Mike Lau
Interior Designer
Design Consultant
CAD Technician
Photography/Interests
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Here you will find photographs on my design journey in the UK and Europe. This is my personal interests to design as a whole seeing what's new and keeping up with the design trends as it keeps changing yearly, with new materials being discovered and innovative ways of using current materials. Colour plays a big role in design now as it can affect our train of thought and how active we are during the day. Which is good to see how designers can bring together the contrast of colour with different materials without them clashing or feeling out of place.
Malta
A study trip to Malta during the summer to study this old historical town. Why buildings are designed and situated in the places they are due to street layouts. Understanding how the street layout helps the ventilation of the buildings.
Milan
A study trip to Milan during the Design Festival during the Easter Holidays. Plenty to see, lots to understand and adapt to new ways of designing and improve on my own understanding of design.
London Design Convention
I went to London to look explore the Design Convention Exhibiton. Learning how materials are used and machined by talking to the people at the exhibition and any new materials/techniques that can be applied within the Joinery/Design industry.
V&A Museum 2015
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I always enjoy going to exhibitions to see the new designs and art work. It's good to see how some of the designs/art work/products are made, the time gone into it and the process, it is very intriguing.
Tate Modern 2013
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Tate Modern as well as Brick Lane has always been a good place to see art work and how art installations are displayed within a space. Also a good place to see new art work from upcoming artists and designers as well as well known artists and designers.
Royal Festival Hall 2013
Royal Festival Hall was the place I graduated but it is also a good place to see how lighting is used within a space, but also see how the space is used. Seeing how the programs in the space works and how they are split within the building is interesting it makes one think why are they place in the locations they are in.
Barbican 2013
Barbican is a nice place to relax and have lunch. There are Architects lectures hold here once in a while as well as exhibition and art installations and sometimes live music.
Science Museum 2013
The Science Museum is a fun place to be seeing old and new technology in one place. This place is also nice and vibrant.
Students Work
Best way to keep a fresh mind and keep your creativity going is to look at other students work. So it is always best when University have an end of year show to attend. As well as keeping up with your favourite Architects/Designers/Artists works.
NEC Exhibition 2016
Working in a joinery buisness for over a year now, it was good to go to the NEC Exhibition in Birmingham to look at the new machinery available now to speed up manufacturing process. Also meetingother suppliers that i've been working closely with on many jobs.
London Design Festival 2016
A day off to see what's new in the design industry of 2016 at the London Design Festival.
Architects@Work 2017
Start of a new year and my first exhibition of the year was at Architects@Work which is a design show event for all Designers, Architects, Interior Architects, Students and Suppliers. A day to explore the new trend of the new year, also a good opportunity to see some work and research on new suppliers and what they can offer.
London Design Festival 2017
Another year of amazing designs at Design Junction and 100% Design. Two different ideas of design focusing on comtemporary designs and innovative designs using current material trends.
Atrium Showroom 2017
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One of my colleagues at work organise an evening event to go to Atrium Showroom, one of our light suppliers. This was a good experience in lighting technology and colour, it was good to know that what is coming out as the new design they will always be the first to know.
Sleep Exhibition 2017
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This was an interesting exhibiton where alot of the exhibitionist show case their designs to hotel rooms from low to high ranges.