{"id":118619,"date":"2018-05-23T18:56:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/li-and-co-design-limited-infuses-hong-kong-flair-into-l-ecole-des-arts-joailliers\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:49:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:49:30","slug":"li-and-co-design-limited-infuses-hong-kong-flair-into-l-ecole-des-arts-joailliers","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/li-and-co-design-limited-infuses-hong-kong-flair-into-l-ecole-des-arts-joailliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Li&Co. Design Limited Infuses Hong Kong Flair Into L\u2019\u00c9cole des Arts Joailliers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Founded by Van Cleef & Arpels<\/a> in 2012, L\u2019\u00c9cole des Arts Joailliers<\/a> claims it\u2019s the \u201cfirst school to initiate the public into the secrets of the jewelry world\u201d through lectures and hands-on workshops. Headquartered in Paris, the institution also has outposts in major cities abroad, such as Hong Kong. That is where Johnny Li<\/a>, managing director of Li&Co. Design Limited<\/a>, infused local flair nto L\u2019\u00c9cole\u2019s 7,000-square-foot space, which has earned the IIDA\u2019s annual Will Ching award<\/a> for a project by a firm with five or fewer employees.<\/p>\n Fittingly, the environment is a luxe mix of French and Asian influences. Li incorporated locally sourced bamboo in rugs, screens, double-height partitions, and even the ceiling, where a particular species of the plant inspired the pattern on a mesh canopy. Its triangles are echoed in the groupings of marble-topped tables below. \u201cWe custom-designed much of the furniture,\u201d Li notes.<\/p>\n That goes for the lounge\u2019s sliding screens, the 19 panels of digitally printed washi paper a nod to Chinese scroll paintings. But Li cites a second inspiration: the 1932 Maison de Verre in Paris by legendary French architect Pierre Chareau.<\/p>\n Project Team:<\/strong> Tommy Wong; Wayne Kwong; Esther Van Wijck.<\/p>\n > See more from the May 2018 issue of Interior Design<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n