"Making it Matters" at M+, Hong Kong
Making it Matters
Making it Matters follows the process of making from concept and research to design and fabrication, as well as the social networks that link each step. By delving into the inspirations, techniques, and impacts behind the selected works, the exhibition helps us understand our own roles in processes of making and their relation to our daily lives.
This exhibition mostly draws upon the diverse works of the M+ Collections. The artists, designers, and architects featured include John Cage, Harold Cohen, Julie & Jesse, John Maeda, Raffaella della Olga, Anna Ridler, Ki Saigon, Fujimori Terunobu, Jay Sae Jung Oh, Stanley Wong, and Võ Trọng Nghĩa Architects. It follows the process of making from concept and research to design and fabrication, as well as the social networks that link each step. By delving into the inspirations, techniques, and impacts behind the selected works, the exhibition helps us understand our own roles in processes of making and their relation to our daily lives.
The exhibition also looks at responsible design, material innovation, and creative reuse strategies adopted by innovative makers exploring alternative modes of thinking. These ideas are situated within wider historical and sociopolitical contexts across four thematic sections.
‘Ceramics: A Story of Shifting Values’ explores the complex and layered history of ceramics and focuses on how one material can shift greatly in value and perception over time. ‘Material Potential’ highlights how makers experiment with a variety of materials, including neon, resin, and bamboo, discovering new processes, methods, and forms along the way. ‘The Hand and the Machine’ examines how the development of computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning revolutionised the making process. ‘Actions and Consequences’ traces how consumerism came to shape contemporary society by demanding mass production, synthetic materials and low-paid labour.
Opening
02 November 2024

Fragment(s) showing in "Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination" exhibition at M+, Hong Kong
Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination
Guo Pei (b. 1967), China’s leading couture artist, combines Chinese cultural heritage with international elements and artistic expression. Guo’s astonishing runway collections have impressed fashion and art audiences alike for almost 30 years. Presenting the first major exhibition of Guo’s work produced in China, M+ will showcase Guo’s key collections and early designs, highlighting her unique career connecting China and the rest of the world and the cultural symbols created through her sophisticated and visually dazzling practice. Working with the couturier and her studio, the exhibition presents a selection of garments shown to audiences in the region for the first time, creating a layered dialogue with the M+ Collections around visual imagination and workmanship. The exhibition foregrounds Guo Pei’s unique artistic style that resonates with imperial Chinese dress etiquette, European royal fashion, architecture, and the botanical world.
Exhibition details
21 September 2024 – 6 April 2025
M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, 38 Museum Drive, Kowloon
Main Hall Gallery
Photo courtesy of M+

Upcoming exhibition at the Qingdao Sculpture Museum
Qingdao International Public and Environmental Ceramic Art Exhibition 2022
Curated by Wan Liya
Hosted by the Academy of Sculpture, the Chinese National Academy of Arts, the Qingdao Center for Promoting Art in Public Space, the International Academy of Ceramics.
Organized by the Qingdao Creation and Exhibition Center of the Chinese Urban Sculptor Artists Association and the Qingdao Daqian Culture and Art Design Company.
We are extremely excited to share that Fragment(s) | The unlimited edition, is exhibiting for the occasion.
Date
November 5 – December 4 2022
Location
Qingdao Sculpture Museum

Upcoming exhibition at Tai Ping, Hong Kong
Vermillion x Tai Ping
Pop Up Exhibition
Vermillion takes over the Tai Ping flagship showroom in Hong Kong for an exclusive Vermillion x Tai Ping pop-up exhibit, featuring an immersive Asian aesthetic experience through four thematic zones curated by the city’s most coveted female designers: Modern Heritage curated by Ann Chan founder of HERO Design Group, Urban Vibrancy curated by Elaine Yan Ling Ng founder of The Fabrick Lab, Resort Living curated by Emma Maclean founder of EM Bespoke, and Scents of Teas & Flowers curated by Laura Cheung Wolf founder of LALA CURIO.
We will have a few pieces showing during the exhibition. Do stop by if you are in Hong Kong.
When
July 23 to August 3, 2022
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Where
Tai Ping showroom, 213 Prince’s Building, Central, Hong Kong
