Design
Monday, 23 August 2010 08:08
Written by Jade Bremner

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Hsia Pi Lei, owner of Shanghai furniture company Kava Kava Home, welcomed us into her own home so we could see how someone in the trade lives. She mixes delicate traditional styles with bright colors and daring features, creating a traditional Chinese, yet bright and modern feel.

Design
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 08:08
Written by Xia Yifan

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Blue Shanghai White’s new range is an unusual combination: bamboo furniture, handmade by veteran craftsmen in the countryside near Jingdezhen, and featuring blue and white ceramic tiles and inlays hand-painted by Haichen, Blue Shanghai White’s founder and one of China’s best-known young ceramic artists.  17-103 Fuzhou Lu (6323 0856); People’s Square Showroom: 1060-23 Yan’an Dong Lu (6359 6897)

Design
Monday, 16 August 2010 06:08
Written by Xia Yifan

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Chock full of unique furniture to decorate your home, its owner collects chairs and doors that were abandoned in old villas during renovation. He then treats them, mends them and sells them. // 577 Changde Lu, (6253 5175, www.gelincasa.com)

Design
Monday, 26 July 2010 10:07
Written by Urbanatomy

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Constance Yam, a former cosmetic dermatologist from Hong Kong, has transformed her Xintandi apartment into a stunning space where she wows her guests at her regular cocktail soirees.

No elephant in the room, but she does have a zebra skin – complete with head – which she brought all the way from Africa in a suitcase (“Anything to declare?” “Er, yes. An equid”). Other details include an original John Lennon lithograph, five TVs (always two on at once to check the stock market) and Constantine stools.

Design
Thursday, 15 July 2010 03:07
Written by Urbanatomy

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These Shanghai designed, spatially classic lampshades from Neri & Hu have just come back from Salone Del Mobile in Milan’s International Furniture Fair where they were showcased. Crafted by hand in a local workshop in the city, they aim to evoke change in design, presenting beauty through raw material and a unique perspective by exposing the frame of an object which is usually hidden.

Get them at Design Republic or visit thedesignrepublic