Sense of place

Nikki Gonnissen was among the keynote speakers at a session called The Masters Roundtable: Design for Change. The co-founder and director of Amsterdam-based multidisciplinary design studio Thonik has collaborated with both M+ and Shanghai's Power Station of Art. M+'s signature color scheme created by Thonik claimed a Grand Award at the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2022 on Wednesday.

Making "complex information very visible" is her forte - evident in the distinct visual identity created for M+, using "a color palette that contains only mid-tone colors".

"They reflect Hong Kong's urban fabric: gray high-rises and colorful, neon, commercial communication," Gonnissen adds.