Upcycling is the way forward for award-winning designers
Award-winning interior design company One Plus Partnership upcycled old furniture and materials from their move to decorate a new studio, writes Kylie Knott
A delightful mixture of blue and grey, the patchwork couch adds a subtle splash of colour to the office. But it won't be found anywhere else. It's a one-off item made from scrap materials, one of the many upcycled items in what's arguably the city's coolest office decorated with … rubbish.
"We made the couch from fabric swatches sent as sample squares from suppliers," says Virginia Lung Wai-ki, one-half of the couple behind the interior design firm, One Plus Partnership. "We had so many, it seemed a waste to throw them away. So we sewed them together to create a new look for an old couch."
The trend for sustainability is reflected in [our] designs for the future
Waste is a dirty word for Lung, and she has no time for purists who might frown at a designer chair getting the firm's treatment: "Oh, I don't really care what they think!"
As music hums in the background, Lung wanders the office with her partner Ajax Law Ling-kit, both pointing out (at times in unison) the green features of the office.
One Plus is hidden in a labyrinth of rooms on the 16th floor of an industrial building in Quarry Bay, an area with all the hallmarks of becoming the next "cool spot".