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Joe Wong poses for a portrait after his Joe Wong: The Twin Tariff Show in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

Joe Wong, Ronny Chieng and the rise of Asian voices in comedy

Asian comedians were once forced to resort to stereotypes to find a platform – but a wave of pioneering stars is changing that.

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Rainy Chan has been executive director at Hong Kong Design Centre for almost a year. Photo: Alexander Mak

The Peninsula’s first female GM on burnout and the joy of reinvention

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Aric Chen, director of the London-based Zaha Hadid Foundation, is co-curator of the Design Futures Forum, one of the highlights of Singapore Design Week. He’s pictured here in Milan, in 2021. Photo: Getty Images

Q&A | Aric Chen asks: will design-led solutions create more problems?

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A sliding wall shrinks or expands the living area and guest room at this flat in West Kowloon designed by Norman Ung, co-founder of design studios Form and Design Eight Five Two (Deft). Photo: Eugene Chan

Rooms in this flat flex and contract to suit different needs

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Lam Lau with his son Aidan at Lau Kee Boat Noodles in Hong Kong, which has been in business since 1981. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How a vanishing Hong Kong boat culture has kept its cuisine afloat

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Friends Irena Leung (left) and Valerie Kwok, both 15, hug in front of the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, on November 28. Photo: Alexander Mak

What does a city do after the unthinkable? It shows up

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Architect Frank Gehry at a press conference in front of a model of Luma Arles in Arles, France, in 2014. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong culture

Opinion | Frank Gehry’s vision for Hong Kong’s arts hub was an opportunity lost

Years after Gehry delivered the Guggenheim Bilbao, one of the world’s most successful museums, his vision for Hong Kong was rejected.

Luxury brands

4 luxury game sets that are so stylish, they double as home decor

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

No need for complete switch from bamboo to metal scaffolding: Hong Kong minister

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Christmas

How a washing machine inspired Hong Kong’s most magical Christmas lights

One of the city’s most prolific festive light designers recalls his career spent illuminating the Hong Kong skyline.

Christmas lights on Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, in 1981. Photo: SCMP Archives
Hong Kong

Light. Views. Flow. How designers scored a trifecta in a young family’s home

Craft of Both revamps a Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, apartment around one key feature: curves.

My Life

‘Architects are always jumping in water that’s over our heads’

Billie Tsien, founding partner of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, tells of designing the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre and the Obama Presidential Centre.

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Obituaries

Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96

His masterpieces include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building.

Frank Gehry poses at the 2023 Los Angeles Philharmonic Gala in October 2023. Photo: AP
Style Edit

Style Edit: Giorgio Armani’s new menswear boutique opens at Pacific Place

The Italian brand’s new menswear boutique joins its other outposts at the Hong Kong Island mall, creating an on-brand immersive experience.

Food and Drinks

Seaside and sunshine: Sai Kung offers fertile grounds for independent cafes

Sai Kung’s sleepy seaside vibe has made it a popular spot for independently run cafes serving up good coffee and a dose of community.

On Our Radar

Desert palettes with holographic projections at Maison&Objet Intérieurs

A Beijing courtyard home with a Parisian lens, New Delhi meets European geometry – here’s what you’ll see at the design fair’s second edition.

Hubert Le Gall and Alfred Lam’s design project. Photo: courtesy Maison&Objet
My Life

The Peninsula’s first female GM on burnout and the joy of reinvention

A colleague once told her she’d never make it at The Peninsula, ‘an old boys’ club’ – now she’s executive director of Hong Kong Design Centre, which runs Business of Design Week.

Rainy Chan has been executive director at Hong Kong Design Centre for almost a year. Photo: Alexander Mak
Hong Kong culture

Should Hong Kong abandon bamboo scaffolding after Tai Po fire tragedy?

Hong Kong’s iconic bamboo scaffolding holds much cultural significance, but will the Wang Fuk Court blaze see the end of its use?

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Christmas

Christmas 2025 gift guide: presents in festive red from Dior, Gucci and more

From a Zimmermann party dress and Boghossian statement earrings, to Alessi baubles and Aquazzura tableware to add a festive feel at home.

Interiors

Animal print interiors: expert tips on how to keep them classy

Long tied to glamour and excess, animal prints are back – here’s how to use them to add energy and character to modern homes.

The living area in Pauline Karpidas’ London home incorporates several flashes of animal print. Photo: Handout
Interiors

Even the cat matches the decor in this chic, Parisian-inspired flat

After a two-year search, a Hong Kong couple finally found a rare, light-filled flat – and transformed it with calm, clever design.

The living room of Jeff Chan and Liz Leung’s flat in Jardine’s Lookout, in Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Suh-hee Park
Hong Kong

Their dream was to own a Hong Kong junk: restoring it wasn’t smooth sailing

A family’s pandemic project became a design odyssey, turning a rotting boat into a sun-washed escape with coastal-Florida flair.

Asia travel

Review | The Anam’s resorts blend luxury with a truly authentic Vietnam experience

The group curates a lush, local experience for guests through Vietnamese oil paintings and structures reminiscent of Indochine architecture.

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Style Edit

Style Edit: Armani/Caffè is an oasis of calm in Hong Kong’s Pacific Place

Conceived by Giorgio Armani himself, the city’s first Armani restaurant brings together refined flavours and understated luxury.

Armani/Caffè at Pacific Place in Hong Kong, brought to life by the late Giorgio Armani’s architectural team. Photo: Handout
Luxury Hotels

Rosewood Beijing: a haven of Chinese culture and luxury

An oasis within Beijing’s CBD, this luxe property seamlessly blends Chinese culture and modern opulence with world-class dining and wellness.

Luxury Hotels

History meets luxury at Rosewood Schloss Fuschl near Salzburg

Works by François Boucher and Friedrich von Nerly line the corridors, while an on-site museum is dedicated to Austria’s beloved Empress Elisabeth.

Interiors

How art transformed a Hong Kong home

A designer refurbished a four-storey house in Chung Hom Kok to showcase the owners’ extensive collection of art and furniture.

The Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong, home designed by Studio Quinn. Photo: courtesy Studio Quinn and Common Studio
Art

How old sites in India are becoming canvases for contemporary artists

At old forts and buildings in the Indian state of Rajasthan, installations are creating a ‘dialogue’ between contemporary art and history.

Subterranean Inversion: Structures of Forgetting (2025) by Ayesha Singh transformed an old structure in the Indian city of Jodhpur into an art installation. It is one of many pieces around the country creating a dialogue between the present and the past. Photo: RMZ foundation
Luxury Hotels

Independent luxury hotels are offering a more intimate, local feel

From Palihouse West Hollywood to London’s The Hoxton hotels, these properties offer more authentic cultural connections than many global brands.

Hong Kong interior design

If it’s a chair, it’s saying, ‘Come sit on me’: Ross Urwin’s furniture obsession

In the early noughties, he sold Hongkongers on the beauty of combining old and new, despite their resistance to second-hand goods.

Cartier

How the new Fondation Cartier is transforming the museum-going experience

Before the Fondazione Prada and the Fondation Louis Vuitton, there was Fondation Cartier in Paris – and it’s just moved to a new location.

The Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain has moved to a new building in the heart of Paris. Photo: Handout
Interiors

The Lamma flat with stylish stoneware and a ‘Space Age Mykonos’ roof

A ceramicist breathes new life into a run-down flat, transforming it into a studio that is a canvas for his architectural sculptures.

Living room in the home of Vincent Sahuc and Jerome Sozzi on Lamma Island. Photo: Eugene Chan; Styling: Flavia Markovits
Apple

Meet Duyi Han, selected for Apple’s Designers of Tomorrow initiative

One of four designers selected by Apple for Design Miami.Paris this week, Han is a trained architect whose work is hi-tech while playing with age-old traditions.

Hong Kong

Want to save a floundering industry? Go solar, add shade and cut labour

A University of Hong Kong team has designed innovative structures that modernise traditional aquaculture while creating public spaces.

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