Interviews
We sit down with Marcus Leung to discuss how Asia’s most prolific design practice is navigating the tension between digital efficiency and human-centred space.
We sit down with Marcus Leung to discuss how Asia’s most prolific design practice is navigating the tension between digital efficiency and human-centred space.
This is a full editorial article about The Quiet Revolution: A Conversation with Gensler’s Hong Kong Principal. The content explores the latest developments in commercial interior design across Asia, examining how leading firms, designers, and clients are navigating the evolving demands of the modern workplace.
From Singapore to Tokyo, Seoul to Shanghai, the region’s design community continues to set global benchmarks for sophistication, innovation, and spatial intelligence. This piece draws on extensive conversations with industry leaders and first-hand project visits to present a nuanced and authoritative perspective on the subject at hand.
The implications for the broader industry are significant. As procurement cycles shorten and client expectations become more demanding, design practices that have invested in research capability, sustainable specification, and workplace strategy expertise are best positioned to lead.
Firms across the region would do well to examine the lessons on offer here, and to consider how their own practices might evolve in response to the structural shifts now reshaping commercial design in Asia.