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BURNT ORINGE – BED LINEN

juin 17th, 2011 Posted in BED LINEN, GREEN PRODUCTS, HONG KONG, INTERIOR DECORATION, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Juin, 17 2011

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

: A model in Burnt Oringe “Mother Earth” bed linen collection. The bedsheets are made of TENCEL® which is a eucalyptus fiber.

: Each time a box of bed linen is sold Burnt Oringe plants a tree in Thailand on behalf of the buyer.

: Burnt Oringe organic cotton bed linen (Ph.Darren LeBeuf)

After a long day at the office or a night out on the town, what could be better than slipping into clean cool sheets? ‘Nothing!’ According to Tarynn Hatton-Jones, Nicely Made in China’s (NMiC) guest this week. She arrived from Johannesburg, South-Africa, a few years ago as a banker and very quickly felt a higher calling: providing her fellow human beings with what she believes is the best thing in life. So she created Burnt Oringe, a luxury bed linen company. Read the rest of this entry »

decoration, hong kong, women_entrepreneurs

ROUGE BAISER ELISE – BED LINEN

décembre 4th, 2010 Posted in BED LINEN, BEIJING, CITIES, EMBROIDERY, HANDMADE, INTERIOR DECORATION, SHANGHAI, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Déc, 04 2010

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: Elise de Saint Guilhem, Rouge Baiser owner and designer.

: Nicely Made in China bed linen by Rouge Baiser. The theme is called Bouquet.

: Everything is embroidered by hand by a team that Elise, Rouge Baiser’s owner, has built up over the years.

: A seamstresse at work on a prototype in the Shanghai workshop for Rouge Baiser.

If you live in Beijing or Shanghai you may have noticed a couple of small shops, one tucked away in leafy Sanlitun (Beijing), the other in the trendy Fuxing Lu (Shanghai) with an attractive and strange name: Rouge Baiser followed by the name Elise. Nicely Made in China decided to investigate and met with the French owner, Elise de Saint Guilhem, to talk embroidery, mixing colors and the differences -or the lack of- between Chinese and Western clients. Read the rest of this entry »

beijing, decoration, Shanghai, women_entrepreneurs

MALILIAN-FURNITURE DESIGN

juillet 9th, 2010 Posted in BEIJING, CITIES, CRAFTS, DESIGN, FURNITURE, INTERIOR DECORATION, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Juil, 09 2010

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: Marianne Friese poses on one of her creations: a sofa – Gobelins inspired with Chinese influence.

: A very Nicely Made in China armchair by Malilian. (Ph.Hans Schlupp)

: Every single cushion is inspected through and through by Marianne Friese in person.

: Marianne Friese and Ms Zhang check one last time the double piping Ms Zhang sew by hand.

: Cushions undergo a thorough inspection before they are delivered to the customers.

: Marianne Friese inspects every aspect of the newly made armchair before delivering it herself to its new home.

: Malilian’s creations leave the Beijing upholsterer’s workshop to go to their new homes.

: Marianne Friese’s Beijing home which doubles as a showroom. (Ph.Hans Schlupp)

Nicely Made in China today presents a non-traditional furniture designer: Marianne Friese, owner and designer of Malilian. German by birth Marianne arrived in China in 2001. Since 1988 she has been leading two lives: consultant and communications specialist 12 hours a day she turns into a sofa designer the other 12. NMiC caught her in the sweltering warehouse of the Beijing master upholsterer she works with where she was checking the quality of her latest creations before delivering them personally to their new homes.

Marianne, how did this all begin?

My first sofa was made in 1988 in Los Angeles where I was living. I wanted to buy one for my home and could not find anything I liked. A friend introduced me to a Mexican Read the rest of this entry »

beijing, decoration, furniture, women_entrepreneurs

SHANGHAI TRIO / FASHION & ACCESSORIES

juillet 2nd, 2010 Posted in ACCESSORIES, BEIJING, CITIES, CRAFTS, EMBROIDERY, FASHION, HANDMADE, INTERIOR DECORATION, SHANGHAI, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, YAK WOOL

Juil, 02 2010

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: Carole Beaucour, Shanghai Trio Beijing general manager in the Sanlitun store.

: Virginie Fournier, Shanghai Trio owner and main designer.

: Su Lan one of the Shanghai Trio embroiderer at the Kunshan workshop.

: Shanghai Trio store in Beijing Sanlitun North Village.

: A Nicely Made in China rice measure bag by Shanghai Trio.

: A Nicely Made in China embroidered table cloth by Shanghai Trio.

: Shanghai Trio bags in the Beijing Sanlitun store.

: Shanghai Trio newly opened Beijing store in the basement of Sanlitun Village.

This week Nicely Made in China presents the brand “Shanghai Trio” (上海组合). 12 years old this year “Shanghai Trio” was born in Shanghai as the name suggests. It is now expanding to Beijing and also has a shop in Paris among other places. NMiC spoke to the owner Virginie Fournier.

How did you have the idea to start “Shanghai Trio”?

When I arrived in Shanghai in the middle of the 90’s my head was full of expectations of what I would find in China: the finest silk and as well as all sort of craftmen working in the streets. Read the rest of this entry »

accessories, beijing, decoration, Shanghai, women_entrepreneurs

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