Greater Bay Area / Designers / Projects
Greater Bay Area Design Influence
Designers, projects and city scenes shaping contemporary spatial design in Southern China.
The programme reads the Greater Bay Area through designers, projects, cities and industry scenes, using real interiors as the entry point.
Editorial Brief
Not a list. A field map.
Greater Bay Area Design Influence is not a ranking of designers. It is an editorial map built from projects, studios and city scenes, looking at how Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan and Dongguan are shaping contemporary Chinese spatial design.
Designer Matrix
Designers, studios and working methods
Guangzhou / Greater Bay Area
TACCO LEE / Jun Li
TACCO LEE Studio
Founder / Design Director
Workplaces become readable brand scenes, from game-company colour to scientific curves and light.
Representative projects: Deepblue Interactive Headquarters / Material Gene Institute Dongguan
Shenzhen
Xiaohu Chen
BLOOM DESIGN
Co-founder / Brand Director
Commercial hospitality shaped as a complete brand journey, from facade and terrace to dining room and private tea moments.
Representative projects: Tingshan Natural Aesthetic Restaurant
Guangzhou
Yan Hu
+- thinktank
Founder / Design Director
A city-scale view of spatial design, moving the topic beyond interiors alone.
Representative projects:
Dongguan / Greater Bay Area
Tao Hu
Yixi Design
Founder / Design Director
Showrooms treated as crafted experiences rather than simple product display.
Representative projects: CB Metalwork Showroom Dongguan
Foshan
Jinrong Zhong
WING Design
Executive Creative Director
Brand value is translated into commercial, dining and workplace spaces.
Representative projects:
Featured Projects
Representative project selection
Guangzhou / Headquarters / Creative workplace
Deepblue Interactive Headquarters
Li Jun / TAC Design
A 6400 sqm headquarters where TAC Design turns game IP, retro colour, coffee exchange areas and playful rest scenes into an open workplace for a creative company.
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Dongguan / Research office / Material technology
Material Gene Institute Dongguan
Li Jun / TAC Design
An 1800 sqm research office built around gravitational resonance, where curved corridors, skylight, water, planting and mirrored metal turn material science into a precise but poetic workplace.
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Foshan / Showroom / Retail / Material brand
Ferona New Concept Showroom
Terry Xu / Zhengfang Liangxing
A concept showroom that uses a sci-fi planetary setting, curved routes and product scenes to refresh how a ceramic brand is experienced.
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Foshan / Exhibition / Slab showroom
Aozhuosi Slab Showroom
Terry Xu / Zhengfang Liangxing
A material showroom built around nature, growth and layered display, moving slab products from sample viewing into lifestyle scenes.
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Foshan / Showroom / Headquarters / Brand space
GABO Showroom & Headquarters Office
Adelson Lew / LEW CREATIVE
A former ceramics factory reworked into a sanitaryware headquarters, where old structure, showroom routes and office use sit together.
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Guangzhou / Office / Studio renewal
ODC HUI Design Enterprise Interior
Zoe Zou / ODC Design
A 200 sqm office renewal that keeps old glass partitions and studio memory while using daylight and objects to soften the workplace.
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Dongguan / Showroom / Metalwork / Product experience
CB Metalwork Showroom Dongguan
Hu Tao / Yixi Design
A compact showroom anchored by a suspended spiral stair, turning metal craft, brand symbol and offline experience into one scene.
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Shijiazhuang / Restaurant / Hospitality / Natural aesthetics
Tingshan Natural Aesthetic Restaurant
Chen Xiaohu / BLOOM DESIGN
A restaurant shaped through extended eaves, an outdoor terrace, courtyard stone, timber and warm light, translating eastern mountain-and-water imagery into a quieter hospitality journey.
View projectCities / Types
Read the Bay Area through cities and project types
Cities
Types
Articles / Interviews
Editorial entry points
IP Column
Design 8090
A video-led editorial series following post-80s and post-90s Chinese designers.
Conversation
Designer conversations
Interviews that add voice, method and studio context beyond the project pages.
Field Note
Studio portfolio
Notes on how beauty-space design turns atmosphere into brand experience.
Editorial
Bay Area field notes
City, project and industry observations collected through the DesignFan editorial lens.