Dr Yanki Lee is a social designer and architect, design researcher and activist. Dr Lee advocates creative participation for social inclusion and innovation. Director of EXHIBIT at Golden Lane Estate, a social design agency in London, Dr Lee received her MA in Architecture from the Royal College of Art (RCA) and a PhD in Design Participation from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She worked as a Research Fellow at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design of RCA in London since year 2000 before returning to her hometown to set up the HKDI DESIS Lab in summer 2013.

Albert Tsang is the researcher and “design anthropologist” of the HKDI DESIS Lab. With his MPhil in Design and BA in Humanities, Albert’s areas of interest range from popular culture, urban consumerism to the cultural diversities of design. He’s also teaching in a creative institute in Hong Kong and tutoring part-time in his alma mater, School of Design of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. A drama creator, Albert has conducted as well as preformed in numerous drama productions by Hong Kong cultural group Zuni Icosahedron.