Marisa Yiu

Founding Partner ∙ ESKYIU | Co-founder/ Executive Director ∙ Design Trust ∙ HK

Marisa Yiu

Founding Partner ∙ ESKYIU | Co-founder/ Executive Director ∙ Design Trust ∙ HK

Marisa Yiu is an architect and Founding Partner of ESKYIU, a multi-disciplinary architecture studio based in Hong Kong. She was the Chief Curator of the 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture; curated POP-UP Studio-X Shenzhen at the Value Factory; and the Design Trust Futures Studio flagship programme.

Yiu is also co-founder and Executive Director of Design Trust, an initiative of the registered charity Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design. Yiu is responsible for spearheading the creation of long-term, intelligent and meaningful platforms to fund innovative and thought-provoking investigations in various design disciplines, from graphics, media, wearable technologies, architecture to the environment, focused on Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.

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Design Trust Futures Studio 2019 – ‘HERITAGE IS INNOVATION’
“Feature Carpet” by Elaine Yan Ling Ng; Mentor: Lyndon Neri & Rosanna Hu; Lead Curator: Marisa Yiu.

Design Trust Futures Studio 2017 – “Play is for the people”

Design Trust Futures Studio 2019 – ‘HERITAGE IS INNOVATION’ at Haw Par Mansion

Design Trust (an initiative of the Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design)

Design Trust Futures Studio 2018, “small is meaningful”
Yi Pei Square Playground, Tsuen Wan — “Communal Living Room” by Men

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