Visual fireworks
Visual Merchandising competition at the Hong Kong Design Institute Deluxewords, The Fashionable Truth’s parent company, is the sponsor of...
Unveiling the secrets of oscar-winning make-up with Mark Coulier
Oscar-winning make-up artist Mark Coulier shares his treasure trove of experience and professional techniques with HKDI students, and talks...
Brand strategy insights from two of Asia’s leading designers
Yi Chair by Michael Young for EOQ HKDI’s “Successful Brand Journey” seminars in Spring 2014 provided a number of insights into...
A George Nelson retrospective reveals the inner secrets of modernist design
Nelson’s Sideboard A retrospective of the works of George Nelson (1908-1986) at HKDI Gallery from March through June shows that a great...
The dazzling artistry of regal French jeweler Christophe Lemaître
Christophe LemaÎtre Renowned French jeweller Christophe Lemaître visited HKDI to discuss what it takes to design pieces that can...
Hong Kong Design Institute makes window displays into an art form
I was one of the judges at The Hong Kong Design Institute’s Visual Merchandising Competition 2013 on May 7th. The students produced some incredible...
Speaking in signs, language of luxury
Language of Luxury Workshop by Daniel Jeffreys Fans of these pages can hear The Fashionable Truth's Daniel Jeffreys speak at the Hong Kong...
Bright approach
Many songs and poems have perished along with the minstrels who sang them, while untold books and scripts have been buried and burned but the...
Matrix of delights
Using skills from the 21st century scholars are putting digital techniques to work in an effort to preserve the endangered artefacts of China’s...
Tailor made
Aesthetics and practicality make fine dancing partners at the HKDI’s Department of Fashion and Image Design, where Liz McLafferty encourages...