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Toronto-educated Danny Cheng Ping-kwan is behind dozens of residential design projects in Hong Kong. He set up Element Design in 1996 with colleagues before launching Danny Cheng Interiors.
Favourite furniture source
'I shop a lot via the internet, for example at www.iflighting.com and www.ligne-roset.com. The price lists are laid out clearly. You can get unique stuff and the decisions you make are more rational than when you're at a shop. But you have to be imaginative. One out of 10 times, I'm disappointed when the item arrives.'
Favourite item at home
'My Bang & Olufsen Beo Sound 9000. Placed horizontally or vertically, it's still an artwork. What's unique is that, when the player stops, the CD comes to rest exactly the same way you loaded it.'
Favourite living designer
'I don't know enough designers in the world. But in Hong Kong, it would be Steve Leung. His works have substance. They give you fantasy without being flamboyant. You can easily recognise his style.'
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