Swedish footwear label, Gram has been quietly yet persistently gathering a cult following since its arrival in 2005. It’s the creative outlet of designer Hong Kong-based Alexis Holm, Johan Larsson and their cohort, Anna Stenvi. The shoes themselves are a rare breed of creativity and technical inquisitiveness, married to superior quality of construction, enabled by Gram’s in-house research and development work. Recently, Holm made a …
Seven years ago Swedish industrial designer David Ericsson left his industry behind to find himself in Hong Kong, steering one of the most stylistically interesting modern watch brands: Void. It’s a brand that was initially developed using one of Ericsson’s own bonus checks, and its varied collection (numbering a total of nine models) has a designer’s attention to detail, displaying great focus on materials and …
More than delivering the caché of the Art Basel name, the inaugural Hong Kong edition contextualized Asian art in the global community. Showcased aside it, an array of Western artists rounded out the festival with grandeur, color and abstraction. Cuban-American Luis Gispert‘s large-format photograph “C-5” (2013), seen within the Rhona Hoffman Gallery presentation, delivers the incredible realism of an airplane interior partnered with a fantastical …
