Yoko Choy
Yoko Choy is the China editor at Wallpaper* magazine, where she has contributed for over a decade. Her work has also been featured in numerous Chinese and international publications. As a creative and communications consultant, Yoko has worked with renowned institutions such as Art Basel and Beijing Design Week, as well as brands such as Hermès and Assouline. With dual bases in Hong Kong and Amsterdam, Yoko is an active participant in design awards judging panels and conferences, where she shares her mission of promoting cross-cultural exchange and translating insights from both the Eastern and Western worlds into a common creative language. Yoko is currently working on several exciting projects, including a sustainable lifestyle concept and a book on Chinese contemporary design.
Latest articles by Yoko Choy
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Kengo Kuma on the cultural perspectives of Japanese furniture
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Gucci and Maurizio Cattelan explore the power of appropriation in Shanghai show
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Top 9 Chinese designers at Design Shanghai
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Wang Shu on modern Chinese architecture
Wang Shu, Pritzker Prize-winner and co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio, talks modern Chinese architecture with Wallpaper* China editor Yoko Choy, following the pair’s contributions to Beauty and the East, a new book published by Gestalten
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Lisbon rising: a global art hub emerges from crisis
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Modernist maven: Lecturis present a new monograph on Dutch icon Wim Crouwel
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Design Days Dubai 2012
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AMO unveils new platform for the Stedelijk Museum’s collection
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There’s much A/D/O about design at Mini’s creative space in New York
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The magic mushrooms of ceramic artist Jos Devriendt offer a sculptural trip
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Textile innovator Byborre empowers creators to cut waste
‘We developed a new process that allows creators to innovate,’ says Borre Akkersdijk, co-founder of Dutch textile innovation studio and clothing label Byborre
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We tour the construction site of Peter Zumthor’s De Meelfabriek in Amsterdam
Peter Zumthor, Studio Akkerhuis, LOLA and Piet Oudolf come together to breathe new life into the listed monument of the De Meelfabriek in the Netherlands, at the same time revitilising a whole neighbourhood through architecture in Leiden
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The untold story of the architect who turned Spain’s modernist power plants into art
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China’s Designew platform explores the design of errors
This collection of furniture and objects is the result of a new collaborative project led by designer Mario Tsai, exploring how mistakes can positively impact the creative process
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M+ museum by Herzog & de Meuron sets Hong Kong alight
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Viktor&Rolf celebrates its 25th anniversary in a new Rotterdam retrospective
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Dark arts: Hiroshi Sugimoto thinks outside the black box
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A Portuguese show recounts 90 years of Brazilian architecture
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An OMA/AMO show at Het Hem explores our balance with nature
We tour Het Hem's latest exhibition, ‘Chapter 5IVE’, a collaboration with OMA's Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, director of AMO
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The Chuan Malt Whisky Distillery by Neri & Hu offers a twist on Chinese tradition
Neri & Hu designs headquarters for The Chuan Malt Whisky Distillery in China's Sichuan province
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Still/Life: Harri Koskinen curates a retrospective of Tapio Wirkkala's work
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The pared-back designs of Mario Tsai
Mario Tsai – named by Nendo’s Oki Sato as a creative leader of the future for Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project – talks about his experience working as a designer and entrepreneur in China, at the cusp of innovation and tradition
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Design Days Dubai steps things up a gear for its 2014 outing
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Continental shift: Whatiftheworld and Southern Guild join forces in Johannesburg
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