Adrian Cheng and his Chow Tai Fook in the Asian’s Design olympus ♦
At Christie’s Auction at the end of May in Hong Kong, a set designed by Adrian Cheng composed of a complicated geometric necklace with rectangular green tourmaline inside a perforated onyx, rubies, sapphires and diamonds, bracelet and a ring, mounted in gold and made by Chow Tai Fook, was sold for $ 32,239. But, in reality, it is not the price that counts, but the recognition for a designer young and out of the ordinary. Adrian Cheng Chi-kong was born in 1979 and is the founder of K11 and K11 Art Foundation, but also executive director of Hong Kong’s Chow Tai Fook Jewelery Group. He is also a patro. He was born in a wealthy family: he is Cheng Yu-tung’s grandson and heir to one of China’s most influential families, with companies rated at 16.6 billion. Cheng, however, chose more creativity than business: he graduated in Art before going to Japan to study the culture of the country. He is also one of the largest Chinese art collectors.
Last year Chow Tai Fook presented a collection inspired by the great painters of abstractism, Le Labyrinthe Artistique. The high-end jewelery collection, of course, is the diamond face (of course) of the Maison specializing in jewelry for wedding or ceremonies, with hundreds of stores in China. Now Christie’s has consecrated it among the great designers too. Giulia Netrese
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