Luo Hong is a man passionate about the environment and Man’s relationship with wildlife. Armed with his camera, he travels to Africa capturing images of wildlife in the hopes of raising awareness on our connected and shared destinies. He was named “Climate Hero” by the United Nations Environment Program. The story of Luo Hong is the stuff that movies are made of. Born in 1967, Luo Hong at the age of 16, dropped out of school to start a photography business, taking pictures and selling landscape images of rural Sichuan. This business did not work out for the young photographer, so he then decided to start a small bakery shop in 1992. The interesting part of the story occurs when in 2000, Luo Hong founded a moon cake factory in Shenyang, but to only 1 year later take it down and build a new one. He felt that the old factory did not match international sanitary standards, so he invested 50 million yuan (6.7 million US) to rebuild and meet the international standards of the pharmaceutical industry. This act of business conscience made Holiland Bakery the “last man standing” after the scare to follow a short while after when bakeries across&n bsp;China were shut down after the crack down on sanitation....
Luxury — this word is so simple, but yet so loaded. It has gotten over-used that at times one has to wonder how luxury can be bought in an airport terminal between hurried flights… Shouldn’t luxury be just that: Luxury? KA sees true luxury as not only the best quality products in the world, high prices and all the glamour which surrounds it — True Luxury is one wherethe spirit is involved and originates from a place in which we are all connected. The industry of beauty and fashion is tough on the planet, much is wasted in the process of creating disposable fashion for the masses. However, we are seeing more and more luxury fashion and accessory brands taking part in the planetary change by using ecologically friendly fabrics, reduction in polluting dyes, energy efficient production facilities and donating so much to charitable causes. In this issue, KA features two luxury brands, who are designing with a “change” in mind: Marni and Bvlgari. MARNI – DREAMS OF...