It’s been almost a year since I’ve left Beijing and I still think about how the city landscape was in such dramatic change while I was there, as I’m sure it still is. At that time I also met Jonah Kessel (via Twitter), who filmed a series of short videos for Asia Society, the first is titled “A Disappearing World.” [...]
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Another look at Beijing’s Hutongs
Posted by Tiffany Wan on January 20, 2012
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2012/01/another-look-at-beijings-hutongs/
walk into the wall…into a new world
It’s like having a window of escape in your own home. These door sticker/wallpapers at Couture Deco (for US$199) are a lovely way to dream and get away, without going anywhere at all. Customize to fit in the proper space with scissors and use wallpaper glue to adhere to the wall. I’m afraid I’d actually try [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 5, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/walk-into-the-wall-into-a-new-world/
airplane hotel trend
Hotel Costa Verde in Costa Rica has “most exclusive hotel suite in Costa Rica.” The fully outfitted, meticulously detailed, two bedroom, Boeing 727 fuselage suite. We have refurbished a vintage 1965 Boeing 727 airframe, which in its prior life shuttled globetrotters on South Africa Air and Avianca Airlines (Colombia). Our 727 home features two air [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 4, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/airplane-hotels-a-new-trend/
Design in a bag
Pick a recipe for your kitchen or bath from their website and Design in a Bag will send you a kit (for about US$100) with samples of your personalized selection. What a great semi-DIY concept, making good design accessible to everyone! Medill kitchen recipe. On the Design in a Bag website, you can browse online galleries of [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on August 1, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/08/design-in-a-bag/
trailer park hotel
Grand Daddy Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa rents out it’s penthouse as a trailer park. Teaming with Cape Town design studio Whatiftheworld, the hotel worked with local artists to decorate the 7 American Airstream trailers as two-person accommodations. The trailer park is situated around the hotel’s rooftop bar. In addition to the concepts from “The [...]
Posted by Tiffany Wan on June 21, 2010
http://tiffanywan.com/blog/2010/06/trailer-park-hotel/