Kreative Talks with Eric Wong

Explore architecture and anime with Eric Wong, concept designer behind the world of U in Mamoru Hosoda’s acclaimed film Belle. In this talk, Eric takes you behind the scenes of his collaboration with one of Japan’s most visionary directors. He offers a rare insight into the design process of an anime film, revealing how architectural styles, urban infrastructure, branding, fashion, and 3D modeling created one of anime’s most imaginative digital worlds.

Biography
Eric Wong is an architect, senior lecturer, and PhD candidate whose work and research combines “world-building” and architecture to explore the experience of the immersive digital environment. He is best known for designing the virtual world “U” in collaboration with oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda. For the film, Wong developed a tessellating metropolis of skyscrapers to contrast the magical surrealism of the characters. His work has been widely published and exhibited including RIBA Journal, Architects Journal, Blueprint Magazine, Dezeen, Design Boom, BBC, VICE through to the Design Museum, World Architecture Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Sir John Soane Museum. His professional experience as an architect includes working at CJ Lim Studio 8 and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM). He studied at Byam Shaw School of Art, Central St. Martins, received his BArch from Cardiff University, and Masters from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. He currently teaches at UCL and at the University of Greenwich.

About Kreative Talks
Kreative Talks, produced by Artificial Kreativity, is a curated speaker series dedicated to sharing the stories behind the creatives shaping the world. Artificial Kreativity launched this initiative in 2025 with the aim of bringing exposure to the creative professions. Previous speakers included Peter Murray OBE, Patrik Schumacher, STUFISH, fashion show producer John Walford, and East London mural artist Otto Schade.

In partnership with
art'otel London Hoxton | RIBA London | Polish Cultural Institute in London | Evelyn Glennie