Art, Design, Crafts 

• Art: let’s age with beauty

• Design: let’s bed fantasy in the function

• Crafts: let’s use our human hands

hj-duo mirrors the world that Hua Li and James Richards live in as both work and life partners. 

Hua, Chinese born, Melbourne based artist and interior designer, has worked on high-end hotel, commercial and retail projects in Australia and China since 2000. Her multicultural background and experience in design and artwork practice has formed a unique approach to work on each project with a strong identity. She blurs the line between art and design,

James, an industrial designer and a skilled luxury furniture maker in Melbourne since 2011 or more accurately since his childhood on a farm in northern Victoria, possesses a wealth of technical knowledge in working with various materials: metal, stone and wood, breathing life into each piece with humbled craftsmanship. 

We mix our decades of design experience and a wealth of knowledge in materials and techniques to create special furniture and art. Each ‘hj-duo’ piece carries effortless elegance and unexpected details, acts as a reminder to slow down and enjoy the present moment.

We live in Melbourne with a cat, a garden, a workshop, a music studio, and our daughter, Duo Richards. We surround ourselves with multi-talented resources.