Hong Kong practice Anode Design launched last year under founders Jasmine Wong and Kits Chan.
The studios name derives from “an ode to living.” Each project functions as a spatial poem that intensifies inhabitants relationships with their domestic environments.
What does design mean to you?
Design builds spaces that sharpen how people perceive and feel. Solving problems and meeting functional needs provides the framework, but design only comes alive when it helps people celebrate living, feel present in their daily routines and truly experience their surroundings. Thats where the soul enters.
What was your proudest project of 2025?
2025 was our first year as an officially established practice, so we were thrilled when our debut project, Curved Harmony Apartment, won gold in Home Journals “Below 500 sqft Apartment” category. That recognition encouraged our young team and validated the design approach were committed to. Were especially grateful to the client for trusting us with such creative freedom. It allowed us to experiment boldly with materials like GRG, microcement, and decorative plasters. We carried curved forms throughout the space, from walls to door handles to furniture, softening the buildings originally rigid lines. The palette of warm cream and natural wood tones matched the clients personality perfectly, creating a space where they genuinely feel like they belong.
Whats your design philosophy?
We pursue emotion, experience and memory. This ambition pushes us beyond aesthetics and function toward meaningful connections between people and spaces that generate profound resonance. Each project begins with extensive client interviews to map life patterns and aspirations. Designs real value manifests in expressing clients desired attitudes and atmospheres.
What drew you into interior design?
First entering the British Museum as teenagers delivered visceral impact we still recall. We experienced directly how meticulously considered architecture, through light layering, material texture and circulation, quietly shapes emotion and behaviour, inducing natural contemplation and stillness. That wordless yet somatic sense of gravitas revealed designs power and cemented our professional direction.
How does your design style reflect your MBTI?
Were J-type, order-seeking and symmetrical, and P-type, spontaneous and fluid, respectively. This generates productive friction between symmetry and asymmetry, planning and improvisation, yielding work with structural clarity and spontaneous vitality.
