China Modern. Sharon Leece

lives in a modern apartment block in the French Concession, a short taxi ride from Xintiandi and has furnished it with his own-design pieces that are a Chinese-Western fusion. "It's my own version of chinoiserie," he says. His is a theatrical, exuberant environment: lots of black and gold, ostrich feather-trimmed Chinese silk cushions, slim CD cabinets modeled on pagodas, a black lacquer bamboo motif screen, and art deco style armchairs. "And all of it has been made in China over the last eight years."

      Side lamp using a traditional painted Mandarin (official) figure as a base.