Giammabruns Italian Boutique is a newly settled company that will distribute trendy Italian brands in Mainland China. One of these brands is famous for having two former Italian football players as owners. The project was not only about creating an interior. It included a cross-over with marketing, brand images and commercial strategies, never forgetting the psychological aspect of future customers. The main target was quite clear: to create a modern image for these shops with touches of European style.

This is a personal project of Kristopher Ho's which has been ongoing since 2007. “Iblard” is inspired by animator Hayao Miyazaki and Ho's favourite Japanese painter Naohisa Inoue’s paintings with the same title. This is his own interpretation of “Iblard”.

According to Naohisa Inoue, Iblard is a place that everyone possesses deep within. To Ho, Iblard has become something more than a name. It has become an idea, a lifestyle, a utopia. Therefore, he decided to create his own Iblard - a place of imagination and possibilities, a place where people can celebrate being part of the world where they can rediscover themselves. It is a place which everyone possesses from birth - the idea of being alive and optimistic.

"Maybe everyone will have a different interpretation of 'Iblard', but I believe everyone will agree it is a wonderful place with hope," says Ho. "It’s a tough life out there these days. I hope my interpretation of Iblard reminds you of your own one. It is an idea I would like to share with all my beloved ones."

Perspective 40 under 40 award-winner Kitmen Keung's Silicone Duo consists of a coaster and a stirring stick. The 5mm thick coaster is made purely of silicone in an ordinary 4:5 ratio rectangular shape, and the stick is a thin steel rod wrapped in a layer of 1.5mm thick silicone skin. The coaster provides a 3cm wide secondary corrugated surface in the form of an inwards sloping edge, which neatly pulls the round-shaped stick towards and in parallel with the carved slots much like a magnet. The softness of the silicone material absorbs sounds when items hit each other, enabling you to stir in silence at the office.