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perspectives memoir
Chi in a guest suite at the
Rosewood Hong Kong
Chi and his daughter Alison in front
of the Rosewood Hong Kong
What do you hope people take away
from your projects?
Everything we do must have a purpose. It
needs to be very clear where you can add
value and where there is an intangible value
that you can't put a number on. That's the
reason why I expanded beyond the U.S. in
the 1980s. The thought process, the culture,
and the diversity weren't enough. I didn't
want to be guided by a business formula.
I wanted to explore my own purpose and
do something that wasn't defi ned by the
mainstream.
What is your process like?
Designing is like cooking a meal. I enjoy the
totality of it. We all learn to evolve with our
sense of design. What I loved then and what I
love now may be miles apart because my taste
has altered. I hope people have found my work
favorable and timeless. I promote this idea
of invisible design. You don't need monetary
wealth to feel complete, you can fuel your life
with intellectual wealth. Imagine creating a
design people can't see, but rather something
they can feel. That's what I do.
Chi, an avid hiker, at Bear Mountain in
New York's Hudson Highlands area
How has the design world changed
since you started?
In the old days, we spent 50 percent of our time
designing and the other 50 percent convincing
people of the design. Nowadays, it's almost 10
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percent focused on design, and 90 percent on
convincing, conveying, and communicating.
It's a stressful process, not to mention things
are moving so much faster. One thing I've
learned in my 40 years is how to let things go,
which is oſt en the toughest thing to learn.
Do you have a favorite project?
The Andaz Tokyo, which opened in 2010, was
one of the most powerful projects I ever did. It
was a small team at the time. There were four
of us, including William Paley [who is now the
fi rm's creative director]. We wanted the hotel
to defi ne the future of design and that inspired
the owner, Minoru Mori of Mori Building.
This was his grand fi nale because he had been
diagnosed with cancer, and we didn't know
how long he was going to live. I went to see
him, and I said, 'I'm going to design a project to
show people what you do as a master builder
in Japan.' Those projects can take decades
and you make amazing memories along the
way. The day you complete the project and the
fi rst guests walk in, it changes the memory
of the building and a new one begins. I told
him I would do this project for him based
on memories. I took white washi paper, and
I folded it and showed him what the design
of the hotel would be. In fact, I designed the
entire hotel with white washi paper. We faced
a lot of challenges, but we overcame them. I
brought sculptor Charlie Whinney in on the
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from the editor
from the guest editor
hd awards
memoir: tony chi
project breakdown: the carlyle
a sense of place with william paley
interview: artists
profile: david singer
lighting
wallcoverings
seating
bath
the art of collecting
collecting places: sonia cheng
collecting architecture: forth bagley
collecting gardens: wannaporn pui phornprapha
collecting moments: robert louey
collecting art + design: ashlee harrison
collecting scents: julian bedel
collecting experiences: stefan ashkenazy
collecting flavors: will nazar
collecting craft: melanie courbet
collecting culture: knud erik hansen
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - the art of collecting
Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting places: sonia cheng
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting architecture: forth bagley
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting gardens: wannaporn pui phornprapha
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting moments: robert louey
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting art + design: ashlee harrison
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting scents: julian bedel
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting experiences: stefan ashkenazy
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting flavors: will nazar
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting craft: melanie courbet
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Hospitality Design - November 2021 - collecting culture: knud erik hansen
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