Exploring the ways in which food offers life enhancement, Kristy Choo created Jin Patisserie, a café in Venice, California which specializes in artisan chocolates and cakes. Inspired by Asian cuisine, many of the delicacies are fused with flavors such as pandan, lychee or lemongrass resulting in a Modern Asian Luxury experience that your taste buds would consider art.
Website here: http://www.jinpatisserie.com/
In 2006, Singapore based Vice & Vanity entered the fashion world with a mischievous grin. Since then, designers Aaron Kao and Vivi Masturah Lim have been creating iconic jewelry designs that are equally experimental as they are the standard in craftsmanship. Drawing from a range of inspirations, their style is both primitive and avant-garde. Industrial and humanistic. Delineated and three-dimensional. Just a few of the reasons why Vice & Vanity has ended up here on Modern Asian Luxury.
Website here: http://www.vicevanity.com/
Nobuyoshi Araki recently photographed this exclusive series for Barneys New York, starring model and actress Kiko Mizuhara. In Japan, Araki is nothing short of a superstar and has published nearly 500 books of photography. Barneys sought Araki for his decadence and sensuality for its ‘Have a Foodie Holiday’ campaign. Nothing says Modern Asian Luxury like food, fashion and fame all in one place.
Barney’s website here: http://www.barneys.com/
Based on a deck of cards this 2500 room hotel features an indoor canal, world-class casino, crystal pavilion, outdoor plaza, convention centre, theatres, shopping mall, fine dining and a museum shaped like a lotus flower. If that wasn’t enough to get your Modern Asian Luxury blood pumping, the towers are crowned 55 stories high by a sky park and infinity pool overlooking the Singapore skyline.
Website here: http://www.marinabaysands.com/
Born in 1954, Kuma leads a Tokyo-based team that has completed numerous celebrated projects spanning the globe. Known for experimenting with new materials, his aim is to ‘recover the tradition of Japanese architecture and to reinterpret it for the 21st century’. A mission that’s music to our little Modern Asian Luxury ears.
Website: http://www.kkaa.co.jp/E/main.htm
