Once a year, farmers in Inakadate, Japan, take some time off from their daily grind to create large-scale works of environmental art. To create the images, the farmers usekodaimai rice, which is purple and yellow-leafed, along with their usual tsugaru-roman (green-leafed) variety. A tradition since 1993, this year’s creation is currently in the works and will [...]
Hello Kitty (ハローキティ Harō Kiti), the mouthless cat turned global icon of cuteness, is all the rage these days among children and pretty young women. The cute Hello Kitty, created in 1974 by the Sanrio Company of Japan, has always been a symbol of friendship and happiness. But now, after we have seen so many luxury [...]
Ken Goh is an old friend from Singapore. He took the road less travelled and opened an advertising/ communication agency in Shanghai. The road less travelled was pretty bleak for the first year but now he is getting some solid clients, including luxury brands such as Valentino and Trussardi. Here are some of his works, the [...]
I just love this hotel. They ‘redone’ it a while ago and they managed to retain the old colonial charm while modernising it. I wish they had ‘air-conditioned’ the walkways … Check out their site for more details…
In 1994, Shing started her own jewellery label, Argentum (Latin for silver). The St. Martins-trained artisan makes bodily adornments as extensions of one’s self, not just vacuous decoration to be worn mindlessly. Her missionary task is to hammer out creations that take on new poetic significance for their wearers. Pieces that enhance and meld with [...]
Many of us would not think of Shanghai Tang as a luxury brand, well at least not from the definitions of luxury we have learned in our MBA programme. Below is an article that seems to have a different take on this issue : “The best of 5000 years of Chinese tradition exploding into the [...]
Woo Young Mi. Créatrice sud-coréeenne, née en 1959, elle n’a créé que pour les hommes. Quelle douce idée d’imaginer une femme se pencher uniquement sur les hommes, et leur offrir par sa patte, sa vision de l’homme, teintée d’asie, de modernité et aussi de délicatesse, car les gammes de couleurs jouent avec les nuances. Toute dévouée [...]