Miranda Tsui (Tsui Ngai) received her Master of Arts degree in Fashion Womenswear from the Royal College of Art, London, and started her fashion career in
Italy. Tsui taught fashion design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where she developed an interest in the issues of cultural identity and sustainability. In 2002, Tsui co-founded Habitus, a design space in Hong Kong for the promotion of contemporary Chinese design. Tsui collects Chinese antiquities and is passionate about the cultivation of traditional material culture.

徐藝喜愛搜集中國古舊器物。她認為傳統的器物文化必須持續發展和培育。徐氏於香港從事時裝專業。畢業於倫敦皇家藝術學院後，曾在意大利、英國任時裝顧問，後任教香港理工大學設計學院。興趣多元化，除時裝外，也鍾情文化及環境保育等議題。2002年與友人在香港創辦設計空間HABITUS，舉辦各種藝術及設計活動，推動中國當代設計。其作品屢獲入選國際雙年展。


Shoe-stories, 2001

Walking in our shoes everyday
What do you see behind them
Have you ever heard of
The stories of shoes

Wear the same shoes
Pass the same places and
Encounter the same faces
Day after day
Where has your mind sailed

The city grows
With the rhythm of our pace
Fragments of forgotten memories
Sketch the stories of
Urban landscape

Translated from English by Harmony Li

每天踏著鞋子上路
從這雙鞋子裏
你看見了甚麼?
你曾否聆聽過
鞋子的故事

每一天每一天
踏著相同的一雙鞋
路過相同的地方
重遇相熟的面孔
你的思緒，飄流到哪裏去了

這個城市
在步伐的節奏下天天漲大
遺失了記憶的碎片
構成了這個
都市風景的故事