Material for thought
Posted in culture on Aug 26th, 2010
The Hermitage is a massive residential property under construction in Kowloon (Hong Kong). I was living just next to its location, so I could see the progress of its development and I was very intrigued by the inside. Few weeks ago, I was walking in the adjacent Olympian shopping mall and I discovered that The [...]
Posted in strategy on Aug 10th, 2010
Here are two fast food chains that I think are interesting in Hong Kong. The first, Café de Coral, is from Hong Kong. It has a very distinctive board at the entrance where meal placards are hanged and moved manually by waiters dressed like flight attendants. Other smaller chains have also this system and I [...]
Posted in culture on Aug 3rd, 2010
Here are few pictures of the Tree of Prosperity at the Wynn casino of Macau. It is a very impressive piece of technology, but more interestingly, it merges various purposes and cultural influences into one big display. It mixes Western and Chinese astrological symbols, a tree made of gold and many visual effects in a [...]
Posted in innovation on Jun 30th, 2010
I visited Hong Kong Disneyland the other day. It was not without any resistance as the park has not the reputation of being the best of its kind. But it was only 20 minutes away by public transport and I’m a specialist in theme parks after all, so I could not resist and did my duty. [...]
Posted in culture on Jun 4th, 2010
In this second post of a series about my visit to the Shanghai World Expo, I’m going to describe some of the stories presented in the national pavilions. The goal is to sell industrial services and manufactured goods, not to really imagine a better city, better life. But because it is the official theme of [...]
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