Shirley Lau

6 Aug 2012

It's been more than nine months since one could walk unhindered through the area under the HSBC headquarters. Before October 15 last year the area was mostly unoccupied, except on Sundays when...

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Lucas Lai

13 May 2012

PHOTO START I was born in Taipei and moved to New York with my family when I was six. As a kid I did a lot of drawings and paintings. When I was about 15, a family friend who was a photographer...

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Le Carre Rouge, Haute-Marne

25 Mar 2012

What is it? It looks like a tiny red cube plonked down in a green field in the Haute-Marne countryside of France, 55 kilometres from Dijon. Up close, it's an off-grid holiday home that has become...

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Cheapskate champions

5 Dec 2011

Hong Kong is expensive. No kidding, you say.

But while most of let our property overlords, grocery oligarchs and telecoms monopolists roll over us on a monthly basis with...

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Show and tell

16 Dec 2007

Designer Dino Liu's nomadic lifestyle means he always has a fresh canvas on which to experiment, enabling him to introduce his ideas to a wider audience.

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Chat: Samuele Mazza

7 Dec 2007

Italian designer Samuele Mazza is behind the Louvre Gallery's Visionnaire collection, an assortment of neo-gothic-style furniture made from unconventional materials including reptile skin, chrome...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Ree Yong

Who? Born in the Netherlands of Dutch, French and Chinese descent, Ree Yong (www.reeyong.com) specialises in the design of pet furniture and accessories.

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Why a stinky dog makes cents

Architects and designers are lucky people, says Mike Atkin, director of Head Architecture and Design. They're keenly aware of their environment and appreciate many things that most people don...

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Mike Atkin

Architect and interior designer

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William Yeoward

Award-winning British designer William Yeoward designs everything from furniture to upholstery to lighting to crystal. Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was his last private client...

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Daisy

35 Tung Choi Street, Mongkok

Tel: 2384 8998

Open: Monday-Sunday noon-1am

Cuisine: Continental European.

Price: HK$530 for two, excluding drinks...

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VIP - VERY IMPORTANT PLACE

Distressing news for those who think accessing the Dragon-i VIP section on a Saturday night is the ultimate social achievement.

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