Go beyond the surface with our Curator-led Tour—an exclusive walkthrough that unveils the deeper narratives behind the works. Join us as we navigate the 2025 theme “The Shape of Yearning”, exploring how design transcends function to embody memory, desire, and aspiration.
Engage with curated insights into select installations, understand the “Design Trichotomy” framework, and discover how even everyday objects become vessels of meaning. This guided journey offers a rare perspective on how designers translate intangible yearning into tangible form—an experience that connects vision to emotion, and object to story.
Ideal for design enthusiasts and curious minds—see the exhibition through the eyes of those who shaped it.
Adonian Chan, Hong Kong-based type designer, graphic designer and design curator.
He has been researching Hong Kong Beiwei and digitising it into “Zansyu” font since 2011, and co-authored the book “A Study on Hong Kong Beiwei Calligraphy & Type Design” alongside design editor Ire Tsui in 2018. Documenting eight years of research on Hong Kong Beiwei and his type design “Zansyu”, the publication earned the Grand Award and the Distinguished Publishing Awards at the 2019 Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards. The type design also received accolades, including the Typeface Design Award from the New York Type Directors Club and the Excellent Work from the Tokyo Type Director’s Club.
Adonian was the recipient of the 2019 DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award. He has been invited to speak at various notable events, including Apple Hong Kong, Typographics New York City, Letterform Archive San Francisco and Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. His work has been widely covered by media outlets such as Idea Magazine (Japan) and CNN (US). He also co-curated the Hong Kong design festival deTour in both 2020 and 2021, and he is the curator for deTour 2024.