Designing a life: a cross-cultural journey
Title:
Designing a life: a cross-cultural journey
Author:
Lo, Kai-Yin, author.
ISBN:
9789887963837
9780253050526
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Contents:
Foreword--Prologue - Carrier New York--Part I--1 Family and Growing Up (p. 11)--2 Our Big House (p. 21)--3 Old Hong Kong and Wanchai (p. 29)--4 U.K. Education (p. 37)--5 Change in Family Fortunes (p. 47)--6 Return to Hong Kong (p. 53)--7 Off to New York (p. 63)--8 Building the Business (p. 75)--9 Harmony Through Asymmetry (p. 91)--10 Making a Name in Japan (p. 103)--11 The 1990s and Beyond (p. 113)--Part II--12 Furniture in the Living Environment (p. 129)--13 House, Home, Family (p. 143)--14 Bright as Silver, White as Snow (p. 151)--15 Wu Guanzhong and Xu Bing at the British Museum (p. 163)--16 My Silk Road (p. 175)--17 Furthering Creative Visions (p. 193)--Part III--18 A Rich Tapestry (p. 211)--Epilogue: Empowering Our Creative Future (p. 227)--Afterword (p. 237)--Acknowledgements (p. 239)--Appendix 1 Books (p. 241)--Appendix 2 Lectures (p. 242)--Appendix 3 Lectures with CSM (p. 245)--Appendix 4 Positions (p. 246)--Appendix 5 Accolades (p. 247)
Abstract:
Designing a Life tells the inspiring story of Kai-Yin Lo, a determined woman born to a wealthy Hong Kong family who had to build her own future following an abrupt change in the family's fortunes. After a first job at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, she made her way to Time Inc. in New York to establish a new life. Encouraged by her first collection being accepted by Cartier New York, she employed talent, innovation and determination to become a designer of international renown, respected as an ambassador for cross-cultural exchange in art, design and thought.
Field 805:
npmlib 10903528 NK1483.Z9 L6 yh