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Design studio & creative consultancy working with brands, companies & manufacturers for creative solutions. We are an award-winning, multi-disciplinary team with a cross-cultural approach.

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Dilara Kan Hon + Bodin Hon

Co-founders

Since their meeting at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, they have fused their contrasting backgrounds to work coherently across disciplines. Interdisciplinary thinking and the confluence of opposing views are at the heart of the studio, where technology meets traditional crafts, logic meets emotions, art meets science, and East meets West to conceive fantastical new ideas with a sustainable approach toward the future.

Working from their studio in Hong Kong & Istanbul, they collaborate with artisans, industries, manufacturers & brands across Europe to Asia to translate meticulous ideas into production. The studio embraces cross-cultural & interdisciplinary thinking, taking in a diverse spectrum of projects - from product design to spatial design, design consultancy to independent experiments, transferring knowledge from one field to another, and redefining many categories through design. 

Bodin Hon is a Chinese-American industrial designer and engineer who graduated cum laude from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan. In Italy, he was awarded the International Compasso d'oro for his innovative cookware design. Before entering the design field, he worked as a spacesuit & life-support system engineer at the Johnson Space Center after graduating from Rice University in Texas. With a detail-oriented & hands-on approach, he is adept at bringing future-oriented ideas and technologies to life in people-driven & poetic ways.

 

Dilara Kan is a Turkish artist and designer who studied at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan after graduating from the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in Istanbul. Dilara's practice is rooted in her astute eye for visual culture and appreciation of crafts. Dilara infuses her works with patterns from nature and vibrant colors. In addition, she continuously explores new materials and investigates production techniques. Having worked for art & interior studios in Milan, Istanbul & Hong Kong, she brings an artistic and creative touch to every aspect of a project.

Exhibitions

2023

RoCollectible - Rossana Orlandi Gallery - Milano Design Week

2023

TABLEAU Funct Feast Immorale - Milan Design Week

2023

IED Alumni House - Milan Design Week

2023

COLLECTIBLE Brussels - Curated Section [Dilara]

2023

Greenhouse - Stockholm Furniture Fair

2022

Art><Creativity Greater Bay Area - 'Hakkanese Contemporary'

2022

Wanted Design New York - Launchpad

2022

Milan SaloneSatellite - Permanenent Collection 

2021

Dubai Design Week - Light Shelters

2020

Frankfurt Ambiente - Talents

2019

Milan Salone del Mobile - SaloneSatellite

2019

Paris Design Week - Le Off Talents

2019

Porto Design Biennale - ‘Abitare Italia’

2018

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden - ‘Shine on Me: The Sun and Us’

2016

XX1T Milano 21° International Triennale – ‘Design After Design - Under 35’

Awards

2022

GOOD Design Award Japan - Product Winner

'Olivio & Co Children Sunglasses’

2022

ADC 101th Annual Award - Packaging Bronze Cube

‘Olivio & Co Eco Packaging’

2022

iF Design Award - Product Winner

‘Olivio & Co Kids Anti-Bluelight Screen Glasses’

2022

Green Product Award - Best of Kids

‘Olivio & Co Junior Sunglasses’

2021

iF Design Award - Product Winner

‘Olivio & Co Kids Sunglasses’

2021

iF Design Award - Product Winner

‘Olivio & Co Junior Sunglasses’

2021

iF Design Award - Packaging Winner

‘Olivio & Co Eco Packaging’

2021

Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award (HKYDTA) Winner

'Special Mention - Bodin Hon'

2021

Soho House - Design Prize - Shortlist

'Hatch - Eggshell Pendant Lighting'

2021

D&AD - Packaging Materials - Shortlist

‘Olivio & Co Eco Packaging’

2020

Red Dot Design Award - Packaging - Winner

‘Olivio & Co Sunglasses Eco Packaging’

2019

Perspective Magazine 40 Under 40 Award - Winner

'Product Designer'

2017

ROCA/Barcelona Center of Design BCD International Bathroom Competition - Finalist Professional

'Sanctuary'

2015

ADI Compasso d’oro Intl - 'Targa Giovani' Winner

'Solari' - portable solar cooker by Bodin Hon

2015

iF Design Award - Student Design Award

'Solari' - portable solar cooker by Bodin Hon

2014

ADI Design Index 

'Solari' - portable solar cooker by Bodin Hon

2014

James Dyson Award - National Winner Italy

'Solari' - portable solar cooker by Bodin Hon

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