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