May 2013
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#ARTBASELHK13: theW+ TOP 5 'OFF-Basel' Guide to...
It’s that time of year again. Art Basel Hong Kong (ABHK) arrives for the first time in our great city with tons of buzz. For those who are new to all this, all you need to know that this art fair in Hong Kong is the 3rd largest art fair in the world, third only to Art Basel in Basel and Art Basel in Miami. Before the Art Basel brand took over this year, the fair was dubbed ART HK (see all...
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Seen&Scene: A SPRING Evening With Qiu Zhijie
Last Saturday brought a balmy and drizzly Spring evening to Hong Kong, but at the Wong Chuk Hang Industrial District, it was all smiles and pleasant conversations as the arts community rallied around Spring Workshop’s latest artist-in-residence, Qiu Zhijie, one of the mainland’s most celebrated artist and thinkers of his generation.
Inspired by Spring Workshops’ delightfully...
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#ARTBASELHK13: Art Fair Month Kicks Off With JMR...
JOYCE Gallery, located inside JOYCE, one of Hong Kong’s premier fashion boutiques, kicked-off the Art Basel fair season with their in-store exhibition of JM Rizzi (JMR), a highly celebrated Brooklyn-based street artist whose unique works reflect a neo-abstract expressionist influence but with a twist of pop art.
While a selection of JMR’s works are available at the gallery for...
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#JJStyle: Tea With VNIKALI, 7 FAM, and Woobar
Last Sunday a friend of mine, stylist and fashion blogger Veronica Li of the Vnikali Blog, and I finally got together for a life update and a chat with friends, Priscilla and Angus. The tea/coffee get together amongst us was long overdue, and it didn’t hurt that cakes at Woobar in W Hong Kong was part of the equation.
The last time I saw Veronica was at the Black Fleece Flagship launch in...
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Much Ado About A Boy Named Sue, Bringing The...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you already know that while Asia and Hong Kong maybe rolling out the red carpet for High Street consumerism from brands like GAP, Zara, Topshop, and H&M, unfortunate accidents like the garment factory disaster in Bangladesh are starting to happen more and more frequently, and producers just can’t keep up with consumer demand for...
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theW+ HK Spring 2013 Shops Guide: Sun Street, St....
Based on the weather in Hong Kong lately, it seems like the city is not yet ready to give up on Spring (ie. rainy and chilly). So therefore, while it is still Spring out in the city, take your umbrella and go to some of these shops I checked out with friends, MacArthur and Peter (as in SOM, one of the US’s hottest designers today.)
Peter and Mac getting along just fine!
Not knowing how...
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Sun Above, Sin Below. SCARLETT and Maggie Choo's...
Bangkok is quite good with super “Designed” Wallpaper*-esque nightlife concepts and offerings and has been since the emergence of “IT” joints like Bed Supper Club, FACE Bar, and Fallabella in the last decade.
While those bars are a memory of what they once were, making waves as of late are two new hotspots located high above the city with, SCARLETT, perfect for those...
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Technology and Visual History Combine For Divine...
If a gallery was a pop-indie-R&B-electronic music promoter whose sole purpose was to import the best in edgy yet mature acts in the world to Hong Kong today, then one can single out Paris/Hong Kong based Galerie Perrotin as that kind of gallery.
I say this not as a critique but an observation based on the current and last few exhibits since the gallery opened in its beautiful 50 Connaught...
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theW+ x CuriousFiend: 'Hooligan' Simon Birch at...
Part of a collaborative series of art, design, and exhibition posts in Asia of note via our friends at Curious Fiend and Fiend Projects
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Over the weekend we went to Ben Brown Fine Arts to check out the new solo exhibition of British artist Simon Birch, one of Hong Kong’s best known and most celebrated contemporary artists.
The fantastic works in this show are testament to why...
April 2013
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#JJStyle: Yo JJ, Where Are Your Glasses From?
Everyday I get asked, “JJ, where are you glasses from?”. And I mean everyday. By friends, work colleagues, followers on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook…and if I did allow questions to be asked on Tumblr, I’m sure I would get asked then too. And just yesterday during an intense meeting with a corporate developer client (everyone over 45 years old), one guy closed out the...
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Notes From Phuket, Songkran at Maikhao Dream
Songkran a.k.a. Thai New Year starts so much later in the year relative to Western or Chinese New Year, and this year the Thais celebrated this festive day on April 13th.
I was just so happy that I had the schedule to leave Hong Kong’s cold and wet Spring to bask in the Phuket sun as I was attending my first Songrkan while at the same time staying at the Maikhao Dream Resort & Spa...
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So This Happened. Inflatables Attacked Hong Kong.
The last time images of giant inflatables moved in into a large metropolitan area, everyone was sprayed with toxic laughing gas… then died.
Above. Batman, 1989.
While Mobile M+ may have mirroring motives (ie. to make you happy), death by laughter is certainly not one of them. Warning, a big smile on the face may be a side effect.
How about an air-filled roast pork by...
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More Than One Note, Jim Lambie Brings Music To...
Last week we recently checked out the lastest showing from Pearl Lam Galleries’ newest exhibition, a work by Scottish artist and DJ, Jim Lambie. Newly appointed International gallery director, Althea Viafora-Kress, walked us through the gallery’s roomy 6th floor space at the Pedder Building to see a bold exhibition of bright colors and blue and white stripes that make up an...
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Seen&Scene: At Home at Casa Capriz
It was a tough week overall with terrorist attacks in Boston, my sister’s hometown. The attacks plus tighter than usual deadlines at work almost brought me to the end of my rope. So it was quite refreshing to see a “TGIF”-style invite on Facebook for a little get together at Casa Capriz in Chai Wan, an artist’s haven in the industrial area aka. the last stop of the...
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Contemporary Chic Cantonese, Goes With A View Too
It was a week night, but after a hard day’s work, nothing says “perfection” like an intimate boozy meal of delicious authentic Cantonese fare with a small group of friends.
But first… My Whisky and oily salted peanuts, just the way I like it.
Mandy from Hotel Icon invited a me, our Korean rockstar, Julie, with ChristingC and most importantly, HK Food Blogger...
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Bangkok Photobook, April 2013
I’m just so in love with Thailand Style right now, It’s crazy. The country has a good balance of history and culture reflected in its architecture and urbanism, a great amount of personal taste in the way everyday people dress, and a sense of design flare in public gathering areas. Thai people are generally happy with a good disposition about them and are for the most party open for...
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#JJStyleExclusive: Lorenzo Boglione Takes 100 Year...
Tonight Italy descendes upon Hong Kong with a celebration for the world’s first “Rubber Shoes”, and I mean this literally, when Superga launches it’s first flagship store at Harbour City with a harbour side party… where you can see this unusually large Superga shoe.
In 1911, The Superga brand was launched withen a company in Turin started producing waterproof...
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There's Just Never Enough To Wanderlist in Bangkok
While the first part of Easter was spent quietly with family in the Philippines, I actually finished the last weekend of Easter Week in a different country altogether, for a third trip back to Thailand in Bangkok this year alone. The occasion was special, we went to celebrate the marriage of my friend, Jiki (above), with my sister, Bernadette (below), coming along for a chill weekend of...
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Easter Photobook, Spring 2013
Easter week is now over and for 2013, all roads led me to go back home to the Philippines for my family’s annual Good Friday Procession (or “Semana Santa” in the Latin World*) located in our ancestral town of Panay. While this year I went alone,I usually take a few of my Hong Kong friends back to join me on these intimate holidays to experience “true” Philippines...
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#JJStyle: The Two Sides of BOTHOS
Check out this really cool limited edition canvas tote bag I received with black leather straps from BOTHOS. The two-in-one-bag (because it’s two vertical A4 sized eco bags folded and stitched to be carried as one bag) celebrates their latest collection of travel-inspired canvas and leather bags. BOTHOS is an independent Hong Kong based label selling accessories like self-branded bags,...
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All Eyes On Religion. A New Debate From...
Friend, Artist, and Cultural Activist from Manila, Carlos Celdran, has been making headlines lately in the Philippines for “Offending Religious Feelings”. Meaning he will be spending some time in prison soon for doing just that, offending the church and church goers, by holding a one-man protest at the Manila Cathedral in 2010 while wearing a costume of national hero, Jose Rizal, and...
March 2013
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Springtime Distractions via Popstraction Show at...
2013 is all about balance, which means less events, more time spent at exhibitions when no one is around, and much more energy spent on writing, which is truly the fun part of all this. This is why I opted out of Gagosian Hong Kong’s opening reception last week, and opted in for a Saturday morning private tour with gallerist Whitney Ferrare, and Instagram-Idol, writer Blue Carreon at the...
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Lucky Loubie
It was a hot night yet again on Wyndham Street in Hong Kong as the historic shopfront and flagship of Christian Louboutin, celebrated a whisky tasting night for Men Only.
Below, DJ Angus in one of his many Loubies and Shanghai Tang’s designer of menswear, Armele Barbier.
The brand which was created in 1992, and made popular by TV character Carrie Bradshaw’s obsession in the HBO...
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A Thom Browne Black Fleece Birthday
Sure Lehmann Maupin had their gallery opening at the Pedder Building on my birthday, but alas, I ended up choosing to celebrate the day with Thom Browne at the new Black Fleece Flagship Store instead.
Okay… so Thom Browne wasn’t there, but after New York, San Fransisco, and Tokyo, the Hong Kong flagship for the Brooks Brothers label is the 4th and only stand alone store for the...
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Pink Friday, Style Spotting at the Affordable Art...
It’s really intense how dense the selection has been for Art Fairs in Hong Kong, especially in the Spring. So far we’ve got Art Basel HK (it used to be Art HK), and now we’ve got Fine Art Asia, Asia Contemporary Art Fair in the Grand Hyatt, and Asia Hotel Art Fair Hong Kong in the Mandarin Oriental. In addition, imported flagship galleries have opened up in the last two years...
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Hong Kong x I.T x Jean Paul Lespagnard x RON WAN
For Belgian fashion house, Jean Paul Lespagnard’s S/S 2013 collection now available at I.T, my buddy, designer, RON WAN formulated a very interesting digital video installation in collaboration with the I.T and Lespagnard for the Icehouse Street site in Hong Kong. The visuals and the project reflect the city’s dense urban texture and cookie cutter functional modernist architectural...
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Take Back The Night, Markets at Sham Shui Po
On March 9th, Artist / Hong Kong Lover / Social Activist / Urban Farmer / Bee Keeper, Michael Leung (interviewed here before on Wanderlister.com) invited Hong Kong’s creative communities including us to help spread the work, donate, and make noise for The Night Market Project 夜好趁墟行動 initiative located in Sham Shui Po, one of Hong Kong’s poorest urban districts.
Apparently an...
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#JJSTYLE: Moonwalkin' With Cole Haan Saddle...
Cole Haan recently sent me a pair of these fantastic Saddle LunarGrands for Spring 2013 in my colors, a Tanned Leather in Brown and Navy Blue Suede. The neon green base kind of caught me off guard at first, and I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to match these shoes with anything I had… but I was proven wrong when I realized these babies pretty much go with everything.
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Finding Beijing's WUHAO, And Loving It
I was supposed to blog about this last year during my trip to Beijing with CNNGo CNN Travel, but with everything happening at the end of the year, and with the sheer density of all the other posts I had to do for CNN, this post about Beijing’s most fantastic fashion exhibition space, WUHAO, just kept being pushed back.
Well, Spring 2013 is here, and I was reminded by an email from WUHAO...
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MR PORTER Now Ships Express to Hong Kong... FOR...
From my INBOX to yours, MR PORTER.COM (menswear arm of Net-A-Porter), just announced the launch of free express shipping to Hong Kong this month. (It had to happen some time, especially since Net-A-Porter set up shop here last year.) Additionally MR PORTER will provide 24 hour customer care, dedicated personal shopping, and free collection for returns and exchanges in Hong Kong as well.
Check...
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theWanderlister+ x Affordable Art Fair
Readers of theWanderlister+ will now get a chance get to check out the first Official Affordable Art Fair (AAF) in Hong Kong next week via a Buy 1 Ticket Get 1 Ticket Free Deal. Simply click on the image above or this link to download your own form. Follow by filling out the form and bringing the form with you directly on the day of the fair from March 15th to March 17th.
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theW+ x CuriousFiend: Trailblazers at Above Second...
The first in a collaborative series of art, design, and exhibition posts in Asia of note via our friends at Curious Fiend and Fiend Projects.
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Last Thursday I was invited by my friends at Above Second gallery to document their new exhibition ‘Trailblazers’ and the private view of the show.
Curated by Coates and Scarry the exhibition featured a great selection of new contemporary...
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Between Seduction and Fear, Damien Hirst Keeps...
From Feburary to May 4th, 2013, White Cube Hong Kong is playing host to the latest large-scale Damien Hirst exhibition in the world now, comprised of all new works. Essentially this is Hirst’s Asian debut, and a feat for Hong Kong especially since the exhbition is the first major showing of note since his highly successful retrospective at the Tate Modern last year.
Titled, Entomology...
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A "Piece Meal" Table, the NEST by Jason Carlow
Last month, Hong Kong based architect, educator, and friend, Jason Carlow, debuted a new collection of DIY furniture titled The NEST Table series. The concept of the design is quite cool. Each table’s kit of parts is derived from a single sheet of 25mm thick 4x8 plywood. Carlow utilized the CNC process which aimed to minimize the amount of waste generated by traditional milling...
February 2013
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Seen&Scene: Monocle Magazine Says Hello Hong Kong!
The Monocle Shop in Hong Kong recently entertained friends and family of Monocle Magazine via a block party, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Tyler Brule, Advertising Director, Anders Braso, and Hong Kong’s newest bureau chief, Aisha Speirs. Brule and the editorial team were recently in town for a stopover in their grand APAC tour of the region.
We were fortunate to catch the nice event with my...
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theW+ Bangkok Wanderlist, Spring 2013
Above, the most instagrammed location in the world, Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport.
It’s only February 2013, and already I’ve journeyed twice to Bangkok this year. My friends in Hong Kong who’ve seen me return back from Asia’s “City of Sin” (only half true… it’s also a spiritual and design oriented city) post-Western-New-Year AND...
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Luxurious and Utilitarian, Starck Simplicity At J...
The best part about my weekend “staycation” at J Plus Boutique Hotel, was that I was able to spend a weekend as a tourist in a design hotel located smack between Caroline Hill’s chic neighborhood cafes and Causeway Bay’s frenzied high street shops, which I definitely took advantage of. But of course, the hotel itself is pleasantly cool, cozy, and felt like a home, which I...
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Scene&Seen: Our Imminent Domain, Asia Society HK...
Dreams and musings abound in a new exhibition about tomorrow’s design by 12 of Hong Kong’s most renowned and award-winning designers, curated as an original show for Asia Society Hong Kong. This, the first non-imported exhibit for Asia Society since opening it’s doors in Admiralty a year ago, is a big push towards highlighting Hong Kong as a “Design City”. While I...
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CULTURE CHANEL 03: Seen&Scene, Style Parade in...
One of the best things about opening days for any exhibition is the party of course. After I’ve had my right fill on what’s on exhibit, I turn my focus to fashion and what people are wearing to the show. After all, it is a fashion exhibition, and I am curious about how women interpret the Chanel Brand and what women usually wear for nights out like this in Guangzhou.
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#JJStyle: A Song of Style Via SOL REPUBLIC
Above, White Shirt from PYE, Tie from Hermes, Glasses by Thierry Lasry x Garrett Leight, Jeans from Moustache, Shoes from Sebago, Headphones by SOL REPUBLIC.
The next evolution of sound comes to Asia via SOL REPUBLIC’s professional line of personal headphones durable and light enough you can wear on the street. Last month, the fairly new US-based personal audio brand sent a pair of...
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#JJStyle: SEBAGO Springs Forward Into 2013
American Heritage brand, Sebago, a brand built on the reputation of its classic and traditional nautical footwear, has opened its first Hong Kong store at the new Mira Mall in Tsim Sha Tsui.
The store’s design reflect the brand’s iconic past, an expression of New England past times such as beach getaways, sailing trips, and overnights in cottages.
We were recently invited to...
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theWanderlister+ on NYMag and Affordable Art Fair!
Make sure to grab a copy of New York Magazine (NYMag) on your newsstands and check out their section called The Urbanist’s Guide. This week,reporting from Hong Kong, Hana R. Alberts gives us what’s hot and cool about our city via Hong Kong influencers who know the what’s and where’s in the city. For food Hana interviewed famed food blogger, Janice Leung of e*ting the...
