How much time do you spend playing every day? Or have you lost touch with such an experience for some time already? Worst yet, do you feel a sense of guilt when you yearn to play? Play is “an expression of freedom, and for a moment, we transcend the limits of our existence, in the … Continued
These aesthetically pleasing and calming designs by Japanese craftsmen and craftswomen are so hard to resist. From now until February 10, 2021, the soothing designs by Japan’s very own CEMENT PRODUCE DESIGN will be showcased at HAUSTAGE‘s K11 MUSEA’s flagship store. Founded in 1999, CEMENT PRODUCE DESIGN features over 500 Japanese craftsmen and women from … Continued
Instead of treating a finished collection as the ending point of a seasonal project, PORTS 1961’s Artistic Director, Karl Templer, has made it into the starting point for ten artists, inviting them to reinterpret the FW 2020 collection in their signature style. Creating a handful of interesting illustrations that expresses a personal narrative, hints of … Continued
Japan, to a lot of us who were born in the ’80s or before in Hong Kong, would be referred to as our “real” home. It’s no exaggeration. In 90% of our upbringing, we were bathing in Japanese culture, eating Japanese food, shopping in Japanese department stores, watching Japanese anime. We’d go and buy Japanese … Continued
As a Canadian myself, I didn’t realize Club Monaco is a brand from Canada until now. The first-ever Club Monaco opened their doors in 1985 on Queen West Street, Toronto. Priding on their “modern essentials with integrity and longevity,” Club Monaco remains to be a brand that effortlessly delivers evergreen pieces in textures of exquisite … Continued
My social media newsfeed has been bombarded with Emily in Paris in the past week. Though I enjoy high fashion, I’m not a fan of Emily’s outfits. I prefer one statement-making item in a total look instead of having too much going on. And the one item I usually go for is either a signature … Continued
As we see stuck up cardboards and acrylic boards pinned up between tables at restaurants here in Hong Kong, Elenberg’s interlocking Perspex sheets in bright fluro and colourways inspired by the Australian bush is a breath of fresh air. Inspired by Playplax children’s design toy in the 70’s, Melbourne-based Zahava Elenberg has transformed its very … Continued
We were fascinated by her pins four years ago, and now, four laters later, we are still fascinated by her pins (and their new home goods collection). After all these years, Coucou Suzette remains to be one of our favorite brands. Juliette founded the brand in 2013 from a joke. She created a boob shaped ring design … Continued
For those of you who know, stuvvz has just been back online, so we’re actively seeing who’s been looking at our social media, hoping to understand who our current audiences are. And to our pleasant surprise, Heralbony is one of them. Their IG bio says “知的障害。その、ひとくくりの言葉の中にも、無数の個性がある。“普通”じゃない、ということ。それは同時に、可能性だと思う。異彩を、放て。” There is also a roughly translated line in English, but I … Continued
I’ve studied Japanese for years in my life, yet, my on-and-off practice with it has gotten me not much further than just conducting casual conversations with those who speak the language. The first thing I had to learn was Hiragana, the basic set of characters to the language. It was pure memorization for me, until … Continued
