Nicol Boyd and Tomas Rosén

Designers Nicol Boyd and Tomas Rosén formed Office for Product Design in 2007. They originally began their collaboration while studying at the Royal College of Art in London. The office employs a small team of in-house designers and regularly partners with external specialists, forming an extensive collaborative network. In recent years the office has also been working with technology start-ups and expanding their traditional design remit to offer holistic ‘design for start-up’ services, covering the wider aspects of product branding, communication and photography, in addition to their typical industrial design focus.

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Designers Nicol Boyd and Tomas Rosén formed Office for Product Design in 2007. They originally began their collaboration while studying at the Royal College of Art in London. The office employs a small team of in-house designers and regularly partners with external specialists, forming an extensive collaborative network. In recent years the office has also been working with technology start-ups and expanding their traditional design remit to offer holistic ‘design for start-up’ services, covering the wider aspects of product branding, communication and photography, in addition to their typical industrial design focus.

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Featured work

Restaging a Hong Kong style food stall “Dai Pai Dong”

Boyd and Rosén stages a Hong Kong style food stall "Dai Pai Dong" with their design items. The selection includes production pieces alongside unpublished concept prototypes. These include a pendant light, a reinterpretation of the classic Butcher’s Light in Hong Kong, a vase made by a German brand, as well as a steamer set, a condiment set, an ash tray and fruit platter produced by Hong Kong and Taiwan companies. The display is an embodiment of their design philosophy: new perspectives always come from studying how things are used and their immediate environment. Dai Pai Dong, which is an integral part of Hong Kong's streetscape and collective memory, is a source of inspiration for part of this work.

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CREATIVE
ECOLOGIES OF
HONG KONG

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HONG KONG DESIGN CENTRE