Nomad-Chic: Dispatch From Hong Kong
Hong Kong is many things to many people. Skyscrapers, crowded streets, heat, humidity, neon lights, sensory overload, a city of cultural exchange, modernity, and opportunity. This art piece by Danny Fang is a Hong Kong butcher lamp with a customized neon light of love - a sign we felt captured the relationship between old and new - something tourists to this country can experience in their own way.
Seeing the Opportunity in Every Kilowatt Hour
There is no need to question whether energy use is strategic or not. Any resource that a business cannot operate without and that costs money is by definition strategic, not tactical.
My take on Peninsula's short film
The Peninsula Hotel short films, labeled as 'Peninsula Moments' moved me in the most unexpected way. In short — I cried. Am I crazy? Did I just cry from an advertisement?
When (not) to develop signature cocktails
A great signature cocktail is only great if you make great cocktails. Please don't attempt a signature cocktail menu if you need to work on mastering your classic cocktails first.
Pop-ups, food trucks & tacos
Popups: With ridiculously high rents, barriers of entry, loads of commercial spaces sitting half empty, and a market of expats who rarely eat in the same place twice in a month, it's the perfect environment to test the market, feed the frenzy and make some quick cash.
Cycle-in Cinema, great participatory cinema!
I thought the Rooftop Cinema in HK was fun participatory cinema until I heard about the Cycle-in Cinema! On December 2 and 3, 2012, Magnificent Revolution is featuring a portable pedal powered cinema system at Detour, an offshoot of Business of Design Week, and is inviting the public to participate.
When rents skyrocket, adapt & make a statement
What do you do if prohibitive rent prices hold you back from opening a store? You open a pop-up. And what do you do when your landlords increase your rent by 250% to HK$7 million per month (US$900k per month) to let the likes of Abercrombie & Fitch in? You open a pop-up that makes a statement.
Brilliant and innovative marketing strategies
At the ArtisTree Gallery in Hong Kong a multi-media exhibition on Gehry’s prominent works includes models and sketches from his archives dating back to the 70's. Quite strategically, the exhibit finishes off with a comprehensive display of the architect's design process for OPUS Hong Kong.