ABOUT US
Founded by Niko Leung, TMML Studio is a design practice that moves fluidly across disciplines, working with form, surface, and space to explore the relationships between materials, making, and meaning. Across all scales and mediums, our work is driven by a commitment to pushing material possibilities and rethinking how they shape the way we live.
At the heart of our work is Hong Kong Soil, a project that reclaims discarded earth from construction sites, turning what would be waste into lasting forms. This approach informs everything we do - each project is a way of asking: what do we choose to keep, and what do we let go?
Our name, TMML—TOU MIN MEI LOY, means "The Future is Transparent" in Cantonese. To us, transparency is about revealing the unseen—whether it's the history embedded in a material, the hands that shape it, or the stories it carries forward. We exist to challenge how things are made, to honor what already exists, and to build with intention—so that what we create today carries meaning far beyond tomorrow.
AWARDS
2023
Gold Award, ‘Our Land’ with BeCandle
DFA Design for Asia Awards, Hong Kong2022
40 Under 40, Prestige Online
Hong Kong2020
2nd Runner-up, “Future is Transparency”
新竹市金玻獎 Golden Glass Award, Hsinchu, Taiwan2017
Winner
DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award, Hong Kong2012
Nominated, “From This to These - Progressive Copying”
DMY Berlin Top 10 Jury’s Selection, Berlin, Germany2012
Nominated, “Class in the River”
Keep An Eye Grant, The Netherlands2012
Nominated, Melkweg Prize
Most Authentic project, The NetherlandsCOMMISSIONED WORK
2024
Ceramic Mural Art 'Dragon Kiln 1-2-3'
Relief Tiles in Ceramics
Hong Kong Housing Authority, Hong Kong2023
Permanent Installation 'Dear Sea'
Hand-made tiles, signage in Ceramics
Hong Kong Tourism Commission, Hong Kong2022
Sculpture 'Tiger Palette'
Ceramics and Offset Printed colour booklet
Hong Kong Palace Museum, Hong Kong2020
Banquette Art Installation
Starbucks
Hsinchu, Taiwan2016
Wall Art and Store signage
Starbucks
CityPlaza, Hong KongEXHIBITIONS
2023
Dear Sea 致海
⻄貢海藝術節 Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival
Sai Kung, Hong Kong2022
Infinite Use of a Finite Thing
港深城市建築雙年展 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture
Central Pier, Hong Kong2018
透明未來 The Future is Transparency
Pon Ding 朋丁
Taipei, TaiwanCo-show of two recent collections (Glass) Niko Springpool 18 & (Porcelain) Niko Kouraku 16
2018
Niko Springpool 18 手造工藝 Body Making
台灣文博會 Creative Expo Taiwan
Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan2018
Niko Springpool 18 日日器
生活的輪廓 The Shape of Taiwanese Living
Taiwan Design Museum, Taipei, Taiwan2016
Niko Kouraku 16
Hong Kong Department Store
Space 27, Hong Kong, Hong Kong2012
From This to These
DMY Awards & Jury Selection
Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design, Berlin, Germany2012
From This to These
DMY International Design Festival
Berlin, Germany2012
From This to These
Atelier de Dommel 50' Exhibition
Design Academy Eindhoven
Salone del Mobile, Milan, ItalyPRESS
2023
'Hong Kong down to earth designer Niko Leung crafts ceramics from construction waste'
Hong Kong Free Press2023
從泥土種出生機
建築宅男 Podcast Interview, Hong Kong2023
香港本「泥」土
881903 急急子, Hong Kong2023
"Counting their blessings"
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong2022
"From Earth to Soul: Gifts from the nature to design"
DeTour 20222020
"Imagining the New Normal"
City Magazine, Hong Kong2019
"The Traces of Hands"
Obscura Magazine, Hong Kong2018
美感教育分享 | 全國美感教育中學教師的培訓工作坊
台北松菸文創大樓, Taipei, Taiwan2018
是創作,也是資源 Journey to Transparency
LUMP Studio, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong2018
玻璃作為一種可能 Glass as a Possibility | 透明未來 The Future is Transparency
Pon Ding 朋丁, Taipei, Taiwan2018
超越五感的「品味」Taste Beyond 5 Sensea
Kulture Salon 11 | K11 Mall, Hong Kong2017
設計能令社會更共融嗎? Design. Societies. Inclusivity
D Salon | HKDC Studio@PMQ, Hong Kong