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HONG KONG

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A Modern Orient

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ULTURAL CONTRAST IS the norm in
Hong Kong, a city where vestiges of
Chinese heritage, Taoist temples and
ancient monuments live side by side
with European colonial history, modern architecture and soaring skyscrapers.
A plethora of luxury shopping venues-such as
the beautifully designed Pacific Place mall on the
Queensway in Admiralty, Hong Kong Island-pair
with lush concentrations of boutiques and street
retail in the more residential areas of Kowloon.
But as many culturally diverse towns go, the
attitude of the consumer is fickle. "Any trend can
only stay relevant for a few months or a year if
they are lucky," says Vicky Chan, director of Avoid
Obvious Architects, with offices in Hong Kong and
New York. "Many shops close after two years. Popup [retail] is becoming more popular due to this
reason." Chan adds that a sentiment toward art
and craft is quite popular now, and that even bigname retailers are experimenting with branding
new stores with boutique names in order to put off
a start-up vibe.
-Alison Embrey Medina

Foxglove

Designed by NC Design and Architecture, this
speakeasy restaurant is completely incognito.
Disguised as a high-end umbrella shop-Fox
Shop-the retail-themed storefront leads to a
secret door (you have to know which umbrella
handle to touch) in the back of the boutique that
allows access to an aviation-themed restaurant.
Photo courtesy of FOXGLOVE

PMQ

Located in a former police dormitory, the
converted buildings of PMQ now house art
studios, eateries and shops with some of the most
cutting-edge design in Hong Kong. Most of the
designers inhabited here use half their space for
their shops, and the other half as studios, so the
customer gets full access to the design process.
Photo courtesy of PMQ

Langham
Place Mall

A unique layout makes this commercial skyscraper
complex and shopping mall stand out in a sea of
others. The vertical mall works almost like the
Guggenheim in New York, where visitors are meant
to traverse the 15 floors (and 600,000 sq. ft. of retail
space) via a long escalator and spiral their way down
to see all of the small shops. An architectural feature
on level 13-The Digital Sky-projects digital images
onto the ceiling of the mall for dramatic affect.
Photo courtesy of LANGHAM PLACE

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of design:retail - June 2017

design:retail - June 2017
Contents
Editor’s Note
On Trend
We Love This!
Designer Picks
Clicks & Mortar
Postcard
Perspectives
Have You Heard?
Visual Eye
Style Made Simple
Toy Kingdom
Bergdorf Goodman
Luxury Report
Products
Backstory
design:retail - June 2017 - Intro
design:retail - June 2017 - CT1
design:retail - June 2017 - CT2
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design:retail - June 2017 - Cover2
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design:retail - June 2017 - Contents
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design:retail - June 2017 - 4
design:retail - June 2017 - 5
design:retail - June 2017 - Editor’s Note
design:retail - June 2017 - 7
design:retail - June 2017 - On Trend
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design:retail - June 2017 - 10
design:retail - June 2017 - 11
design:retail - June 2017 - 12
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design:retail - June 2017 - We Love This!
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design:retail - June 2017 - Designer Picks
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design:retail - June 2017 - Clicks & Mortar
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design:retail - June 2017 - Postcard
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design:retail - June 2017 - Perspectives
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design:retail - June 2017 - Have You Heard?
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design:retail - June 2017 - Visual Eye
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design:retail - June 2017 - Style Made Simple
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design:retail - June 2017 - Toy Kingdom
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design:retail - June 2017 - Luxury Report
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