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Shirley Lau

Interior and furniture designer

The founder of Paul Design in Cheung Sha Wan is a DIY enthusiast: he designed every piece of furniture in his home. A keen recycler,  Paul Chan takes old materials and gives them a new lease of life.

Favourite homeware store

'Jisheng Wellborn [Yingbinlu, Panyu, Guangzhou, http://gz.jswb.com.cn/index.aspx].  It has all sorts of high-quality, avant-garde and traditional-style Chinese furniture, including Ming and Qing styles. The selection is huge.  In Hong Kong it would be Joinery Furniture Maker [Dominion Centre, 43 Queen's Rd East, Wan Chai, tel: 2866 6733]. It's run by a group of designers who use genuine materials to design long-lasting, practical furniture.'

Favourite living designer

'[New York-based Egyptian designer] Karim Rashid.   He's good at  new and versatile design concepts. He's a bit like Philippe Starck but he interprets his ideas in a slightly different way.'

Favourite item at home

'A table I designed,  using dozens of paper cylinders I ordered from a factory. I put them all together in a spiral shape and on the top is a piece of glass that someone discarded. It took me only 30 minutes to make.'

Favourite design magazine

'Frame [www.framemag.com]. It features a lot of furniture products with innovative designs, along with the latest design information from Europe. It's very different from  Asian magazines.

Design no-no

'Plagiarism. Many designers have a problem distinguishing copying from analysing a design. Copying doesn't involve thinking or creativity. But on the whole there's no rigid rule in design.'



Paul Chan