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Johnny Wong

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Shirley Lau

Wales-born interior designer Johnny Wong, 32, says there's no such thing as an original design. 'Design is all about evolution. You produce a new piece, but it's not really original. You always have to take it from something else.' Which is why his company is called Fak3, a play on the word fake with a reversed 'E'.

Favourite furniture shop

'Unto This Last [230 Brick Lane, Shoreditch, London, E2 7EB]. It's all about bringing craft back to the contemporary furniture scene. Its furniture is handmade.'

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Favourite design magazine

'Wallpaper. It shows a good cross-section of different designs. [For] more intelligent designs, Architecture Review and Domus. For more contemporary and avant-garde design, Fran3.'

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Country with the best design products

'I don't believe [the quality of designs] is country-related ... it's people and community. A lot of well-known designers have moved from Europe to China. They're nomadic design tribes moving all over the world.'

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