Crystal International Group

Year 2021 · Category Commercial

Contemporary mural artwork by LOUSY commissioned for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.

Some spaces ask you simply to fill them. Others ask you to understand them — to find the story already living within the walls, and to tell it beautifully. For Crystal International Group, a global leader in apparel manufacturing founded in Hong Kong in 1970, the brief was exactly that: an art programme that would honour the company’s identity, its craft, and the people who bring it to life every day.

Yarn wall decor installation designed and produced for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.

I worked across multiple areas of the headquarters, commissioning and installing a cohesive body of work in close dialogue with each space. Artist LOUSY brought his signature energy to the staff rest area — a site-specific mural threaded with scissors, needles, and the fine details of the trade. In the open offices, Michell Lie’s four modern ink and watercolour works — abstract shan shui landscapes lifted by sun, water, and mountain — offer a moment of expansive calm. In the pantry, a wall installation of 3D-printed components from a dismantled sewing machine creates a quiet monument to craft; nearby, rope balls in warm tonal gradients evoke the material language of the textile world. Ceramic lotus leaves and swimming fish, sourced and recoloured by hand, complete the space with a gentle, decorative note.

Contemporary modern Chinese Shan shui artwork by Michell Lie commissioned for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.

Every element was proposed, commissioned, produced, and installed as part of a single, considered whole. A collection that says who this company is — without needing to explain itself. For corporations with a story worth telling, I know how to find it, and how to show it.

Contemporary mural artwork by LOUSY commissioned for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Contemporary mural artwork by LOUSY commissioned for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Yarn wall decor installation designed and produced for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Yarn wall decor installation designed and produced for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
3D printed sewing machine mechanics wall decor installed for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
3D printed sewing machine mechanics wall decor installed for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
3D printed sewing machine mechanics wall decor installed for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Contemporary modern Chinese Shan shui artwork by Michell Lie commissioned for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Contemporary modern Chinese Shan shui artwork by Michell Lie commissioned for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Contemporary modern Chinese Shan shui artwork by Michell Lie commissioned for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Ceramics wall decor installation designed and produced for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.
Ceramics wall decor installation designed and produced for Crystal International Group Limited Office in Hong Kong curated by The Picturesque.