Genesis, The Newest Luxury Auto Brand

We test drive the G90 and G80 Sport, and speak with ‎General Manager Erwin Raphael about launching a new brand

The auto business is a difficult one to crack in any market segment, but tackling the luxury category is an exercise in the sophisticated art of making, selling and servicing vehicles as well as entering into a business category with its own particularities. Genesis—Hyundai‘s luxury vehicle division—is aiming to do just that. Like others before it (Acura from Honda, Lexus from Toyota, Infiniti from Nissan), …

Kong Lingxin’s “Unit Time” in Beijing

Exploring the concept of time with artworks that take months to complete

by Alessandro de Toni In the Chinese art community, Kong Lingxin‘s work has been widely praised for its simplicity and elegance—characteristics rarely seen among the younger generations of artists in China. Kong’s first solo show, “Unit Time” (Shijian Danwei) at ArtDepot in Beijing’s 798 art district, is a mesmerizing series of black and white works drawn in pencil. Architectural but tender, her works explore the …

QT Melbourne

An ideally located and eclectic hotel brimming with public spaces for guests and locals alike

A far cry from its previous existence as a scuzzy Greater Union cinema, Melbourne’s ideally located QT Hotel is opulent and super-trendy. Arriving at the big copper doors of the 188-room hotel, guests are greeted by smiley “Directors of Chaos,” whose identically matched outfits and wigs are nothing if not theatrical (and a little kooky). Inside, the foyer is lush and textured—stone, velvet, leather, timber …