Cecilia CHENG Wai-Sze, Mary YU, Joe WONG

“Designers can enrich their own experience, so that new elements will appear in their works.”

Each designer has a strong personal style, but that doesn't mean there is no room for collaboration. The Be Blessed with Conjugal Felicity Wedding Book, jointly designed by Mary Yu, Joe Wong and Cecilia Cheng, is a good demonstration.

Mary has created a series of illustrations on traditional costumes, while Joe focuses on paper art based on Chinese paper crafting. As both are working on the modern interpretation of traditional culture, they decided to give their first trial of designer collaboration and create a unique work. A pair of couples in traditional Chinese costumes are drawn by digital techniques, combined with the art of paper sculptures.

The Art of Collaboration

Although new sparks were seen, effort was needed for coordination, “For example, a wedding book should not be too thick, so the number of layers of paper artwork is limited. This is a different experience from doing paper art only by myself,” said Joe. The role of manufacturer is therefore much more important than usual. Cecilia took on this important task. She helped to solve technical issues, such as how to present paper art on a booklet without distortion in shapes.

For this first-time collaboration, Mary described it as a valuable experience, “Designers can enrich their own experience, so that new elements will appear in their works to make audience impressed,” said Mary.

Cecilia CHENG Wai-Sze, Mary YU, Joe WONG (from left)

Marketing Manager, Designer
Safe Power Printing & Box Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Cecilia Cheng is engaged in product development, professional design and marketing for more than two decades, having rich experience in product-quality requirements. She is committed to making quality design, and only by achieving a win-win for both customer and manufacturer would she consider her product a "Good Design".

Mary Yu has a keen interest in arts and design. She graduated from the Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University ("PolyU") with a Bachelor degree of Fashion Design and also obtained a Master degree of Design from the School of Design, PolyU.

Artist Joe Wong is obsessed with paper art. He takes the cultural heritage as the core of his creations. He is good at integrating various styles, combining the essence of tradition and modernity, and creates paper art works with bright colors and unique styles. Joe has cooperated with hundreds of well-known brands, and established his paper art brands POSTalk, FingerART and Jw. He is committed to the development of paper art works that combine design with are and culture. His works have been exhibited in international art exhibitions in Asia and Europe, and received overwhelming response. His works have also been collected by local and overseas collectors.