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ComplexCon Hong Kong 2025 unveils a star-studded music lineup featuring headliners Metro Boomin and Zico. Photo: ComplexCon

ComplexCon Hong Kong announces Metro Boomin and Zico as 2025 headliners

A meeting of American and Asian hip-hop, the concerts also feature Quavo, Hong Kong favs MC Jin and Jace, and South Korea’s Changmo and B.I.

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Tilda Swinton hits Hong Kong to make the case for film preservation and praise the magic of old cinema. Photo: Courtesy of Chanel

Tilda Swinton brings star power to a conversation on classic Hong Kong films

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The interior of a typical farmer’s residence in Kuk Po, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

An abandoned village is brought to life in this debut Hong Kong festival

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Surf’s up: seasoned surfers flock to the famous Cloud 9 surf spot on Siargao Island in the Philippines. Photo: Getty Images

8 Asian surfing spots to ride the waves, from Phuket to Sri Lanka

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NewJeans perform during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, in December 2023. Photo: Getty Images

NJZ, formerly NewJeans, are coming to ComplexCon Hong Kong

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Top design brands have honed in on the luxury homes market, offering residences that exude designer style inside and out. Pictured: an infinity pool terrace at Design Hills by Dolce & Gabbana, Marbella. Photo: Handout
Luxury brands

How luxury brands are creating residences as stunning as their fashion

Haute fashion maisons bring the luxe design ethos to every inch of these exclusive homes, from interiors to state-of-the-art gyms and pools.

Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: Cantopop, neon art and other revived heritage

Hong Kong interior design

How a 30-year-old Hong Kong flat became a French bistro-inspired haven

Hong Kong

How a Hong Kong film inspired the revival of 9 post-war buildings

The revitalised tenements blend heritage with modern use, thanks to community efforts and a nostalgic film’s influence.

4-10 Wa In Fong West front facades in Hong Kong. Photo: Keith Sin
Asia travel

Welcome to The Standard, luxuriant Singapore’s most striking new property

Located minutes from Orchard Road and the Botanic Gardens, in an enclave that wouldn’t have looked out of place in Crazy Rich Asians, the new hotel offers all the brand’s signature features.

Ultra Luxury

Crazy new Dubai mega mansions cater to owners’ wild requests

Dubai developers are going to extraordinary lengths so that their luxury homes can compete with those in cities like New York and Hong Kong.

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Fame and celebrity

Microphone of the stars? The story of the ‘Elvis Mic’, or Shure Unidyne 55

The Shure Unidyne 55 microphone has been a favourite of musicians and public speakers since 1939 – from Elvis Presley to Metallica, and from John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King.

Elvis Presley, pictured on stage in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1956, relied on the quality of the Shure Unidyne 55 microphone for performances so much that it became known as the Elvis Mic. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong interior design

This ‘modern-rustic’ Hong Kong home was ahead of the 2025 design trend curve

A design-savvy couple created a cosy haven in Braemar Hill, using rich textures to enliven a neutral backdrop.

Luxury travel

The Sandbourne Santa Monica – LA’s smartest new beachfront property

Formerly Le Merigot, the Sandbourne Santa Monica features interiors from Icelandic designer Gulla Jónsdóttir and a restaurant fronted by renowned local chef Raphael Lunetta.

Chinese culture

How to prepare your home for the Year of the Snake with positive feng shui

Feng shui designer Thierry Chow shares top tips for arranging your personal space in time for the Lunar New Year.

2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, as celebrated in this limited edition plaque by Royal Selangor. Photo: Royal Selangor
Chinese culture

Designer on why Hong Kong red packets need to be ‘universal’

A designer of lai see envelopes given out at Lunar New Year talks about adding novelty to them while still satisfying traditionalists.

Lai see envelopes created by Hong Kong design studio The Cabinet. Its founder explains how it balances tradition and modernity in its designs for them. Photo: Kylie Knott
Asia travel

19th-century Phuket mansion transformed into new luxury destination

The redesigned House of Tin Baron on Thailand’s Phuket island includes a Louis Roederer Cristal Room and fine-dining Italian restaurant Terra.

Luxury travel

‘Escapism and magic’: why more tourists are booking luxury train journeys

People’s love of slow travel, new experiences and vintage is behind the increasing popularity of ultra-luxury train travel.

Wellness

How to create an at-home glam room – just like Kylie Jenner

Once a lipstick pit stop, this is now a full-blown curated retreat with immaculate lighting, luxury trimmings and dedicated storage, where getting ready is a ritual.

Kylie Jenner opts for bold choice in her glam room decor. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong housing

How this Hong Kong home pays homage to Tokyo ryokans

Japanese hotel Hoshinoya, which bridges tradition and modernity, provided the inspiration for this Sai Kung family home.

The owners of a four-storey Sai Kung townhouse in Hong Kong asked In Him’s Interior Design to take inspiration from their favourite hotel, Hoshinoya Tokyo. Photo: Ken Wong
Sustainability

The design trends to know for 2025

The Year of the Snake also brings opposing views in home decor this year.

Chungking Mansions

How a run-down flat in Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions became a Diversity Hub

Offering a comfortable space for the marginalised, repurposed flat the Diversity Hub has everything from hot food to language lessons.

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India

Trees star at these stunning homes and buildings as creators go bark-ing mad

From airports and apartment buildings to beautiful private houses, architects and interior designers are using trees to striking effect.

A Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa) tree is situated in an infinity pool in this rendering of a home in New Delhi, India, designed by New York-based firm ODA Architecture. Photo: AP
Germany

Culture war against Bauhaus movement by Germany’s far-right AfD rebuked

Nazi Germany banned Bauhaus as ‘degenerate art’. Germany’s far-right party attacks it for ‘architectural sins’. Bauhaus defenders push back.

Art

Drone photos of every Hong Kong outdoor basketball court become art

Austin Bell’s mission to shoot all 2,549 courts took him and his drone across the city, and created geometric art for a book and exhibition.

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Hong Kong economy

4,000 visitors expected for festival at once-abandoned Hong Kong Hakka village

The Countryside Harvest Festival: Kuk Po ‘Sound-Sight-Taste Fusion’ Tour will run for two consecutive weekends.

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Visitors enjoy themselves at the Countryside Harvest Festival: Kuk Po “Sound-Sight-Taste Fusion” Tour on Saturday. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: from home decor trends to a ride through Vietnam

In this week’s PostMag, an antidote to Mocha Mousse, director Ray Yeung’s journey, the evolution of circus and a motorcycle odyssey.

Ray Yeung photographed at Broadway. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
History

No need to ask, it’s a smooth calculator

Few office devices can be as desirable as the Divisumma 18, designed in 1972 by Mario Bellini for Olivetti.

Luxury Hotels

Introducing the new Dusit Thani Bangkok – a luxury hotel designed by André Fu

The completely reimagined Dusit Thani Bangkok sits in the heart of the city and features 3 restaurants and 3 bars, a pool and a gym, among other facilities – all in a tastefully opulent package.

Hong Kong

How this family home creates positive head spaces to live, work and play

This home for a family of four in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, was designed to feel like a sanctuary, calming mind and body – but there’s also room for play.

This triplex in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, has a cavernous lower ground floor with a double-height ceiling. Photo: Steven Ko Photography
History

Glamorous and luxurious, art deco style is back – with modern twists

Art deco is enjoying a comeback in decor and fashion 100 years after its introduction, embraced by celebrities such as Zendaya and Beyoncé.

igi Hadid wears a creation as part of the Chanel autumn/winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear collection. Photo: AP
United States

Numerous historic landmarks lost in Los Angeles wildfires

Wildfires have destroyed more than 30 landmarks in Los Angeles – and the tally could grow.

Hong Kong

Why this British couple went for a ‘midimalist’ home in Bath

After moving back to the UK from Hong Kong, Kate Sbuttoni mixed Asian aesthetics with her global treasures, creating an eclectic home.

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