Guangzhou Design Week Preview! As you read this I am navigating my way through an adventure of three cities in just six days half way around the world. I’m presenting the Top Western Design Trends to architects, developers, designers and homeowners in China. There is a new upper class that is looking beyond their borders [...]
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The Kempinski Hotel in Shenzhen, China
This is my favorite hotel ever visited–absolutely breathtaking! But with a somewhat irreverent sense of humor and being that we didn’t get in until after 10pm I have to confess that the motif had sexual potential. Take a look at the sideways flame that hung over the elevated lobby bar. Now tell me honestly if [...]
Shenzen and The Shangri-la Hotel to Present Top Western Design Trends
We traveled to Shenzhen and The Shangri-la Hotel for our first day of presentations. The original attendance was at 180 but ballooned to over 250 before we got started. Ready had done an incredible job of marketing the event and me! Upon arrival, Ready handed me the current edition of the Chinese Modern Decoration Home [...]
Famous Chinese Interior Designer’s Studio
I was amazed at some of the sights we saw driving about, palm trees dressed in gold lame for decoration. We drove to an artist’s “village” a crowded maze of old and new buildings with a “gate” at the front that is home to many artists. It seemed somewhat deserted and we ambled around for [...]
Sightseeing in Guangzhou, China
The Chinese are masters at landscape artistry and even the highways are lushly planted with tropical looking greenery in full flower. They had plumeria, Japanese maples, crepe myrtles, palm trees, fringe flower and too many more to name. They also embraced the art of topiaries and the Foo Dogs here, or lions as they called [...]
Catching Dinner Chinese Style
Dinner was a group affair in a private room at a large round table with a lazy susan in the middle of the table and much served family style. I opted for rice as I couldn’t quite wrap my head around the selections live in the tanks we were shown. They had everything from live [...]
Hotel Dragons in Guangzhou City
Staying at www.hoteldongfang.com. The room is lovely, compact, well designed, and with a soft elegance. Muted sage, basil, and rosemary green accents with contemporary textures. The entry (there is one!) boasts a roomy closet with heavy wood hangars and none of that nonsense with the head of the hangar so small you can’t steal it [...]
Heading to Middle Kingdom – China!
Great flight, 747 with only 6 seats across in first class, it was veritably palatial! Service was impeccable and the food good, breakfast totally rocked! I had my choice of Chinese or Western, I played it safe with Western. The flight attendant asked me what “creamy scrambled eggs” were, tough to explain beating an egg [...]
Melissa Is Headed To China!
Spring is here! And it is that time of year to clear out the clutter that you’ve let build up over the winter months. Give yourself a week or a weekend to do nothing but get rid of things you don’t need. This means your desk and office, your junk drawer and kitchen, your closet [...]
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