ELIZABETH PENG

editor & consultant // connecting east and west

[elizabethpeng]

ots: had the incredible privilege to travel to nepal with swiss luxury brand bally this spring, witnessing their inaugural peak outlook cleanup expedition led by dawa steven sherpa that removed waste from the top of mount everest. always inspiring when brands go above and beyond the call of duty, putting purpose before profit.

[elizabethpeng]

thank you radha arora, rosewood hotels and resorts president, and tony chi, rosewood hong kong’s designer for your extraordinary insights into life, love and design during art basel hong kong––always a pleasure to moderate a panel among titans of industry.

[elizabethpeng]

exclusive: wrote a gorgeously illustrated book of rhyming, whimsical tales inspired by the city of hong kong for the launch of rosewood hong kong; book is available for purchase in the hotel’s atrium and features in-room.

[elizabethpeng]

this just in: oprah, radical diversity, cross-cultural trends and the buzzed-about biking shorts for ss’19; fashion feature for t style magazine china. 

[elizabethpeng]

eastern intro: hanging with contemporary artist star brian donnelly aka kaws on a blistering cold, winter day in manhattan’s ues, talking about his solo show at skarstedt, life and dogged determination. cover story for harper’s bazaar china men’s.

[elizabethpeng]

thank you to park hyatt kyoto’s entire founding team for hosting me in higashiyama during our week of discovery and narrative making in the majestic “city of 10,000 shrines.”

[elizabethpeng]

exclusive: new york fashion week feature and film for nowness, following chinese designers jnby, particle fever and angel chen in their stateside showcase, courtesy of alibaba’s tmall china day; with appearances by opening ceremony’s carol lim, nicola formichetti, models liu wen, maye musk and more.

[elizabethpeng]

ots: chinese designers in conversation with nowness’ shaway yeh, tmall’s jessica liu and 3.1 phillip lim ceo wen zhou during new york fashion week at spring place; bts for nowness.

[elizabethpeng]

is canggu the new brooklyn of bali? everywhere you need to go while visiting this bohemian hideaway in the island’s west, story for vogue.com.

[elizabethpeng]

eastern intro: nothing like having personal passions, like nature and the environment, collide with artistry and design. proud to highlight the inspired work of three men, designer thaddeus o’neil, photographer luke shadbolt and artist doug aitken, whose work is profoundly influenced by the natural world order, and well, surf; story for modern weekly’s men’s supplement.

[elizabethpeng]

watching the evolution of inhouse, a new members’ club celebrating hospitality and dining culture from nicolas mouchel and benjy leibowitz, has been a pure pleasure and privilege; happy to bring their story to light on vogue.com.

[elizabethpeng]

eastern intro: couldn’t be more thrilled to interview my brilliant friend and filmmaker cathy yan for her award-winning, debut feature film dead pigs, of which she not only wrote and directed, but premiered on the world stage of sundance to much deserved fanfare. story for modern weekly china.

[elizabethpeng]

eastern intro: real, raw and from the heart. recounting my meeting with the incomparable rick owens in paris, and his life’s ouevre, in advance of his retrospective at milan’s triennale; op-ed for modern weekly.

[elizabethpeng]

detailing the elaborate east-west tale of prada’s painstaking restoration of 20th century chinese deco mansion, rong zhai, in shanghai’s jing’an district, feature for w magazine. 

[elizabethpeng]

ots: thank you imran and the entire bof team for hosting an extraordinary inaugural china summit, insightful as per usual with disparate worlds colliding.

[elizabethpeng]

eastern intro: honored to have written this cover story on the cultural state of the us today for modern weekly china. what’s left of the american dream? are we still leaders of the free world? how does love trump hate when our future prospects seem so terrifyingly bleak? photographer: clara balzary 

[elizabethpeng]

ots: what pleasure and privilege to speak with mentor and design doyen tony chi at neuehouse on his rich experience in asia and beyond, creating some of the world’s most recognizable hospitality brands and just how spaces can transform skylines and influence whole cultures.