Founded by Jess Tang, former Head of Asia Insights at WGSN
As featured in Marketing-Interactive and Campaign Asia
(ASIA) Experts
Our signals told us that people in Asia want to rely on their kampung (village) again. We build the way we advise, so we built one: DUMPLING 100, with a rolling open call to join.
Our villagers bring their lived knowledge and niche expertise to your business problem. Where AI flattens meaning and context, our village brings back the depth.
OUR VILLAGE
HONG KONG
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
SINGAPORE / JAPAN
ARTIST + FUTURIST
THAILAND / HONG KONG
INTERIOR DESIGNER
MALAYSIA / SINGAPORE
PACKAGED FOOD BRAND OPERATOR
HONG KONG / INDONESIA
CULINARY CREATIVE + OPERATOR
PHILIPPINES
ARCHIPELAGIC DESIGNERS
THAILAND
CREATIVE DIRECTOR + DESIGNER
JAPAN / HONG KONG
DESIGNER + POTTER
INDONESIA
DJ + GRAPHIC + SOUND DESIGNER
HONG KONG / PHILIPPINES
RESEARCH + EDITORIAL
INDIA
MEDIA + AGENCY OWNER + CULTURAL ARCHITECT
THAILAND
CHEF + RESTAURANT OPERATOR
MALAYSIA
FUTURIST
PHILIPPINES
PSYCHOSPIRITUAL RESEARCHER + AUTHOR
KOREA / SINGAPORE
ARTIST + CREATIVE MARKETER
HONG KONG
DJ + CREATIVE COLLECTIVE
MALAYSIA / SINGAPORE
DJ + ECOMMERCE
INDIA
JEWELRY DESIGNER
CHINA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR + FLORIST
INDIA
FUTURISTS + CULTURAL RESEARCHERS + STUDIO CO-FOUNDERS
INDONESIA
MEDIA + LIFESTYLE BRAND OPERATOR
HONG KONG / LA
LIFESTYLE + FASHION BRAND OPERATOR
SINGAPORE
PACKAGED FOOD BRAND OPERATOR
THAILAND
ART GALLERIST + CREATIVE DIRECTOR
JAPAN
WRITER + CREATIVE DIRECTOR
PHILIPPINES
CREATIVE DIRECTOR + FASHION DESIGNER
HONG KONG / CHINA
CULINARY PRODUCER
INDONESIA
FOOD DOCUMENTARIAN + DJ
KOREA
JEWELRY DESIGNER
THAILAND
CERAMICIST
INDIA
MUSIC ARCHIVIST + VINYL DJ
HONG KONG
ASIA'S 50 BEST BAR OWNER
PHILIPPINES
SPECULATIVE DESIGNER + MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
TAIWAN
TEXTILE ARTIST
SINGAPORE
ARTIST + CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST
HONG KONG
HAIR STYLIST + TATTOO ARTIST
HONG KONG
SOCIAL DESIGN LECTURER + DESIGNER RESEARCHER
SINGAPORE
ILLUSTRATOR + DESIGNER + VISUAL ARTIST
JAPAN
URBAN DESIGNER + CURATOR + INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER
...and more...
WHERELOCAL TIMEWEATHEREXPERTS
CHINA中國+86--:-- 4 EXPERTS
HONG KONG香港+852--:-- 11 EXPERTS
INDIAभारत+91--:-- 7 EXPERTS
INDONESIA+62--:-- 9 EXPERTS
JAPAN日本+81--:-- 8 EXPERTS
KOREA한국+82--:-- 7 EXPERTS
MALAYSIA+60--:-- 4 EXPERTS
PHILIPPINESPilipinas+63--:-- 3 EXPERTS
SINGAPORE新加坡+65--:-- 10 EXPERTS
TAIWAN台灣+886--:-- 4 EXPERTS
THAILANDไทย+66--:-- 9 EXPERTS
UAEالإمارات+971--:-- 4 EXPERTS
VIETNAMViệt Nam+84--:-- 4 EXPERTS
HOW IT WORKS
PILLAR 01
EACH PERSONTHEIR TALENT
EXPERT
THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE TASK
rén人
jìn盡
qí其
cái才
EXPERT
RECRUITMENT
THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE TASKTell us the problem and we find the villager who has lived it. The brief, the match and the handling, all taken care of by us.
01
The brief
02
The match
03
The handling
PILLAR 02
BY APTITUDETHE TEACHING
1:1
TAUGHT TO THE PERSON
yīn因
cái材
shī施
jiào教
1:1
COACHING
TAUGHT TO THE PERSONOne person, one question, one villager who knows. Coaching with Jess or with the village, shaped to what you need to learn.
04
With jess
05
With the village
06
The outcome
PILLAR 03
A WHOLE OTHERWORLD
WORLDBUILD
A WORLD OF ITS OWN
bié別
yǒu有
tiān天
dì地
WORLDBUILD
TOGETHER
A WORLD OF ITS OWNCollaborations, events and stories made with the village, so the brand lives in a world people want to step into.
07
Collaborations
08
Events + activations
09