In 2018, Felicia Hung launched In Common With, a Brooklyn-based design studio specializing in lighting, with friend and former classmate Nick Ozemba. The brand considers collaboration—with artisans, designers, new ideas—a core value, a principle taken directly from Hung's education in furniture design.
And last year, the couple opened Quarters, a space in Manhattan conceived as both an In Common With showroom, bar and hangout for friends of the brand. Since then, the second floor space has hosted countless guests, magazine photo shoots and events for famous brands. While this seems (and may even qualify) as an overnight success, Hung had to go a long way to get to this point. In our latest issue Getting the job done, Glamor met with the founder and thought leader to dive into her process.
Glamor: What time do you get up in the morning?
Felicia Hung: I usually get up around 7:30, 7:45. I wish I could get up early, but I don't.
What is your usual morning routine?
I have a dog who is very happy with everyone and is very sweet. In the morning she gets very excited and it helps me wake up a little. AND [then] everything is as usual: take a shower, put on something for your face and go out the door. I'm going to work now, and it's very nice. My partner walks our dog with me. It's a nice little break before a crazy day. I usually [get to the office] around 9. I don't do much and don't have breakfast. I'm not a breakfast person. If I eat breakfast, I become hungrier throughout the day. So I don't do that, which isn't good for me, but I'm not a morning person.
How do you drink coffee?
I take it with a little oat milk and no sugar. I love tea, but I go through phases where I only drink matcha and then go back to coffee because coffee really gives me that boost of energy that matcha doesn't. But for my health, I try to eat matcha. I also love hojicha latte, and now I drink iced espresso.
What was your first dream job as a child?
I think I only wanted to be a teacher because I knew such a profession existed. I didn't know I wanted to major in design or art until high school. I had an interest in it, but I grew up in the Bay Area and it was very technological and not very artistic. I don't really want to be a teacher now, but I think it was something like this: Oh, that's what people do. This is an adult.
