HAPPY BIRTHDAY! NICELY MADE IN CHINA SECOND ANNIVERSARY.

avril 22nd, 2012 Posted in HAPPY BIRTHDAY!, PRESS

avr, 22 2012

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: Virginie Fournier, the driving force behind Shanghai Trio is one of Nicely Made in China’s sponsors.

: Lau On Hing has been making qipao in Hong Kong for a few decades now. Women come from all over the world to have lacy qipao made by this master.

: Zhao Lei, Smartwood’s owner, a new Chinese brand in the world of flat pack furniture.

: Jenny, Madeline – Parentheses owner – and Emmanuelle, the team that welcomes you at the Hong Kong French bookstore.

: Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy – photographed in Hong Kong – is usually based in Lhasa where she runs the travel agency Global Nomad.

: Serge Pierrard, one of the Travel-Stone founders and Nicely Made in China sponsor, will help you discover Asia with his China-based travel agency.

: Michel Sutyadi and Ed Hung, NLGX owners in their Beijing airport store.

: Hélène Meunier, Shanghai-based French fashion designer.

: Josephine Lau who runs Centre O, a Hong Kong-based business centre.

: Hans Schallenberger has turned Ozark into the biggest outdoor equipment Chinese brand.

: CreativeCulture’s founder Daniel Meller who launched the Chinese design contest.

: Lizette Smook the owner of Innovasians, the company that will help you find sustainable solutions.

: Florian Pucher, the Austrian Beijing-based carpet designer at work.

: Ed Jocelyn and Yang Xiao the founders of travel agent Red Rock who will take you on the roads of Yunnan, South West China.

: Pierre-Yves Babin and Amélie Peraud, Beijing-based children clothes maker Tang Roulou owners.

: NMiC’s sponsor Elise de Saint Guilhem, luxury linen maker Rouge Baiser owner.

Happy birthday!! Today Nicely Made in China (NMiC) celebrates its second birthday. On 22^nd April 2010 the new website bearing the unlikely name with ‘Nicely Made’ and ‘China’ in the same sentence, raised a few eyebrows and recorded its first visits – 13 to be precise – from 9 unique visitors. Two years later we are proud to report over 100,000 visits – from 74,000 unique visitors!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE DRAGON! 新年快乐!

janvier 24th, 2012 Posted in PRESS

jan, 24 2012

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Dear friends and partners of Nicely Made in China (NMiC)

Our team would like to wish you a very Happy New Year of the Dragon! We hope it will bring you and your loved ones good health, success and prosperity!

Keep watching this space for more articles on people who’ve placed quality and passion at the centre of their lives to bring you some of the best products China has to offer!

If you know a company you think should be featured on our website, please feel free to let us know about them!

Don’t forget that you can also follow us on our Facebook page.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!

décembre 24th, 2011 Posted in BUSINESS CENTRE, CULTURE, INTERIOR DECORATION, INTERNATIONAL MOVERS, PET RELOCATOR, PRESS, TRAVEL

déc, 24 2011

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: Li Zetian founder and main designer of the Chinese product design company Daye Design based in Foshan in Guangdong province.

: Alexander Host, one of the founders of Sanitov Studio photographed in Covent Garden, London.

: Daniel Meller, CreativCulture founder and driving force. He’s set himself the mission of promoting Chinese creativity!

: Innovasians owner, South Africa-born Lizette Smook, photographed wearing eco-towels, one of her star product. (Ph.Edmon Leong)

: Tarynn Hatton-Jones, South African Burnt Oringe founder in her company’s showroom in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.

: Michelle Lai founder of Mischa bags photographed in Paris on the Ile de la Cité in the Vert-Galant park by the river Seine with one of her creation.

: Julian Wilson and Aaron Pattillo founders of the yak wool knitwear maker Khunu.

: The team of our sponsor the Hong Kong French bookstore Parenthèses: Jenny (L), Madeline (C) and Emmanuelle (R).

: Serge Pierrard one of the founder of travel agent and Nicely Made in China sponsor Travel Stone.

: Josephine Lau the owner of Nicely Made in China sponsor Centre O a Hong Kong-based business centre.

: Patrick O’Donnell owner / founder of Links Moving – NMiC first sponsor – specializes in international moving and pets relocation.

: Elise de Saint Guilhem founder of Rouge Baiser-Elise also one of NMiC sponsor.

: Norlha, a Tibet-based yak wool shawls Chinese brand.

: Dominic Johnson-Hill, Plastered 8 founder and « creative dictator » as he calls himfelf.

: Grace Ching who created Loveramics with her husband William, photographed in the Tung Street store, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

: Gao Zenmin the bass maker in his home in Hebei with a folding double-bass and its case.

: Virginie Fournier creator of Shanghai Trio.

: Adam Healy, Ark Surfboards founder, with a standup paddle board in Hong Kong.

: Stephane Michel who since 2007, with his brother Lander, has given a new lease of life to Federico Iguzzini Watches. He wears the OM watch from the Spiritual line.

: Judy Leissner, Grace Vineyard CEO.

Goodbye 2011, hello 2012!

2011 has been an eventful year for Nicely Made in China. 51,000 people visited the website to read our stories on quality Chinese products: watches, travel, carpets, porcelain, yak wool knitwear, children’s clothes, outdoor equipment, high end design, handbags and more.

2011 has also been a year of firsts for Nicely Made in China: we received our first mention on the CNNGo website, we registered our first e-commerce sales, we launched our Expert’s page, put our first video online (thank you Jade & Ali), featured our first recycled products and published our first article in German and we reached the 500 fans mark on our Facebook page.

This end-of-year message would not be complete without thanking our loyal sponsors who continue to support us, and just like us, believe that quality products and services can indeed be found in China. So, we would like to thank very specially our favorite travel agent Travel Stone, the luxury bed linen maker Rouge-Baiser, the Hong Kong business centre CentreO, the Hong Kong French bookstore Parenthèses, the publisher Primary Mandarin, and lastly our first and oldest sponsor, the international mover and pet relocator Links Moving.

We wish you all a very happy Christmas, and a prosperous and healthy 2012.

NEW: NICELY MADE in CHINA PARTNERS

juin 28th, 2011 Posted in HOSPITALITY, PRESS, SERVICES, TRAVEL

juin, 28 2011

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Nicely Made in China Partners screen shot.

It’s over a year now since Nicely Made in China (NMiC) was launched! We are happy to report that its success, so far, continues to both please and surprise us. In 14 months, we have interviewed and introduced almost 50 producers/service providers. The site has had over 39,000 unique visitors and over 115,000 pages have been viewed. All this is helping to establish Nicely Made in China as a strong brand and a viable business.

As proof of our growing strength, we continuously receive requests from company owners wanting to become part of the NMiC family or wanting to find reliable service and product providers in China. In response to this demand we have created a new area within the NMiC site, (http://partners.nicelymadeinchina.com) where Nicely Made in China partners will be able to generate their own content - subject to review by NMiC - for a fee.

In this section, you will find a wider range of products and services, of particular interest, we believe, to the small and medium sized businesses amongst our readers – services such as translation, business centres and logistics. We will screen the companies with the same thoroughness that we have applied so far. And in keeping with our personable approach, we will introduce one company at a time, slowly building a valuable directory of companies providing premium quality products and services from China.

First off, we are delighted to introduce Ms Josephine Lau who presents Centre O Business Centre based in Hong Kong and Serge Pierrard who runs the Beijing-based Travel Stone travel agency.

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NMiC IN THE SUNDAY TIMES TRAVEL

juin 19th, 2011 Posted in BEIJING, PRESS

juin, 19 2011

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Nicely Made in China in the June issue of The Sunday Times Travel.

Dear readers

Nicely Made in China is mentioned in this month’s issue (June) of The Sunday Times Travel in an excellent article on Beijing written by Ellen Himelfarb.

One more proof of the growing interest for Nicely Made in China!

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100,000 PAGES VIEWED!

mai 20th, 2011 Posted in PRESS

mai, 20 2011

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Nicely Made in China is happy to announce that over 100,000 pages have now been viewed in 48,000 visits. We want to thank our readers and sponsors for their continued support. In the coming weeks we’ll bring you more nicely made in China products and stories.

Keep an eye on that space!

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40 UNDER 40 / PERSPECTIVE AWARDS

mai 6th, 2011 Posted in DESIGN, HANDMADE, HONG KONG, PORCELAIN, PRESS

mai, 06 2011

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: Jesse McLin and Julie Progin of Latitude photographed in their Hong Kong studio.

: Jesse McLin and Julie Progin of Latitude receive an award at the Perspective « 40 under 40″ competition 2011 on May 5th 2011. The award ceremony took place at the Valcucine Hong Kong flagship store.

: Jesse McLin and Julie Progin of Latitude with the other winners of the Perspective magazine « 40 under 40″ competition in the Graphic/News Media category.

: Jesse McLin and Julie Progin of Latitude with the other winners of the Perspective magazine « 40 under 40″ competition in the Graphic/News Media category.

Nicely Made in China is proud to announce that last night ceramic and porcelain makers Julie Progin and her partner Jesse McLin from Latitude, achieved recognition from the industry by being among the 40 winners of the Perspective magazine « 40 under 40″ competition 2011 which celebrates excellence in the fields of architecture, interiors and product design.

NMiC featured Julie and Jesse in an article last November.

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NMiC 1st anniversary in the press!

avril 26th, 2011 Posted in PRESS

avr, 26 2011

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The article on Nicely Made in China's 1st anniversary in an article written by Tiffany Wang and published in The Beijinger, Beijing weekly magazine.

Dear readers

Nicely Made in China is attracting more and more interest. The latest? An article in The Beijinger by Tiffany Wang.

« Nicely Made in China, one of our favorite Beijing-based blogs, just celebrated its one-year anniversary yesterday… »

This is how Tiffany began her article in The Beijinger on NMiC’s 1st anniversary. To read the rest of Tiffany’s article I invite you to click here!

And for those who live or plan to visit Beijing to know who does what in the capital and to learn all about bars, restaurants, galleries and more please visit The Beijinger ‘s website.

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ONE YEAR AGO…

avril 22nd, 2011 Posted in HAPPY BIRTHDAY!, PRESS

avr, 22 2011

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: Mao Shu Hong and her husband Yang Bao Guang who designs Suren products.

: Virginie Fournier, one of the Shanghai Trio founders.

: Adam Healy of Ark Surfboards photographed on Shek-O beach in Hong Kong.

: Kathrin von Rechenberg creation at one of her fashion show at Aman at Summer Palace in Beijing.

: Pierre-Arnaud Le Magnan with one of his bike on a trail in California.

: A shawl by Norlha made of yak wool, an emblematic animal from the Himalayan plateau.

: Red Dragon Yacht is a Xiamen-based operation. Nicely Made in China yachts!

: Nicolas Favard, silversmith, goldsmith and jeweler photographed in his Beijing-store.

: Judy Leissner, Grace Vineyard CEO.

: Hai Chen, a celebrated ceramist and the owner of Blue Shanghai White.

: Dominic Johnson-Hill, the man behind the success of Beijing-based Plastered-8 photographed in his Nan Luo Gu Xiang store.

: Sneakers by Shanghai-based Shulong! Plimsole make a come back!

: A yak wool sweater by Khunu, a young company run by Julian Wilson and Aaron Pattillo.

: Iguzzini watch Lunar Explorer.

: Valérie Nomain who runs the Chocolate Design agency in Shenzhen surrounded by her creative team.

: A studio at the The Opposite House, a boutique hotel, in Sanlitun, Beijing.

: Lisa Minder-Wu and her team of carpenters.

: Liu Yang, le Fromager de Pekin!

: Beijing-based Marianne Friese sitting on a couch she created. Each couch is unique.

: Hong Kong-based Latitude’s handmade porcelain candleholders.

: A watch « nicely made in China » by The Chinese Timekeeper.

: Papertiger wrapping paper by Lucy Young.

: Nicole Bernard, Longma Equestrian Equipment owner photographed with Melissa in Beijing.

: Hong Kong-based Sean Dix creation: Forte table.

: Suzhou Cobblers « Good morning » slippers by Shanghai-based Denise Huang.

Today is a very special day for Nicely Made in China. We are celebrating NMiC’s first birthday! Exactly one year ago the NMiC website appeared on the world wide web! A website presenting quality products and services made in China was still a fairly new concept one year ago. On that day -April 22nd 2010- 9 unique visitors from France, China and Australia found their way to our newly born website. At first, when explaining what the website was about, we were getting the « quality products in China? Do they exist? » usual look but disbelief quickly turned into real interest for the people and the products that we featured: from Suren handbags to Norlha yak wool shawls, from Nicolas Favard’s exquisite jewelery to Red Dragon yachts, from Shanghai Trio finely embroidered products Read the rest of this entry »

NMiC is in CNN Go!

février 8th, 2011 Posted in PRESS

fév, 08 2011

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Dear readers

Nicely Made in China is mentioned this morning in an article by Ellen Himelfarb on CNNGo! This the CNN website which helps you discover cool stuff in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Mumbai (in English and Chinese).

Keep an eye out for more exciting and innovative products from Nicely Made in China!

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