Your name: Chris Lee
What you do: Founder of Asylum
Your latest project: Johnnie Walker House Seoul
Who are three people that inspire/excite you:
1) Paul Harnden
2) Rei Kawakubo
3) Herzog & De Meuron
What is your favourite…
Car/bike/plane/boat model: Not really into cars, bikes, plane or boat! Sorry.
Chair model: None
Residential space: Any house by Marcio Kogan
Commercial space: Dominus winery by Herzog & De Meuron
Decorative product: Pig table by Front
Functional product: Wine opener by Laguiole
Handmade good: Paul Harnden wallets
Mass-produced good: Riedel wineglasses
Meal: Sushi Megumi in Kanazawa
Restaurant: Kahala in Osaka
Drink: La Tache from Domaine de Romanee Conti
Bar: Piano bar in Tokyo
Item in your studio: pen
Piece of technology: Projector
Historical figure: Oscar Niemeyer
Fictional character: Chappie (Tokyo)
Vice: Wine (it’s a vice cause I built a cellar for it!)
Virtue: Generous
What does the term ‘Design Hunter’ mean to you? Insatiable hunt for the impossible