https://www.scmp.com/rss/517056/feed Warren Singh-Bartlett has worked as a journalist and TV writer in Lebanon, Dubai, Seville and the United Kingdom. He was Wallpaper’s Middle East editor for 20 years, before moving to Beijing in 2020, where he now works as a features editor. Warren is the author of two books about Lebanon, four guides in the Phaidon Cityguide series, and is publishing his first novel next January. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Walk around British designer Alexander Lamont’s showroom in Bangkok’s Warehouse 30 complex, and you might find yourself puzzling over the materials used to create some of his beautiful objects. Those buxom rings wrapped around his Bristol Vase? They look like wood, but they’re actually parchment. The delicate-looking exterior of that Pointillist Vessel? Not preserved jackfruit, but irregularly shaped verdigris bronze beads, which are heavier than lead. In stroking tabletops and brushing your... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/design-interiors/article/3240049/alchemy-alexander-lamont-designer-whos-reimagined-luxury-sophisticated-casual-era-seen-mandarin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/design-interiors/article/3240049/alchemy-alexander-lamont-designer-whos-reimagined-luxury-sophisticated-casual-era-seen-mandarin?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:45:18 +0000