R&D — retail & design

Selling products aside, Saw (left) and Chin hope to spark creativity and inspiration. — Photos: SAM THAM/TheStar

Three guys with a penchant for all things design band together to get the South-East Asian distribution rights from Japanese homeware and gift retailer, Koncent. Their first store is at Sunway Mas Commercial. KELLY TEY checks it out.

MIKE Saw and his business partners, Patrick Chin and Leonard Phang, are convinced that there’s a market for design-centric lifestyle items in Malaysia. And that’s why three months ago, they set up the first Koncent store in the Klang Valley.