Nicely Made in China

News on China quality products, lifestyle, design and services.

WHAT’S NEW? THE CHINESE TIMEKEEPER / WATCHMAKER

Commentaires fermés sur WHAT’S NEW? THE CHINESE TIMEKEEPER / WATCHMAKER

China  – and the world – have changed since we launched Nicely Made in China. That is why we feel the need to look back and see how the companies and people we’ve featured during those 2 1/2 years have fared.

We start this series of updates called What’s New with the Hong Kong-based watchmaker The Chinese Timekeeper (CTK). We met the owner Adrien Choux recently to discover what’s new for his company.

Read the rest of this entry »

PALOMA SANCHEZ / JEWELLERY

Commentaires fermés sur PALOMA SANCHEZ / JEWELLERY

If Indiana Jones was a woman and a gemologist his name would probably be Paloma Sanchez. In a recent interview with Nicely Made in China (NMiC), Paloma recounts some of her adventures around the world’s hot spots and how she creates her jewellery. Read the rest of this entry »

NICELY MADE IN CHINA’S “EXPERT’S CORNER”: JEWELLERY

Commentaires fermés sur NICELY MADE IN CHINA’S “EXPERT’S CORNER”: JEWELLERY

At Nicely Made in China we are constantly on the lookout for interesting quality products from China. Our goal is to help you identify the unique and maybe even the unusual, across a wide range of products and services. Towards that end, we start this week with a new “Expert’s Corner” series! As ever, we welcome your feedback on this initiative. Read the rest of this entry »

THE CHINESE TIMEKEEPER / WATCHES

Commentaires fermés sur THE CHINESE TIMEKEEPER / WATCHES

As 2011 arrives Nicely Made in China (NMiC) is happy to give centre stage to a very young company – Chinese Timekeeper (CTK). Adrien Choux recently opened CTK, selling its first watches in early December. In Asia-Pacific for 10 years, Adrien got interested in the way Chinese relate to time and the history of time while working for a prestigious Swiss watchmaker.  In an interview with NMiC he discussed the ancient watch tower of Kaifeng and Chinese craftmanship. Read the rest of this entry »

MARION CARSTEN / JEWELLERY

Commentaires fermés sur MARION CARSTEN / JEWELLERY

This week Nicely Made in China (NMiC) features Marion Carsten. Marion, a goldsmith from Frankfurt, moved to China in 2000. After a few years there, she moved to Bangkok and recently to Paris where NMiC caught up with her. She talked about square pearls, what inspires her work and how to manage a company in China from Europe. Read the rest of this entry »

NICOLAS FAVARD-JEWELLER

Commentaires fermés sur NICOLAS FAVARD-JEWELLER

Nicolas Favard, a 30-year old Frenchman and an extremely gifted craftsman, has lived in China since 2004. He opened recently a new shop in a quiet street just on the West side of Sanlitun North Village. Nicely Made in China had a conversation with him on how he became a jeweller, what inspires him and the meaning of jewels.

Nicolas, when did  you decide to become a jeweller?

I got the bug when I was 12.  Our teacher told us it was time for us to think about what we wanted to do later in life and I found an article about becoming a jeweller in a book.  The bug hasn’t left me since. Read the rest of this entry »

EVERARD+WANG – JEWELLERY

Commentaires fermés sur EVERARD+WANG – JEWELLERY

Jewellery is the Nicely Made in China product of the week. Ariel Welby-Everard, ex-insurer from London and Wang Lei, ex-dancer from Wuhan are a team in life as well as in business and have now created their company Everard+Wang. In a two-voice interview they tell NMiC all about making jewellery in Beijing.

Read the rest of this entry »