Brian Lee

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Assistant Dean (Resources & Infrastructure), Associate Professor

Programmer Leader of BA Product Design, Lab Leader of Asian Lifestyle Research Lab

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brian.yh.lee@polyu.edu.hk
Expertise: Sustainable product and service system, sociomateriality, quality of life, design for ageing society, community art and public furniture

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Biography

Prof. Brian Lee is Assistant Dean (Resources & Infrastructure), an Associate Professor, Leader of Asian Lifestyle Design Lab, and Programme Leader of BA (Hons) in Product Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He researches and teaches product and service system design, interactive product experience, and cocreation approach with and for the communities to explore the development of sustainable and quality living, ageing society and other action projects to extrapolate positive value change. Brian has extensive experience leading cross-disciplinary design research and action projects. He is keen on developing practical design tools to explore actionable insights through human-centred and collaborative design approaches. His current projects include identifying intelligent product and service system framework in the nursing home to promote autonomy living, exploring an educational and service design system to promote sustainable uses of renewable resources in the processes of craftsmanship and art and design projects, reviewing the placemaking service design approach through public art furniture etc.

Education and Academic Qualifications

PhD in Design and Technologies
MA in Design
BA (Hons) in Industrial Design

Teaching Area

Product and Service System Design
Interactive Product Experience
Sustainable Product Design
Design for Ageing Society
Furniture Design
Cocreation Approach

Research Outputs

Du, Yunhe & Lee, Yu Hin Brian. (2024). Heterotopia of Nursing Home: Constructing Care and Discipline for Care Workers and Elderly Care Receivers in the Context of Hong Kong. Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Ambiances Sensory Explorations: Ambiances in a changing world, Lisbon. Réseau International Ambiances.

Du, Y., Lee, Y.H.B., & Siu, K. W. M., (2022). Promoting Elderly Residents' Quality of Life: Design Consideration for Bathing Experiences in the Nursing Home. 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022) and the Affiliated Conferences (Proceeding).

Lee, B.Y.H. & Leong, B.D. (2019). Project REMA: The Regional Eco-materials Archive. In Marcelo Ambrosio & Carlo Vezzoli (Eds), Designing Sustainability for All- Proceedings of the 3rd LeNS World Distributed Conference (pp. 1010-1014). Milano, Mexico City, Beijing, Bangalore, Curitiba, Cape Town, Edizioni POLI.design, 3-5 April 2019.

Leong, B.D., Lee, B.Y.H., & Chow, K.K.N. (Dec 2018). Collective Play Versus Excessive Use: an Insight into Family-Focused Design Intervention for Mobile Phone Overuse. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 16(6), 1404-1419.

Leong B.D., Lee B.Y.H. (2017). The Internet of Life: Changing Lifestyles and Sustainable Values in Fast‐developing China and India. In: Rachel Beth Egenhoefer. Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design.

For more research outputs, please refer to PolyU Scholar Hub.

Projects

"Villages Get Together": Connecting Rural, Urban, and Regional Areas through Culture. Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme, Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR (2025-26)

Circular Design : Biochar-augmented Concrete (BCC) Outdoor Facilities Design. Internal Research Fund: General, Carbon Neutrality Funding Scheme, PolyU (2022-23)

Respecting invisible disability: Designing play space for children with colour vision deficiency. General Research Fund, University Grant Council, HKSAR (2023-25)

Smart Health Care System for Hong Kong Elderly. PolyU (UGC) (2021-23)

In Search of Place-making Strategies Adopted in the Public Art Project ‘City Dress Up: Seats.Together’. Art Promotion Office, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR (2019-21)

Awards

Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Arts and Culture, Secretary for Home Affairs' Commendation Scheme 2018, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Outstanding Award, Wofoo Asian Award for Advancing Family Well-being 2018, Consortium of Institutes on Family in the Asian Region (CIFA) and Bronze A’ Design Award at Lighting Design Award Category, A’ Design Award & Competition 2018, Italy
9th International Design Award (IDA Awards)- Honourable Mention in outdoor & exercise equipment group, America
Iron A' Design Award at Street Furniture Design Award Category, A’ Design Award & Competition 2015, Italy
Silver Medal, 38th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in 2010

Publications

Leong Benny Ding, Lee Brian Yu Hin. (2017). The Internet of Life: Changing Lifestyles and Sustainable Values in Fast‐developing China and India. In: Rachel Beth Egenhoefer. Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design, Routledge; pp.263-280

Leong Benny Ding, Lee Brian Yu Hin. (2014). Learning the Unlearned: Product Design for Sustainability. In: Carlo Vezzoli, Cindy Kohtala, Amrit Srinivasan, editors. Product-Service System Design for Sustainability, UK: Greenleaf Publishing; pp.471-487 (2014)