National design centre, the hub of Singapore design week 2014
 
The official hub of the Singapore design week took place at The National design Centre. This was where several design exhibitions took place like the President's Design Award 2013 Exhibition, Furniture Design Award (FDA) 2014, Singapore Good Design Mark (SG Mark) [...]

I was not aware of the International furniture fair Singapore (part of the Singapore design week) until I arrived in Singapore, and so I did not register beforehand. I visited the show on its opening day and a few hours before my flight with my suitcase (since the exhibition centre is situated [...]

I did not expect to take so long to write about Shanghai (I envy bloggers who publish daily entries), hence this blog entry on Maison et Objet Asia is much delayed...
Less than a week after my trip to Shanghai, I was off to Singapore to attend the first Maison et Objet show [...]

My last entry on Shanghai continues with the theme of architecture and the fascinating stories and people behind them...
 

The former residence of Liu Jisheng designed by László Hudec
 
Out of all the amazing buildings that I visited during my trip in Shanghai, my favourite was the Shanghai Writers Association/The former residence of Liu Jisheng in [...]

Cathay Theatre/cinema (1932)

 
Even though highrises have been built over the past two decades in this mega city, Shanghai is still full of fascinating historical architecture notably art deco ones. The Bund is probably the best place to appreciate its glorious past... when I visited Shanghai 12 years ago, I asked my friend [...]