Having been working in the creative industry for over 40 years, Freeman has been doing a wide spectrum of creative works and achieved over 300 awards in different streams.

Ever since the 90s, chair has been being an important medium for Freeman’s creations. He started to use chair as a metaphor for the exploration of different issues about human beings. In fact, chairs keep appearing in all sort of works by Freeman, including public art, graphic design, furniture design, product design and sculpture. Gradually, chair has become a signature of Freeman’s works. After the millennium, Freeman started to call his range of works about chair - “Chairplay”.

The “Chairplay” series includes a range of furniture and sculpture. For furniture, he got the “Duo” which refers to the relationship between men and women; “Intertwined” the interpersonal relationship; “Chairligraphy” the artist’s affection of calligraphy; and “Chairfun” the relationship between human beings and the nature. For sculpture, he got “Chairplay I & IV”, “City”, “Agenda” and “Equilibrium”, so on and so forth. Through these works, he tried all sorts of materials and techniques through the collaboration with different production teams. He also kept pushing for the best of the traditional craftsmanship via his designs in order to enhance the production techniques.

“Chairplay” had been shown around the globe via the invitations by different exhibitions, such as “The 8th International Mini Sculpture Exhibition(2003)” held by the University of Hawaii Art Gallery in USA, “Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme II: People • Chair(2003)” organised by Art Promotion Office of Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department, “Of Ink and Chairs—Kan Tai-Keung + Freeman Lau, Art and Design Exhibition(2003)” taking place in DDD Gallery and Shizuoka University of Art and Culture in Japan, “X beyond O Calligraphy–Sign–Space” exhibition (2009) in Taiwan, “The New Aesthetics of Crafts – The Nomination Show of Chinese Contemporary Craftsmen (2010)” in Shanghai”, “Art Basel (2013)” in Hong Kong, “The 5th Gwangju International Design Biennial(2013)”in Korea, so on and so forth.




Freeman co-founded KL&K Creative Strategics, and is currently the Vice Chairman of the Design Alliance Asia, the Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Design and Creative Industries. As a designer as well as a promoter in the field, Freeman’s great contribution is widely recognised in society, which therefore brings him a myriads of awards such as “World Outstanding Chinese Designer Award of DFA Design for Asia Awards” (2021).

In September 2022, Freeman co-curated the “By the People: Creative Chinese Characters” exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Recent publications by Freeman include a biography with the same name as his exhibition “Freeman Lau & Design: Inter-dependent Decisions”, published by Chung Hwa Book Company in 2020, and a collective three-volume set with acclaimed designers Kan Tai-Keung and Hong Ko “3 Generations in 2 Places – Creative Trio” in 2022.