A documentary film about designers who turn their dream into a business in Hong Kong. Designers Inbetween is a documentary revealing Hong Kong's creative industry through the lens of a range of start ups to industry's leading professionals. It is and introduction to what lies in the near future for creatives; rather than working in-house, creating micro brands and working as an independent consultant.
A documentary film about designers who turn their dream into a business in Hong Kong.
Designers Inbetween is a documentary revealing Hong Kongs creative industry through the lens of a range of start ups to industry´s leading professionals. It is an introduction to what lies in the near future for creatives; rather than working inhouse, creating micro brands and working as an independent consultant.
Documentarists, Jonathan Ramalho and Oliver Lehtonen met for the first time during their multidisciplinary studies in the Hong Kong in 2013. Without previous movie making experience the duo set out on a bootstrapping adventure through Hong Kongs creative industries and into the wildness of Chinas manufacturing.
Featuring: (in random order)
David Ericsson, Founder, Void Watches
Josh Wright / June Lai, Catalyst Lifestyle
Johan Persson, Founder, C'monde Studios Ltd
James Woodward / Rocky Yip, Founders, Entendre Studios Ltd.
Anders P Hellberg, Creative Director
Thomas Rosen / Nicol Boyd, Office for Product Design
Roger Ball, Professor, Author, Designer
Victor Chiu, Photographer, Artist, Dancer
Ellis Kreuger, Bespoke tailor, Moustache
Paola Sinisterra / Ignacio Garcia, Founders, Tangram
Katarina Ivarsson / Anna Karlsson, Founders, Boris Design Studio
Geraldine Borio / Caroline Wuthrich, Founders, Parallellab
Ceet, Artist
Taura Edgar, Founder, Digital Devotee
Chris Kyme, Founder, Kymechow
Jesse Mclin, Co-founder, Latitude 22N
Julie Progin, Co-founder, Latitude 22N
Henry Steiner, Founder, Steiner & Co
Simon Squibb, CEO/Founder, NEST Investments
Michael Young, Founder, Michael Young Ltd
Sandy Choi, Founder, Sandy Choi