What: The Knot Chair
Why: designed by Tatsuo Kuroda using ash wood and paper cord
How much: HK$4,580
Where: Homeless, >29 Gough Street, Central, tel: 2581 1880
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What: The Knot Chair
Why: designed by Tatsuo Kuroda using ash wood and paper cord
How much: HK$4,580
Where: Homeless, >29 Gough Street, Central, tel: 2581 1880
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Four men with offended design sensibilities established bloom, a brand of baby furniture of European design and precision engineering. They tapped a trend: its start-up in Hong Kong in 2006 led to...
What: Our Fire candelabra
Why: designed by Philippe Starck using clear crystal and silver mirror coating
How much: HK$16,300
Where: Baccarat, 1/F, Landmark Prince's Building,...
What: Liconi "bowl"
Why: made from stainless steel in the shape of the glacial lake in the Valle d'Aosta in northwestern Italy
How much: HK$1,980
Where: Alessi, 2/F, Landmark...
Silicone, once the material used to make spatulas, now has myriad home applications, such as lamp-shaped salt-and-pepper shakers, pads that adhere to any surface and can hold car keys, spare...
What: Megamendung round cocktail table
Why: hand-beaten copper clad table is made by artisans who support their villages
How much: HK$14,500
Where: Ovo Home, 16 Queen's Road...
There's just a small note of irony in the tag line for new Shanghai-based e-tailer Bundshop.com, which proudly states: "Made in China is dead, designed in China killed it".
What: Tulipe cushion
Why: hand-written, antique French postcards are printed onto linen
How much: HK$290
Where: www.linenhouse.com.hk Tel: 2424 0096
What: Spice jar lamps
Why: these recycled glass jars are festooned with intricate metal detailing
How much: from HK$5,950
Where: Tree, 28/F, Horizon Plaza, 2 Lee Wing Street,...
What: Niagara chandelier
Why: Intricate porcelain butterfly-winged fairies and fibre optics create the drama
How much: HK$1.28 million
Where: Lladro, Pacific Place, Admiralty...
You think your interior space is small? Not enough room to do what you want? Technology entrepreneur David Wu created not only a home office, but also a mini-Apple store in his Tseung Kwan O...
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