Designer Mr Ed Ng and architect Mr Terence Ngan are the have a flair for creating spaces that pack punch. Over the past two decades, the Hong Kong-based duo behind AB Concept have transformed restaurants, hotels the world over, cutting a high-design dash across most of the world’s great cities. Their trick, if you can call it that, is to adopt “a narrative-driven approach” that “fuses traditional and modern elements” or, in other words, bringing together old and new and giving their constructions as sense of place. They have been wildly successful at it, too. Name a city and you will probably find an AB Concept bit of design. From the Yun House restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kuala Lumpur to the former Central Police Station in Hong Kong via the new W Hotel in the Algarve, Portugal, they are past masters of their art. Now their work is being celebrated in a striking book by Assouline, which showcases their work. MR PORTER asked them for 10 tips on decorating your home in a stylish way.