Didi NG Wing Yin(HK/FI) is a wood artist based in Helsinki originally from Hong Kong. He centres on woodworking in unique sculptural furniture and crafts characterised by his distinctive carving techniques. The creative process emphasizes the true expression of the materiality in wood which seeks the balance between the essence of wood, the intuitive nature of craftsmanship, and conceptual exploration. Ng’s work is grounded in experimenting with innovative surface treatments and wood carving techniques. Instead of exerting strict control over the material, he prefers to engage with the inherent qualities of wood, allowing its natural properties to guide the creative process and honouring the material's intrinsic characteristics. His goal is to explore the genuine expression of wood, which he encapsulates in one word: Naturalness.

Ng received an MA from Aalto University, Finland. His work has garnered him recognition worldwide; He was nominated finalist at the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025, Spain, and in 2024 he won the Rising Star of the Year Award at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, Sweden, the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Working Grant Award, Finland, and was the winner of Dezeen’s Emerging Designer of the Year Award, United Kingdom. He presented his first solo show at GaoShan Gallery and his second solo show at Lokal Gallery in Helsinki, Finland. He has participated in group exhibitions and art fairs in Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Ng has been selected for a residency at the Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg in Spring 2025.

Didi NG Wing Yin 吳頴賢

Artist-Designer

Email → didi@dd-ng.com
IG → dd_ng

For Work Enquiry
    → Spazio Nobile Gallery (BE)

Works also available at

    → Lokal Gallery (FI)
    → GAo ShAn Gallery (FI)
    → Alcova Project Space (IT)
    → Alcova Project Space (US)

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Awards, grants, & residencies

2025, Finalist, LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025, Madrid, ES
2025, Recipient of Residens Röhsska, The Röhsska Residency & IASPIS, Gothenburg, SE
2024, Winner, Emerging designer of the year, Dezeen Awards, London, UK
2024, Working Grant Awardee, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, FI
2024, Winner, Rising Star of the Year, Scandanavian Design Awards 2024, Stockholm, SE
2022, Winner, Category Student Floor Lamp, L A M P 2022, US 
2022, Project Grants Awardee, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, FI
2021, Winner, Ein & Zwangzig 2021, German Design Coucil, DE
2020, Nominated Finalist, PureTalentsContest 2020, IMM Cologne, DE
2020, Habitare Design Competition 2020, Habitare, Helsinki, FI
2019, 7-days Residency, Wood and Design, EKA SUMMER ACADEMY WORKSHOP, Viljandi, EE
2017, Nominated Finalist, Furniture Design Award, The Singapore Furniture Industries Council, SG

2013, Nominated Finalist, The 7th Hong Kong Lighting Design Competition, HKTDC, HK

2012, Nominated Finalist, The 6th Hong Kong Lighting Design Competition, HKTDC, HK

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Solo Exhibitions

2025, Not Just Something, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2024, Making Natural Sense, GAo ShAn Gallery, Helsinki, FI

Selected Group Exhibitions and Fairs

2025, (Forthc.) The Nature of Wood, Spazio Nobile Gallery, Brussels, BE
2025, (Forthc.) LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, ES
2025, (Forthc.) ForAProcess, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT
2025, Gathered, Lyle Gallery, New York, US
2024, Asian Æsthetics, Spazio Nobile Studiolo, Brussels, BE
2024, Spray the Colour, Spazio Nobile Gallery, PAD London, London, UK
2024, Good Selection, Paris Design Week, Paris, FR
2024, Layers, Habitare, Helsinki, FI
2024, Wallpaper* Class of '24, Triennale Milano, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT
2024, Primavera: A Window to the Soul, Spazio Nobile Gallery, PAD Paris, Paris, FR
2024, Good Luck! New Experiments, Spazio Nobile Gallery, Collectible Fair, Brussels, BE
2024, Älvsjö Gård, Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, SE
2023, Art Dual: Finnish Craftsmanship and Vintage Charms, GAo ShAn Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2023, Talentshop, Habitare Fair, Helsinki, FI
2023, Xylos, Pocket Show, Prime Matter Gallery, Lisbon, PT
2023, Ukurant3, 3DaysofDesign, Copenhagen, DK
2023, New Contemporary, Stockholm Creative Edition, Stockholm, SE
2023, Alcova Project Space, Alcova, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT
2023, Curated Section, Collectible Fair, Brussels, BE
2023, PAUSE, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki, FI
2023, Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, SE
2022, Design without borders, Kiscell Museum, Budapest, HU
2022, Sense of Spirituality, Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki, FI
2022, Protoshop, Habitare Fair, Helsinki, FI
2022, Habitare Design Competition, Habitare Fair, Helsinki, FI
2022, Ein&Zwangzig, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT
2020, Puretalents Contest, IMM Cologne, Cologne, DE

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Selected Press

03/2025, SightUnseen Year Book 2024 (US), p.155, “2024 SUPERLATIVES, Max FRASER: ‘BEST UP-AND-COMING DESIGNER’”
03/2025, TL mag, “Didi NG Wing Yin: Not Just Something”
03/2025, ROOM Diseño (ES), Nº47, Cover & pp.24-26, “Didi Ng”
02/2025, Stirpad, “Didi NG Wing Yin on the alchemy, intimacy and 'naturalness' of woodworking”
12/2024, Door la Repubblica (IT), #18, p.24, “THE LIST: designer del legno”
09/2024, Dwell (US), SEP/OCT2024, p.33, “The Dwell 24”
09/2024, Asun (FI), 3/2024, pp.34-35, “LUONNON JA IHMISEN VÄLISSÄ”
07/2024, Wallpaper* (UK), July 2024, p.166, “Class Acts”
04/2024, Domus (IT), N.1809, p.9, “Didi NG Wing Yin, a poet of wood poised between craft, art and design”
04/2024, L’Essenziale Studio (IT), Vol.07, pp.86-95, “Fragments of a lover’s discourse with wood”
04/2024, Avotakka (FI), “Yötön yö ja vaaleanpunainen auringonlasku lumosivat hongkongilaismuotoilijan: ‘Suomessa olen voinut kokea asioita enemmän aisteillani’”
04/2024, Avotakka (FI), 04/2024, p.27, “Yllätyitkö, Didi Ng Wing Yin?”
03/2024, HTSI (UK), “Pine, refined”
01/2024, Imperfect Magazine (HK), Vol.18, “芬蘭慢時光，在快樂又致鬱的矛盾國度做設計 ── 吳頴賢Didi”
09/2023, Dezeen (UK), “Didi Ng Wing Yin presents ‘down to earth’ timber furniture at Helsinki Design Week”
05/2023, Identity (UAE), “Didi NG Wing Yin uses experimental surface treatments to showcase the vast potential of woodworking”
05/2023, Identity (UAE), Issue 231, pp.28-29, “Natural lines”
03/2023, The Steidz (FR), “Collectible 2023 : qui sont les talents à ne pas manquer ?”
02/2023, Art and Design 藝術與設計 (CN), Issue 497, p.77, “Greenhouse: Growing Young Scandinavian Design”
02/2023, Nytt Rom (NO), No.92, “INTRO GREEN HOUSE 2023”
12/2022, HOME & DECOR (SG), p.71, “HELLO HELSINKI”
11/2022, ELLE Decoration (SE), NR 9, p.66, “Finlands sak är vår”
09/2022, Helsingin Sanomat (FI), 4th Sep 2022, “Sisustusarkkitehti Wing Yin Ng vieraili kuudella kesämökillä ja veti häpeämättömän johtopäätöksen: "En ikinä kuvitellut, että se voisi olla tällaista”
03/2022, Cielo Terra Design (IT), “L’anima del legno nel design di Didi NG Wing Yin”
11/2020, Metro Pop (HK), Issue 675, p.48, “北緯64度芬蘭建築遊記”
11/2020, Glorian Koti (FI), p.25, “Uuden Muotoilun Helmet”
07/2022, AXIS web magazine (JP), “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」”
02/2022, RAUM UND WOHNEN (CH), P.78, “Ein feiner Spürsinn”

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Lectures & Talks

09/2025, Guest Speaker, Finnish identity and a perspective of design heritage, Habitare, Helsinki, FI
08/2025, Guest Speaker, Design+Academy for Talented Summer Programme, Hong Kong University, HK
07/2023, Panel Speaker, Wood Matters, Prime Matter Gallery, Lisbon, PT
10/2022, Guest teacher, HEO Kansanopisto, Finland
05/2022, Cooperating Teacher, Aalto University, Finland