Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
Young Guns 21 Jury
Tommy Li
Creative Director
Tommy Li Design Workshop Limited
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tommy is the brand designer/consultant for the generation renowned for his “Black Humor” and “Audacious Visual” designs. Spanning Hong Kong, China, Japan, and Asia, he is one of the few designers to have penetrated the international market.
His design philosophy is to be able to create influential design in the market in order to experience the value of the designer.
- Graduated from the School of Design in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
- Received over 600 awards.
- Teaching at The University of Hong Kong in 2022.
- Being a Director of the Hong Kong Design Centre in 2020.
- Tommy invites by Hong Kong Heritage Museum to organise his solo exhibition –
【Project‧Objects‧Play Tommy Li P.O.P. Design Show】in 2018.
- “New Weekly” collaborated with “Design 360” and “life style academy” selected Tommy as one of the top 20 China’s most powerful designer appealing to market (graphic design).
- His 20 years solo exhibition – From Hong Kong (covering an area of 15,000 square feet),
Chengdu, Suzhou, Beijing to Shenzhen from 2010 to 2015.
- [Rebranding X Consumption Jungle] published in 2012, this is the best seller of brand design text books in China.
- He has become a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale — a globally renowned alliance of
graphic artist and designers) since 2005.
- Over the years, he is the judge of international competitions. Such as iF Design, D & AD Award, Global Design Award, Hong Kong International Poster Triennial, Golden Pin Design Award etc.
Tommy Li’s has brought remarkable success to his major clients included Hang Seng Bank, MTR Corporation, Maxim’s Caterers, Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd, Taetea Group, Dairy Farm Group (First Choice), Honeymoon Dessert, Ying Kee Tea House, HKPC, Shanghai Watch and etc.