Dennis Chan Chairman and Designer Qeelin

Dennis Chan is the designer and co-founder of Qeelin, a fine jewellery brand with French craftsmanship and Chinese inspiration, and his vision in design is to bring the best of China to the world.

Chan received his design education from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His scholarship took
him to London, where he started his career as a designer in a local consultancy. He then came back to Hong Kong to join the design consultancy headed by the renowned‘Godfather’ of product design, Mr.
Ken Shimasaki. In 1989, Chan set up his own company, Long ford, providing professional design consultancy services to international brands and institutions.

Over the years, Chan has been continuously challenging himself on multi-discipline designs. He believes that design has no boundaries and his move to luxury jewellery design is the natural extension of his lifetime passion for exquisite timepieces and fine jewelleries. His designs are original, unique and outstandingly modern. With his unique artistic sensibility, Chan brings a contemporary viewpoint to the Chinese arts, creating jewellery designs that are meant to become icons of modern Chinese art.

Chan has been invited to work on many international projects. These include designing an elegant wrist-watch as the Hong Kong Government Official Souvenir for VIPs at the Hong Kong Handover Ceremony in 1997 and a 33-metre high Millennium Clock Tower celebrating the new century in 2000. He is the winner of numerous local and international design awards including The Chartered Society of Designers, Japan G Mark, Singapore Design Awards and Maison & Object of Paris.

Chan’s luxury jewellery designs for Qeelin first made headlines when the charismatic Maggie Cheung wore the Wulu collection while receiving the Gold Palm Award for ‘Best Actress’ at 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Qeelin’s collections are now available in Paris, Beijing, London, Los Angeles, Beijing, Taipei, Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.