We are ensemble studio, a design practice lead by 2 passionate and award winning designers. Offering the best in luxury branding and design, we have led successful hospitality projects like the W Hotel Xian, Luxury Collection Nanning, the Mandarin Oriental Chongqing and the Intercontinental Resort in Sanya, Haitang Bay. As creators of contemporary spatial experiences, we have developed an affinity with bespoke and finely crafted spatial solutions for our various clientele in Asia and greater China. Taking the projects from concept to completion we distinguish ourselves from other designers with our inquisitiveness, ingenuity and artistry to create uniquely crafted interior spaces.Our comprehensive design services include:- Lifestyle Hospitality Branding - Destination Hotels/ Resorts- Private Residential and apartments- Destination Restaurants- Retail Flagships- Show flatsAs designers we believe in a creative process that requires a well researched understanding of particular cultures and heritage. This would then lead to a clear narrative where we could employ contemporary gestures in design to reflect a sense of place.[ The premise of our designs strive for order and calmness enhanced by light, form and spatial order. These spaces are transformed experientially; manifested through clever detailing and evocative material use - communicating to our senses through sound, touch, smell and sight. ]

Professional practiceJack brings with him 15 years of hospitality design experience to transform and create contemporary spatial experiences.His belief that astonishing spaces entail a clarity of narrative told through simplicity of forms, cultural subtlety and genuine material expression.As a graduate of the RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) B.A. Interior Design program, Jack complemented his practice in tandem with design education as a lecturer both in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and Lasalle SIA. He was the key designer on Intercontinental Sanya, Haitang Bay in China, the Kempinski Hotel in Xian and the Meritus Mandarin, Singapore.Crafting International Hotel projects through the amalgamation of culture, narratives, textures and function. Thereby deriving the 'essence of place' with the careful application of materials, structures and space.Academic practice• Lecturer (design studio) Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts In collaboration with University of Huddersfield• Training students to holistically develop spatial design concepts and strategies with an in-depth understanding of human scale and ergonomicsAwardsDesign Singapore - PUSH Showcase 2010• F&B award winner – Triple Three Restaurant – Meritus Mandarin HotelYoung Designer Award 1998• 1st prize – The Learning Center - A virtual memory trace @ Raffles PlacePublications / LecturesThe Artifice Park 1997Urban Flow & The Linear Shop 1998Ish Magazine Justeak Restaurant 1999Ish Magazine Rang Mahal Restaurant 1999The New Orchard Road 2000Ish Magazine DealsC@fe 2001Hotel Evolution 2006Evolution of Furniture in the 21st CenturyTeaching tools/ curriculumDesign StudioHistory /Theory of DesignConstruction MethodologyProfessional Practicehttp://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=E4mAyb1ZNMghttp://jackliew69.wix.com/portfolio