PLASTERED 8 T-SHIRTS

mai 29th, 2010 Posted in BEIJING, CITIES, FASHION, SHANGHAI

mai, 29 2010

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: Dominic, Plastered’s creative dictator with one of the early design nicely made in China design.

: Plastered 8 shop in Nan Luo Gu Xiang in Beijing Gulou area.

: Plastered offices hidden in a typical Beijing hutong.

: At work in Plastered offices.

: Dominic at the entrance of the hutong where Plastered has its offices.

: Dominic Johnson-Hill in Nan Luo Gu Xiang Plastered shop.

: Plastered 8 shop interior.

: Tai Tai shop in Montmartre, Paris, France.

Nicely made in China product of the week is a T-shirt. The first Chinese street brand was started a few years ago in Beijing by an early school drop out from Surrey who says he » never let his schooling get in the way of his education » quoting Mark Twain. Since he arrived in Beijing penniless he’s come a long way. Dominic Johnson-Hill self-proclaimed creative dictator of Plastered 8 tells NMiC the story in a fast-paced interview.

Dominic, how did Plastered 8 get its start?

I arrived in China at 20 after 3 years of travels around the world. I started the company on my own 4 years ago with the shop on Nan Luo Gu Xiang. It was the first clothing shop on the street. The concept was Read the rest of this entry »

beijing, fashion

CHOCOLATE-DESIGN AGENCY

mai 22nd, 2010 Posted in CITIES, DESIGN, SHENZHEN

mai, 22 2010

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: A Chocolate designed Nicely Made in China Philips pink mobile phone.

: T&W 3G USB keys designed by Shenzhen-based Chocolate agency.

: The ebook seen by Chocolate for Aiboox.

: Chocolate designed LG blue tooth headphone.

: A T&W router nicely designed by the Chocolate agency.

: A nicely made in China design for a T&W camera.

: Valérie Nomain (in red), Chocolate designer in chief with her 4 design managers in Chocolate Shenzhen studio.

: Chocolate studios in Shenzhen.

This week Nicely Made in China introduces a new subject: consumer electronics design. What was once thought to be not so important is now a growing business. In order to understand what’s going on, NMiC turned to Shenzhen-based Valérie Nomain. Chocolate design director and general manager accepted to share her thoughts on the matter with us.

Valérie, Chocolate is one of the 6000 design agencies – architecture, web and industrial – that have sprouted up in the last few years in the Shenzhen area in Guangdong province. How did you start?

A few years ago I was working in China for Alcatel mobile phones marketing department and my real passion was design. In 2006 I decided to follow that passion Read the rest of this entry »

DESIGN, shenzhen

CHIRU MOUNTAIN BIKES

mai 7th, 2010 Posted in HONG KONG, SPORT

mai, 07 2010

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: A nicely made in China Chiru Laktik X9 bike, Taramancho trail, Marin County, California.

: Chiru Laktik X0, Pacifica trail South of San Francisco, California.

: Chiru Laktik X9, Taramancho trail, Marin County, California.

: PA Le Magnan and his Chiru Laktik X0 at Chi Ma Wan Lake, Hong Kong.

: A Nicely Made in China S Bent seat stay for pedalling efficiency.

: Overbuilt Bottom Bracket for optimum power transfer.

Nicely Made In China product of the week is a bike. Not your everyday bike! A carbon mountain bike!

NMIC has asked a few questions to Chiru endurance bikes CEO Pierre-Arnaud Le Magnan.

Pierre-Arnaud when and why did you start Chiru Endurance Bikes?

We started in February 2009. We make mountain bikes exclusively and only made of carbon. It is a product specially designed for endurance races and adventure racing. The reason I started this company stems out of a passion for bicycle making. I had been building my own bikes for Read the rest of this entry »

hong kong, outdoor

BESPOKE-BEIJING TRAVEL SERVICES

mai 4th, 2010 Posted in SERVICES, TRAVEL

mai, 04 2010

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: Sarah, Wei and Tom in Baofang hutong with a Beijinger.

: Wei, Sarah and Tom in front of Bespoke-Beijing offices in Baofang hutong.

: A Nicely Made in China travel service: the Bespoke Beijing personnalized guide.

: A Nicely Made in China travel service: Bespoke Beijing provides you with a mobile phone.

This week NMIC presents a new kind of travel services. Sarah Keenlyside the owner of Bespoke-Beijing, her business partner Tom Pattinson and operations manager Cao Wei tell us all.

When and how was Bespoke-Beijing created?

Bespoke started to operate one year ago exactly, in May 2009. Tom worked at Time Out Beijing for nearly 3 years and so did I says Sarah. During those years we got to know the Beijing scene very well. What made us think there might be a need for a new kind of travel services is that we kept getting phone calls from Read the rest of this entry »

beijing, SERVICES