Adelaide Lala Tam is a Rotterdam-based food designer who hails from Hong Kong.
adelaidelalatam@gmail.com
Client / Collaborated partner
Gijs Bakker
Regent Hong Kong (Pastry Department)
Cha Art Amsterdam
EQT Ventures
Awards
2021 BBC 100 Women 2021
2021 Food 100 2021
2021 50 Next - Entrepreneurial Creatives category - World 50 Best Restaurant
2019 Award360 - Concept Design of the Year
2018 Future Food Design Award - Jury Award & Audience Award
2018 Melkweg Award - Nomination
Catering related
2020 Poke for Romie’s cheese - Collectible Art Fair [ Brussels, Belgium ]
2018 the Future of Worstenbroodje Competition - Jury member
2017 Pop-up Restaurant Uniyum - Curator/ Co-owner
Exhibitions
2023 Eco-Vision Plan, CAFA Art Museum [ Beijing, China ]
A Glimpse into the life of Romie 18 & 0.9 Grams of Brass
2022 Design as One, Detour Design Festival [ Hong Kong ]
Bring Romie 18 to the East
2022 Planetarian, 751 Art Space [ Beijing, China ]
the New Ultimate Imperial Feast
2020 Serial Eater, Le-Grand-Hornu [Belgium]
0.9 Grams of Brass
2020 Uncertainty Seminars [ Den Haag, NL ] - collaboration project with Kuang-Yi Ku
the New Ultimate Imperial Feast
2019 Microwave International Media Art Festival [ Hong Kong] - collaboration project with Kuang-Yi Ku
the New Ultimate Imperial Feast
2019 Copernicus Science Centre [ Warsaw, Poland ]
0.9 Grams of Brass
2019 Interior Design Show Vancouver [ Canada ] - Edible Future Exhibition
0.9 Grams of Brass
2019 K26 Stichting Kunst en Cultuur [ NL ]
In Praise of Cow Blood Red
2019 Farming the Future- Temporary Art Center - Dual Exhibition with Kuang-Yi Ku [ Eindhoven, NL ]
2019 Water School by Studio Makkink and Bey - Milan Design Week [ Italy ]
The Ultimate Milk Cow
2018 G18 Design Academy Graduation Show [ NL ]
0.9 Grams of Brass & the Ultimate Milk Cow
2018 Biomimicry Exhibition Sigulda Castle Complex [ Latvia ]
Me-Hivef
2015 Thinking Food Design - Paris Design Week [ France ]
secondhand food
2015 Mummy Shit Lab - Design Academy Eindhoven Eat Shit Exhibition - Milan Design Week [ Italy ]
Workshops / Talk
2021 Heal, China Calling, Conference & Networking [ Eindhoven, NL]
2021 Food Meets Talent - the World 50 Best Gala [ Antwerp, Belgium]
2019 E.A.T. Unconference - Hong Kong Polytechnic University [ Hong Kong ]
2019 Recreate Out Loud Talk Show - Dutch Design Week - MU Space [ Eindhoven, NL]
2019 The Ultimate Imperial Feast research process showcase - Taiwan Contemporary Culture Club [ Taiwan ]
2018 The BankGiro Loterij Fonds Radical Imagination Talks [ NL ]
2018 Antenna 2018- the World’s Best 20 Graduates - Dutch Design Week [ NL ]
2017 Age of Wonderland, 100 Days of Learning, no. 93 Days : In Praise of Beef - Dutch Design Week [ NL ]
Performance
2020 Uncertainty Seminars - Stroom Den Haag [ NL ]
Residency
2018 HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity [ Hong Kong ]
Grants
2020 Hong Kong Design Trust - Seed Grant - collaboration project with Kuang-Yi Ku
2019 Stimuleringsfonds - Grant Programme for Design - collaboration project with Kuang-Yi Ku
2019 Stimuleringsfonds - Open Call Space for Talent - collaboration with Genneper Hoeve
Education
2018 International Summer School of Design [ Latvia ]
2015 - 2018 Design Academy Eindhoven (Cum Laude)