Ladies and Gents, I have finally taken some photos. Unfortunately they were with a phone and so may not be of the highest quality. That being said our first full day we met with some friends/coworkers of Tom's for lunch. The venue was located in Shenzhen's burgeoning design district, which was actually quite impressive. A group of developers and artists took a complex of old factories and converted them into studio space for their respective design houses. Over the course of a couple years several restaurants have sprouted up as well as a few bars, and is now a hot spot for hip young shenzheners to come hang out. The photos are of a pretty neat art car situated in front of someone's studio as well as the gym of designer Kenneth Ko. This guy is apparently quite a big deal in the area and provides interior design for both business and home. The odd thing about this man is his vanity, a former professional body-builder, his studio also houses a dual purposed gallery/fitness gym which I have detailed down below. Sadly, membership here runs somewhere in the alley of 250USD a month.
Membership aside, the area is really quite interesting and serves as another window into some of the more creative sides of a city obsessed with manufacturing.
I'll let everyone know when I do actually come across a digital camera and figure out how to post galleries and such. We have been incredibly busy in the last few days in meetings and trying to figure out the basic logistics of True Wind.
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