DESIGN JOURNEY SERPENTINE GALLERIES PATH TO CHINA ROCCO YIM MUSEUM DISCOVERY AIRBNB HOSPITALITY GAME-CHANGER DESIGNER TRAVELS CREATIVE WAYFINDING TRENDING FURNITURE ANDRÉ FU’S LV SCENOGRAPHY + LIGHT+BUILDING FRANKFURT REPORT IMPRESSIONS 2 #120/Blue Lotus Gallery Photo. Michael Wolf, Hong Kong 2008, Photo. Michael Wolf, Hong Kong 2008, Architecture of Density Architecture of Density: German-born photographer Michael Wolf’s large-scale views of Hong Kong’s small-sized spaces 3 CONTENTS MAY 2018 ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 60 29 SERPENTINE GALLERIES | HOUSE OF ART FOCUS | FURNITURE A famous London institution extends its reach to China Plush textures and inviting colours are the leading By Danielle de Wolfe trends in furniture design By Dennis Lee 68 AIRPORTS | TERMINALLY COOL 42 Design takes an increasingly important role in the world DIRECTIONS | LET THERE BE LIGHT of aviation hubs Perspective uncovers the latest trends from Frankfurt’s By Helen Dalley Light+Building trade fair, and chats with renowned designer Arik Levy By Dennis Lee PEOPLE 76 YACHTS | PUSHING THE BOAT OUT 52 As materials and techniques advance, marine interior ROCCO YIM | STATEMENT OF INTENT design is taken to a new level The architect behind the Hong Kong Palace Museum By Maeve Hosea talks about his singular vision for cultural spaces By Elizabeth Kerr 85 AIRBNB | INDIVIDUALITY RE-LEASED 92 The peer-to-peer rental platform has now become a TRAVEL | WANDERING STARS driving force in the design world Six designers tell us about the inspiration they derive By Leanne Mirandilla from travel By Michele Koh Morollo 100 DESTINATION | THE ART OF THE 108 NEIGHBOURHOOD Q&A | BREWING A SOLUTION In New York City, Manhattanites define themselves by Designer duo Vicky Chan and Chris Cho on their where they live and, increasingly, by the local architecture pitch-perfect collaboration for the new concept space By Sophie Kalkreuth The Artist House in Hong Kong By Hannah Grogan 4 60 Serpentine Sackler Gallery 85 Photo. Serpentine: Luke Hayes An Airbnb listing in Barcelona 5 CONTENTS | MAY 2018 REGULARS 02 IMPRESSIONS | ARCHITECTURE OF DENSITY Photographer Michael Wolf looks at Hong Kong’s small- sized spaces in a panoramic format 10 SPACE | TACTILE CLASSICISM Bill Bensley’s upmarket Bangkok hotel design is a tranquil place to stay – and a design-lovers’ dream 10 110 The Siam hotel in Bangkok OPINION | A MATTER OF JUDGMENT Central’s former police station, magistracy and prison complex is set to reopen as a public space and arts venue. DIGEST Can we trust the powers-that-be to do justice to its heritage? 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ON THE COVER The Cocoon pod by Campana Brothers for Objets Nomades, Louis Vuitton's contemporary furniture collection, exhibited in Hong Kong, perspectiveglobal.com/subscription curated by André Fu * T&C apply (see page 22) 8 EDITOR’S LETTER The André Fu-designed Ribbon Dance chair was exclusively unveiled at Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades exhibition in Hong Kong ahead of Milan Design Week Milan in April is a magic place. Where else can you run over the entire city. It featured a public exhibition into Olivier Rousteing, creative director of French fashion celebrating Milanese architecture from the 1930s in the house Balmain, and then Marcel Wanders, the Dutch city’s busiest Monte Napoleone District; talks hosted by designer who created the Knotted Chair? Milan Design young design students in Isola; celebrity-frequented Week is that sort of event. parties in the Brera Design District; and an open-house Known for its fashion influence, the city has visit to architect Osvaldo Borsani’s modernist villa on the established itself as a wider design capital with design outskirts of the city. These were just a few of the events. week, encompassing the acclaimed Salone del Mobile. What happened in the Italian city is one of the most The international furniture fair dates to 1961 and is now encouraging things that I have witnessed – design for a must-attend on the global design calendar. Originally, everyone rather than designers alone. Italian furniture brands showcased their house While this issue was conceived in high Italian spirits, collections, but the fair has evolved into the world’s we also look at Beijing, where Sichuan-based architect design party where global creatives from the fields of Liu Jiakun has designed the Serpentine Galleries’ first architecture, interior design and product design gather overseas pavilion, located next to the Forbidden City. to exhibit and exchange ideas. André Fu arrived from Liu borrowed inspiration from traditional Chinese Hong Kong to officially unveil his Ribbon Dance chair, archery for the London art institution’s pop-up in China, designed for Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomade collection. conveying the power and tension of architecture in balance. In early April he created a space – or an “abstract It will open to the public in Beijing this month. scenography”, according to the designer himself – in This issue is also dedicated to travel, because we at Hong Kong’s Central to showcase the brand’s furniture Perspective, as well as the six designers profiled, believe collection that is created by a group of some of the fresh perspectives are important to inspire and to be world’s most sought-after designers, including Milan- inspired. As French novelist Marcel Proust wrote, “The based Patricia Urquiola. real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new Spanning more than seven days, the design week took landscapes, but in having new eyes.” GO TO PERSPECTIVEGLOBAL.COM TO CLICK & CONNECT! PerspectiveGlobal perspective_mag perspective-global perspectiveHQ 9 SPACE 10 Tactile classicism The Siam hotel by Bill Bensley is a design-lovers’ dream When The Siam hotel opened on the banks of the With just 39 guest rooms and four traditional Chao Phraya River, Bangkok five years ago, it teak villas, The Siam is dominated by its public marked a point in the evolution of East-meets-West spaces, where the incorporation of carefully selected Thai hospitality design. Under the guidance of pop-culture accents, such as the vintage film creative director Krissada Sukosol Clapp and the projector in the state-of-the-art media room are Sukosol Group, Bill Bensley