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W
ithin moments
of meeting Sai
Leung and
Alessandro Munge, principals
of the Toronto-based
design firm Munge Leung;
it becomes apparent how
these two managed to forge
such an illustrious, globally
successful path. Having been
introduced while colleagues
at another firm, established
designer Leung met the then
bright-eyed protégé, Munge.
at serendipitous pairing led
not only to a friendship but
also to an admirable creative
force that ultimately drove
the designers to leave their
comfortable corporate nest in
order to form their own firm.
e risky move proved wildly
successful, the studio now in
its second decade of creating
award-winning spaces around
the globe.
With an impressive team
of forty based out of the
Canadian headquarters and
ten more in the new Beijing
office, business is booming.
e international success and
escalating growth Munge
Leung has experienced
undoubtedly fired by the
harmony of the principals. In
addition to their delicately
balanced design sensibilities,
the pair also enjoys what
seems to be a perfectly
balanced friendship – Leung
the ideal introspective,
cerebral foil to Munge's
effervescent charisma - a
combination that creates an
interpersonal dynamic as
enticing and exciting as the
work itself.
Over lunch at Manhattan's
Lambs Club, the art deco
surroundings of the posh
eatery spurred the duo into
a deluge of conversation on
the topics of art and design.
Whether immersed in their
own projects or enveloped
within the well-designed
spaces of others, there is a
deeply rooted appreciation,
an intrinsic and primal
DESIGN
