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A Round Up of Singapore Art Week 2020
The second edition of S.E.A. Focus and several noteworthy satellite events made Singapore Art Week 2020 a resounding success. We round up some of the highlights, including standout works at the fair and exhibitions in a converted substation and former ship repairs workshop
A Lush Cafe in Pererenan
Human Bean takes advantage of its coastal location among vibrant green rice fields and fruit trees, serving up ingredients-focused fare and specialty coffee under a semi-open pergola
Where The Light Is
PiN Metal Life combines industrial waste with an artist’s eye to create lighting designs unlike anything you’ve seen
Industrial Containers Become a Modern Marketing Suite
Multidisciplinary design studio A Work of Substance used timber and glass to soften the industrial feel of these four shipping containers that have been transformed into a modular, collapsible and sustainable marketing suite for a logistics company in Hong Kong
A Parisian Cafe in Singapore
Hui Designs combines French joie de vivre with a relaxed tropicana mood in Merci Marcel Orchard
Architecture, Art & Fashion Combine in ‘The Essence’
Since the brand’s debut in 2016, Movers & Cashmere continues to create ‘of the moment yet timeless’ designs. We spoke with founder Leslie Tsang about her fourth collection, for which she collaborated with world-class Danish leather house Sørensen Leather and globally renowned Copenhagen-based architecture & design studio Norm Architects
The Arts Club Gets an Update by Joyce Wang Studio
Celebrated designer Joyce Wang shares more about her design of the new Oscuro cigar lounge and expanded Kyubi restaurant at London’s The Arts Club.
A Designer’s Quest: Furong Chen
At this spring’s Design Shanghai, Design Anthology sat down with Furong Chen, recipient of the inaugural show’s Emerging Chinese Designer award who has now returned as an exhibitor. Chen talks about his journey as a designer, what he’s learned along the way and how the award has helped shape the early years of his career
Industrial Elegance at OAK Whisky Bar
This new Hangzhou bar was designed by Hong Kong firm M.R. Studio as an elegant and dramatic homage to the art of whisky making
A Permeable Pavilion in Dialogue with Historic Architecture
For the 8th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen), Leon Liang Xu, lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Architecture, created the Double-Wall Pavilion at the centuries-old Dapeng Fortress. Here he shares more about the project, which was inspired by the ancient structure and its context
Private Dining at Kan
Beijing-based architecture firm odd (okamoto deguchi design)’s fit-out of new Japanese restaurant Kan comprises a series of private dining rooms inspired by traditional juubako stacked lunchboxes
Tradition and Innovation Meet in Concepts’ First China Store
Shanghai-based dongqi Architects was commissioned by sneaker retailer Concepts to renovate a historic Shikumen-style building into its first concept store in China. Here dongqi’s founder Jiang Nan shares more about his team’s design approach
Pondering Porcelain with Hans Tan
Conceptual designer Hans Tan uses pottery as a medium to contemplate issues as diverse as mass consumption and heritage
A Dramatic Mumbai Duplex
New Delhi- and New York-based firm DeMuro Das conceived a series of architectural interventions to combine two apartments into one family home, which is now filled with intriguing spaces, colours, artworks and custom-designed furniture
A Spatial Cocktail in Chengdu
Li Jia of GE Space Design discusses her design for an innovative ‘cocktail facility’ in Sichuan’s capital
Resident: Here to Stay
Resident takes a global perspective on furniture design, working with a roster of international designers to produce pieces that emphasise quality and timelessness
Natural Light and Contrasting Materials Fill this Hong Kong Apartment
We speak with Peter Lampard, co-founder of local Hong Kong firm DEFT, about his team’s approach to the renovation of this three-bedroom home, which involved reconfiguring the layout to allow natural light to filter into all corners of the home and carefully selecting a pared back materials palette
Tropical Al Fresco Dining at Parachute, Bali
Parachute is a bakery, deli and farm-to-table restaurant located in the paddy fields of Berawa, Bali. Zhi Xiong Chan of ZXC Studio tells us more about his approach to designing the project
Beyond the Physical with TeamLab
Japanese collective teamLab has taken digital art to a new level in a dedicated space in Tokyo
Tetto di Carolina’s Italian Palette
We speak with designer Chris Connell about his work on Melbourne’s newest Italian bar-restaurant