Andrée Putman exhibition at LANDMARK in May
LANDMARK, the epitome of top-tier luxury shopping, is celebrating Le French May festival with an exhibition dedicated to the work of the late French design known as The Queen of the Checkerboard” -...
View ArticlePolice Married Quarters: Hong Kong’s New Design Hub
HONG KONG — Police Married Quarters (PMQ), a new design complex that seeks to promote the cause of local Hong Kong designers, in addition to raising the level of dialogue about design in general, will...
View ArticleAndre Fu Brings Back Old Charm to Clifford Pier in Singapore
Hong Kong designer Andre Fu has transformed the restaurant at the historical Clifford Pier into a grand dining space that brings back some of the Old World charm and colonial chic that embraces the...
View ArticleJ Plus Hotel by Yoo Gets Makeover by Yoo Studio
HONG KONG — J Plus Hotel by yoo, Asia’s first boutique hotel located in Causeway Bay, is set to reveal a brand new redesigned face on May 22. The relaunch date coincides with the 10th anniversary of...
View ArticleFredrikson Stallard Work Dazzles at PMQ in Hong Kong
Hong Kong – On the sideline of Art Basel Hong Kong, London-based design studio Fredrikson Stallard unveiled a site-specific installation “Prologue” in collaboration Swarovski.The monumental outdoor...
View ArticleDesignMiami/ to Come “in Some Form” to Hong Kong in 2015
DesignMiami/ will come to Hong Kong in 2015, though in what shape and form remains to be decided, Rodman Primack says.Speaking to BlouinArtinfo on the side of Art Basel in Hong Kong, the newly...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Aric Chen of M+ on Hong Kong’s Neon Signage
HONG KONG — M+, the museum of visual culture that is set to open its doors in late 2017, is currently holding its first online, web-based interactive exhibition of neon signs in Hong Kong, “Mobile M+:...
View Article“Fundamentally Hong Kong?” at Venice Biennale 2014
VENICE — Hong Kong is set to unveil an innovative, cross-disciplinary showcase of both architecture and film at this year’s Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, which opens this...
View ArticleD*Face Unveils New Mural at PMQ
HONG KONG — British artist D*Face (a.k.a. Dean Stockton) has unveiled a new mural on the façade of the elevator shaft at Police Married Quarters (PMQ), the newly inaugurated design complex on Aberdeen...
View ArticleOvolo Southside Opens in Wong Chuk Hang
HONG KONG — The emerging creative neighborhood of Wong Chuk Hang welcomed a new warehouse-conversion boutique hotel by the Ovolo Hotels group earlier this summer, quickly becoming selected to become a...
View Article“Extinct Pleasures” at Liang Yi Museum
HONG KONG — The Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong’s newest private museum that opened in March this year, unveils its second two-part exhibition on September 1, entitled “Tables and Chairs: A Study of Design...
View ArticleThe Future of Urban Living Through Sustainable Art
Given the shrinking world, and as we, the Earthlings, explore the great expanse of Universe looking for answers (who knows Mars Attacks may really be a reality minus the decapitated head of Pierce...
View ArticleSpanish Town Offers Up Its Walls to Art
Carballo, as a municipality located in the Galicia region of northwest Spain, is an inconspicuous speck on the map of Europe. But this tiny, unassuming postal address has come up with a grand idea for...
View ArticlePiasa's Serrurier-Bovy Furniture Sale Yields Record Prices
Piasa's June 3 auction devoted to the most important Belgian designer of the early 20th century, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, yielded record prices. The 81 lots brought in almost €1 million, with five new...
View ArticleThe Blouin Guide: What to Expect at Design Miami/ Basel 2015
Design Miami/ Basel 2015 opens June 16 with curated exhibitions from 46 of the world's leading design galleries. Collectible furniture, lighting, ceramics, jewelry, and decorative arts will be...
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