Design Shanghai, one of Asia’s foremost design fairs, will launch Design Shenzhen in December 2022 with more than 200 participating brands and installations, making it the largest event of its kind in the city

In designing the Shenzhen Qizhushe Workshop and Exhibition Space, Beijing-based YI+MU DESIGN OFFICE reimagined the former factory as a vessel for creativity that verges on the spiritual. Here co-founders Yi Chen and Muchen Zhang tell us more

Realised by dongqi Design, new bakery Gaga Toast is designed entirely around the humble slice of toast, with a bread motif realised in everything from the swathes of bespoke brick to the branding and menu design. Studio creative director Yuan Yuan shares more about the project

Conceptualised by B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio, the Shenzhen outpost of streetwear brand DOE features a series of boxes within a glass-fronted space that eschews any distinction between streetscape and store

Creative platform DESIGNEW pairs emerging designers with local manufacturers in the hopes of inspiring both to pursue higher standards of design. We spoke with co-founder Mario Tsai and some of the designers to find out about their projects following the platform’s debut exhibition at Shenzhen Design Week 2020

Realised by Rocco Design Architects, the iADC Design Museum forms the core of a new art town that takes over a former industrial zone

PANORAMA Design Group conceived MeeHotel as an urban resort where bamboo, soothing natural tones and organic forms predominate

For the 8th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen), Leon Liang Xu, lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Architecture, created the Double-Wall Pavilion at the centuries-old Dapeng Fortress. Here he shares more about the project, which was inspired by the ancient structure and its context

Good ingredients and simplicity are the drivers behind chef Christopher Kostow’s cuisine and interiors by Chris Shao at the newly opened restaurant in Shenzhen

Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI is branching out and making its debut in the hospitality world with the opening of its first hotel in Shenzhen.

Exploring globalisation through the urban village at the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture

A new creative office space in Shenzhen opts for shadows and form play over colour