LIFE & STYLE

life & style

Most employees across Asia Pacific are eager to return to the office after months of working from home, according to survey findings that offer insight into the ideal office model of the future.

16 October 2020

Even in Hong Kong, where for most the daily commute is far less onerous than in many other major cities, office life is particularly important, research by leading real-estate services firm JLL reveals. More

Topics: Hong Kong

Clean air in demand

Hong Kong start-up seeks to purge virus from indoor air.

09 October 2020

Start-ups are agile and adaptable by definition, responding rapidly when changes in the business environment bring fresh challenges and opportunities. More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, start-ups, MedTech

Tactile walls

These information screens work both ways.

30 September 2020

Virtual interactive information screen supplier onActivity Limited has featured its touchable wall at the “Urbanovation” pavilion at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s (HKTDC) annual DesignInspire creative showcase, giving visitors an interactive information-gathering experience. More

Topics: Advertising Services, Hong Kong, start-ups, e-business

Talent shines at CENTRESTAGE

Virtual runway shows highlight Hong Kong fashion designers’ latest collections.

25 September 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has kept fashionistas from Milan to Monaco (the long way round) at their homes, offices and studios digitally flipping through collections and keeping physical interaction to a minimum. More

Topics: Hong Kong, clothing, Apparel and Accessories

Runway into cyberspace

As COVID-19 keeps fashion-industry movers in their offices and studios, a fashion extravaganza takes a digital path to their screens.

18 September 2020

Fashion is all about seeing and being seen, but COVID-19 is keeping the industry’s movers and shakers across Asia and the world in their offices and studios. More

Topics: Garments, Textiles & Accessories, Hong Kong, e-business, CENTRESTAGE

Audiences take control

Improvements in computer power and storage, exemplified by the cloud, turn the entertainment watcher into a participant.

11 September 2020

For most of history, entertainment comprised conversations as much as performances. Whether storytellers, bards or street acrobats, performers were up close and personal with their audiences and could react instantly to switches in mood. More

Topics: Film & Audio-Visual Production, Hong Kong, entertainment, filmart

Book Fair takes two tracks

Enhanced digital features augment this year’s event, long a fixture on book lovers’ calendars.

04 September 2020

One of the global internet’s earliest and most enduring success stories started out selling one core product – books. More

Topics: Books & Printed Items, Hong Kong, e-business, Bookshop

Reinventing design of business

Exhibition participation lets this designer show clients how to incorporate design into the business process.

28 August 2020

The word “design” often brings to mind luxury or decoration. More

Topics: Design Services, Hong Kong, e-business, start-ups

Fit for online business

Forced to shut physical premises during the COVID-19 pandemic, agile Hong Kong fitness studios have sprinted online.

21 August 2020

Fitness studios have seen such a strong member response to moves online precipitated by the COVID-19 outbreak that some have even discovered a new and potentially permanent income stream. More

Topics: Health & Beauty, Hong Kong, e-business, health

Freedom takes flight for jewellery designer

Flying-dove earrings demonstrate a creative take on this year’s competition theme.

14 August 2020

Widely recognised as a global symbol of freedom and peace, doves have taken flight on to centre stage in the 21st Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition as a pair of earrings showing the birds escaping took top honours in the contest. More

Topics: Jewellery, Hong Kong, jewellery design

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