Kate Whitehead

HONG KONG — The global textile and apparel industry is undergoing rapid changes.

A small group of artists are hoping to inspire change in Hong Kong’s attitude towards the environment.

You have to be “a bit crazy” to want to go to the weird and wonderful places that excite the Lonely Planet founder

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Christie’s debut Asia+ auction is designed to appeal to both established and beginning collectors The gradual surge of interest in contemporary Asian art over the past few years has spawned a new auction platform aimed at committed art investors as well as those looking to begin a collection.

Not only has the German used military ‘dazzle camouflage’ for leather-goods brand MCM’s shop, he’s also used it in the product designs. And for good measure the display includes teapots, a pig, a skull and a severed arm. ‘It’s … about what a shape is, what a product is,’ he explains to Kate Whitehead