 // 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
2020 // Silja Cammarata: “Ein feiner Spürsinn”
RAUM UND WOHNEN, 13th Feb 2020 ,P.78, CH
2017 // SFIC: “Meet FDA Finalists Diego Lee and Didi Ng”
Houzz, 3rd Feb 2017
2015 // ChanKwanYee: “Craftsmanship is the essence”
Ming’s, 26th July 2015, P.68-69, HK
2015 // HoKwaiSim, WongPuiPang, YauShunYu: “香港製造再定義 PART 2”
Ming Pao Weekly, Vol. 2422, 11th April 2015, P.42-43, HK
2015 // ELVIS: “Timber Tools”
Tao Magazine, Vol. 157, P.33-34, HK