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Catherine Shaw
Catherine Shaw is an independent architecture, design and art critic and the author of the Wallpaper* Tokyo City Guide.
The luxury property plays it cool with name-dropping art, A-list guests and architecture by British master of minimalism John Pawson.
Shishi-Iwa House is a 10-room timber building nestled among trees in the Japanese mountain resort of Karuizawa. Its design embodies the idea of social hospitality – about guests spending time together, yet retaining their privacy.
Sudo used hand-embroidered headboards, nature-inspired carpets and brocade with ‘Woods and Water’ as a theme. The designer is committed to promoting Japanese artisans and craftsmen.
Mesa Nopakun, of Bangkok-based studio Dot Line Plane, talks about designing the contemporary Chinese restaurant located inside the Lane Crawford store in IFC Mall, Central.
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The British interior design giant reveals why he moved production to China and how the material always comes before the design
The subterranean space joins the world’s ‘loneliest library’ and a striking concrete chapel as standout structures on an otherwise quiet beach in Hebei province
Glamour and glitter are givens wherever New York club legend Ian Schrager opens a hotel, and the Shanghai Edition is no exception; but there, and at his other China hotel, he’s made some astute cultural adjustments.
Kinney Chan, who in 1996, upon returning to Hong Kong from Britain, launched his eponymous studio specialising in restaurants and bars, likes to create original art pieces for his projects
Fresh modern furnishings and plenty of natural light allow the artworks in Belinda Corder-Kruger’s flat to take pride of place
AManchester-born Francis Kirstein, owner of design studio Tectonihks, talks about creating one-of-a-kind furnishings with salvaged wood and metal
Tina Norden, the London-based director of Conran and Partners, explains why the design studio chose Hong Kong for its first office outside Britain
THumberto Campana, who has been creating quirky furniture, clothing and lighting with his brother Fernando for 25 years, on how to keep the mind fertile and creative
The Morpheus hotel’s futuristic-looking design – which boasts the world’s first free-form exoskeleton – has carved out its own distinctive visual identity, while accommodating 780 ultra-luxurious hotel rooms and a VIP casino
Melbourne-born Aviva Duncan uses her Mid-Levels’ home as a canvas for new ideas
Clark Bardsley, who recently created a window installation for fashion store COS’ pop-up in Hong Kong, tells us about his unique Arm chair
From Philippe Starck to Timothy Oulton and Enrico Marone Cinzano, designers at the year’s most influential design event, the Salone del Mobile, showcased eco-friendly furniture solutions
Globetrotting Australian empty nesters were planning to downsize to a small London flat ... until they walked into this 5,000 sq ft light-filled house
Chinese designers are forging ahead with a new sense of confidence, savoir faire and respect for home-grown materials and craft techniques, as seen at this year’s Design Shanghai fair
You don’t need ‘bling’ to signal luxury, says Denis Montel, creative directorof RDAI, the Paris-based architecture agency that has designed the recently opened 9,000 sq ft store in Central
When Piero Lissoni began designing The Middle House hotel in Shanghai, he sought a blend of Chinese and European styles and a balance between local culture and the contemporary
Annabelle Selldorf, who has designed David Zwirner’s eponymous galleries for more than 25 years, including at H Queen’s in Hong Kong, talks about women’s struggle for recognition in the industry
Paris-based Juan Pablo Molyneux explains the close relationship of the French and the Chinese and why the wealthy are brilliant
Jean Nouvel created the ‘universal’ museum’s unique perforated dome and 21st century take on Arabic architecture. He explains how he sought to ‘translate and define the local culture’
The founder of Sin Sin Fine Art recalls the instant connection she felt with the Indonesian island when she first visited 30 years ago that led her to build three holiday homes there
Anyone who’s been in Hong Kong a while has probably eaten, drunk or stretched at an Elaine Jamieson property. The commercial designer talks about how she got her start, her style, and working with her craftsman brother
They’re among Hong Kong’s most desirable houses for rent – Bauhaus-style 1930s gems as big as 6,000 sq ft. When tenants began moving to more elderly-friendly homes, landlord Kadoorie Estate realised they needed updating
The David Zwirner Gallery, the Pace Gallery and Hauser & Wirth are among some of the world’s leading art galleries that will be tenants of H Queens in Hong Kong’s Central district, specially designed to accommodate big artworks
First they built a road, then came the cranes, concrete and 40,000 tonnes of granite to recreate hilltop retreat in Moganshan, near Hangzhou. Grant Horsfield and Delphine Yip explain how they did it – and why
The 18th-century Parisian apartment of British design connoisseur Charles Garnett and his partner, gallery owner Sylvain Lévy-Alban, is steeped in heirlooms and history
From Chi Wing Lo’s geometric tea wares to Elaine Ng’s batik and Chinese studios’ 3D-printed cups, Hong Kong and China were well represented at London event that feeds our growing appetite for authenticity
