LIFE & STYLE

life & style

A creative interior designer believes he can satisfy clients without comprising on style.

12 October 2021

Architects and interior designers need to walk a fine line between addressing clients’ needs and asserting their personal style. Yet the latter seems to be more prominent in the approach of creatives such as Charles Kwan.More

Topics: Design Services, Hong Kong, Mainland China, design services, DesignInspire

Fashion back in fashion

Industry insiders quizzed during CENTRESTAGE are bullish on the sales outlook for apparel.

30 September 2021

As COVID-19 restrictions ease back across the world and people switch tracksuits for office attire, fashion industry leaders have turned bullish on sales prospects.More

Topics: Garments, Textiles & Accessories, Hong Kong, fashion, CENTRESTAGE

Designers hit right notes

Musicians harmonise melodies and visual arts to turn out keepsakes.

10 September 2021

The power of music transcends boundaries between languages, races and professions, and so it has brought a group of musicians and designers to work together at Musician Designer – a Hong Kong-based gift design and production company. Driven by passion, the team designs gifts with a musical theme to jazz up the lives of urbanites consumed by work.More

Topics: Design Services, Hong Kong, design, DesignInspire

Household goods turn high fashion

A Hong Kong brand best known for its home appliances is now adding sparkle to traditional Chinese-style gowns and suits.

03 September 2021

A Hong Kong home appliances business that incorporates German technology and design was launched under the name “German Pool” in 1982. It has since been growing and diversifying – and more recently into a brand new arena: fashion.More

Topics: Garments, Textiles & Accessories, Hong Kong, CENTRESTAGE, fashion

Creative toys take to catwalk

Known to generations as a supplier of building sets for budding architects and engineers, a world-leading toymaker is shedding its boys-only image by making fashion statements.

27 August 2021

Long popular among adults and children, especially males, the colourful and ever-changing LEGO toy brick set is striving to change its image as a lad’s plaything: the brand recently launched a number of products to make girls feel relevant.More

Topics: Design Services, Toys & Games, Hong Kong, fashion, CENTRESTAGE

Space race fuels innovation

The search for elbowroom inspires a South African designer to create a range of eco-friendly homeware.

20 August 2021

“There’s never enough space for storage,” said houseware designer Yvette Robeck, who has spent the past 20 years in Hong Kong. She has experienced, first-hand, limitations of tighter living spaces than those in her home country, South Africa. Always up for a challenge, the designer started her line of homeware focusing firmly on practicality and sustainability for urban dwellers with an eco-friendly focus.More

Topics: Design Services, Hong Kong, DesignInspire

Food expo fit for world city

Gourmets across the globe might be staying at home, but fare from around the world can still make its way to the renowned food hub of Hong Kong.

13 August 2021

Asia’s world city, Hong Kong has for many years brought together cultures and customs from across the globe. And nowhere is this more clear than in the city’s eateries.More

Topics: Food & Beverages, Hong Kong, food expo

Inspirations from history

Authors who write true-to-life historical books told Book Fair visitors what leads them to commit thoughts to paper.

06 August 2021

Bestowing high praise on historians and biographers, British author Oscar Wilde said: “Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.” And renowned American science fiction writer Robert Heinlein once said: “A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future”.More

Topics: Books & Printed Items, Russia, Israel, Bookshop

Jewels glitter in open window

Hong Kong talents show their creativity as two jewellery shows adopt a hybrid physical-online format.

30 July 2021

Measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic have closed many doors across the world but windows remain open, letting light shine through. And this week the light has sparkled on gems, gold and silver as Hong Kong hosted twin jewellery shows.More

Topics: Jewellery, Hong Kong, jewellery

K-wave surfs stream

A Korean entertainment giant finds viewers are switching to OTT and streaming as the pandemic reshapes the media market.

23 July 2021

Move over cinemas — at least for now. The latest trend in film watching is through the Internet.More

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

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