Jing Picks: X+Q x Globe-Trotter Luggage Collection For Lane Crawford
One of Jing Daily’s favorite Chinese design duos — Xiang Jing and Qu Guangci, better known as X+Q — recently teamed up with purveyor of luxury luggage, Globe-Trotter, for a special collection available...
View ArticleEvent Watch: Art Beijing 2013
Wider Range Of Works On Show This Year Art Beijing Running from April 30-May 2 at the Agricultural Exhibition Center of China, Art Beijing 2013 will be anything but a small affair, covering 20,000...
View ArticleBrand To Watch: Daydream Nation
“This Is A Story About Adventure” “Great fashion is storytelling and creating something that is just beyond a piece of garment or accessory,” designer Kay Wong recently told Inverted Edge, a company...
View ArticleChinese Auction Houses Undercutting International Rivals In Hong Kong
China Guardian, Beijing Poly New To Hong Kong’s Established Auction Scene China Guardian’s first Hong Kong auction doubled pre-sale estimates last fall Having expanded into the city last year in the...
View ArticleBrand To Watch: Book Of Deer
Hong Kong Label Started In 2010 By Young Designer Eilidh Ho Eilidh Ho of Book of Deer (Image: Time Out HK) Lovers of whimsical prints, airy fabrics and Peter Pan collars rejoice: Hong Kong’s Book of...
View Article10 Minutes With…Fashion Designer Vivienne Hu
“For Fearless Contemporary Women Who Are Independent Yet Sexy & Feminine” Designer Vivienne Hu Former investment banker Vivienne Hu is a case study in following one’s muse, having left the finance...
View ArticleBrand To Watch: He Fang Designer Jewelry
While much of the attention paid to China’s emerging young designers tends to lean towards the apparel market, the country’s up-and-coming fine jewelry makers too are showing a keen eye for design....
View ArticleConfidence In Contemporary Chinese Art On The Rise
Report Shows 16.9 Percent Growth Among Experts Blue-chip: Zeng Fanzhi’s Mask Series (Yellow), 1998, fetched HK$ 4.84 million at the recent Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale (with an original estimate of HK$ 3...
View ArticleChina’s Up-And-Coming Industrial Designers & Architects
Visionaries Aiming To Change The Spaces We Live In While news of China’s luxury and fashion markets — and their consumers — often make for attractive headlines, one story often lost in the mix is the...
View Article10 Minutes With…Shanghai Avant-Garde Tastemaker Yin Jiasheng
More Shanghai Shoppers Turning Away From Mass Market Labels Image: Erica Ji for Jing Daily From Front Row to Alter, Le Lutin to THE VILLA, The Olive Shoppe to Dong Liang, Triple-Major to B.Y., in...
View ArticleBottega Veneta Attracts Clients By Sponsoring Chinese Contemporary Art
Shanghai Concept Store Exhibition Enhances Brand’s Connection To Local Market Artist Jinjun Di’s work Youth at Bottega Veneta’s Facing Faces exhibition. (Fashion Trend Digest) In a sophisticated...
View ArticleMet Gala 2013: Chinese Stars Hit The Red Carpet
Lane Crawford Guests Show Off Young Designers Hong Kong department store Lane Crawford made a major mark at last weekend’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala by inviting mainland...
View ArticleThe Best Of Jing Daily’s “10 Minutes With…” Series (Part Two)
A look back at the best of Jing Daily’s Q&A series, from designer Paola Sinisterra and painter Hong Ling to rising fashion star Haizhen Wang, coffee evangelist Mike Fung, and foodie extraordinaire...
View ArticleRecapping Art Basel Hong Kong: Branding, Sponsorship, and Oh Yes, Art
Local Luxury Brands Joined International Sponsors Audemars Piguet, Davidoff, Absolut An art installation in the Swire Properties lounge at Art Basel Hong Kong 2013. (Border Studies) Hong Kong’s...
View ArticleArt Basel Hong Kong Recap, Part 2: The View From the Ground
Artists, Gallerists, And Other Attendees Weigh In On The Fair Artist Florentijn Hofman’s giant inflatable “Rubber Duck” floats into Hong Kong (Crucialism) For the second part of our Art Basel Hong Kong...
View ArticlePinault’s Zodiac Heads Gift Confirms Long-Term China Goals
Christie’s And PPR Will Benefit From $40 Million Bronzes François-Henri Pinault with the new logo for luxury conglomerate PPR, which will be changing its name to Kering. (Forbes) When Christie’s...
View ArticleOpen To Interpretation: Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort By MAD Architects
Latest Project From Starchitect Ma Yansong Is Huzhou’s First Five-Star Hotel Ma Yansong’s Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort. Whether you see a giant horseshoe, slinky, or traditional Chinese arch...
View ArticleNew Shanghai Art Mall Lends Cutting-Edge Cachet To Luxury Brands
Avant-Garde Space Mixes Emerging Mainland Labels With Established Brands K11′s new mall in Shanghai. (Creative Hunt) To distinguish themselves in an increasingly crowded luxury market, many brands in...
View ArticleContemporary Chinese Art Looms Large in Sotheby’s London Lineup
Major Zhang Xiaogang Work Spotlighted In Evening Sale; Zeng Fanzhi, Yue Minjun, And Others In Day Sale Zhang Xiaogang’s Boy (Bloodline Series) is estimated to bring between £350,000 and £450,000 at...
View ArticleHugo Boss Continues Luxe-Label Trend Of Using Art As Brand Differentiator
New Asian Art Award Boosts Cultural Clout for German Clothier The Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai. Hugo Boss recently held a press conference at Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum (RAM), announcing that it...
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