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 theunseen—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.

2023
Gold Award, ‘Our Land’ with BeCandle
DFA Design for Asia Awards, Hong Kong

2022
40 Under 40, Prestige Online
Hong Kong

2020
2nd Runner-up, “Future is Transparency”
新竹市金玻獎 Golden Glass Award, Hsinchu, Taiwan

2017
Winner
DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award, Hong Kong

2012
Nominated, “From This to These - Progressive Copying”
DMY Berlin Top 10 Jury’s Selection, Berlin, Germany

2012
Nominated, “Class in the River”
Keep An Eye Grant, The Netherlands

2012
Nominated, Melkweg Prize
Most Authentic project, The Netherlands

2024
Ceramic Mural Art ‘Dragon Kiln 1-2-3’
Relief Tiles in Ceramics
Hong Kong Housing Authority, Hong Kong

2023
Permanent Installation ‘Dear Sea’
Hand-made tiles, signage in Ceramics
Hong Kong Tourism Commission, Hong Kong

2022
Sculpture ‘Tiger Palette’
Ceramics and Offset Printed colour booklet
Hong Kong Palace Museum, Hong Kong

2020
Banquette Art Installation
Starbucks
Hsinchu, Taiwan

2016
Wall Art and Store signage
Starbucks
CityPlaza, Hong Kong

2023
Dear Sea 致海
⻄貢海藝術節 Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival
Sai Kung, Hong Kong

2022
Infinite Use of a Finite Thing
港深城市建築雙年展 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture
Central Pier, Hong Kong

2018
透明未來 The Future is Transparency
Pon Ding 朋丁
Taipei, Taiwan

Co-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, Taiwan

2018
Niko Springpool 18 日日器
生活的輪廓 The Shape of Taiwanese Living
Taiwan Design Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2016
Niko Kouraku 16
Hong Kong Department Store
Space 27, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2012
From This to These
DMY Awards & Jury Selection
Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design, Berlin, Germany

2012
From This to These
DMY International Design Festival
Berlin, Germany

2012
From This to These
Atelier de Dommel 50’ Exhibition
Design Academy Eindhoven
Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy

2023
‘Hong Kong down to earth designer Niko Leung crafts ceramics from construction waste’
Hong Kong Free Press

2023
從泥土種出生機
建築宅男 Podcast Interview, Hong Kong

2023
香港本「泥」土
881903 急急子, Hong Kong

2023
“Counting their blessings”
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

2022
“From Earth to Soul: Gifts from the nature to design”
DeTour 2022

2020
“Imagining the New Normal”
City Magazine, Hong Kong

2019
“The Traces of Hands”
Obscura Magazine, Hong Kong

2018
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, Taiwan

2018
是創作,也是資源 Journey to Transparency
LUMP Studio, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

2018
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, Taiwan

2018
超越五感的「品味」Taste Beyond 5 Sensea
Kulture Salon 11 | K11 Mall, Hong Kong

2017
設計能令社會更共融嗎? Design. Societies. Inclusivity
D Salon | HKDC Studio@PMQ, Hong Kong