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NYT: Pearl Lam's Shanghai Loft
House & Home Roundup 12.20.07

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Her kitchen may make you dizzy but Pearl Lam is credited for boosting Chinese contemporary art and design to the attention of international dealers. She is obsessed with the blending of cultures through design and her 9,700-square-foot loft in Shanghai's French Concession neighborhood only proves this. Described as "a Chinese version of Pee-wee's playhouse", the extravagant home highlights her collections of private commissions and over-the-top embellishments. See what it's like At Home With Pearl Lam: A Shanghai Auntie Mame...

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(Pics: Doug Kanter)

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This person doesn't cook.

posted by A bomb on 2007-12-20 12:40:56
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The kitchen reminds me of Siggi Eggertsson's new coke ad that I just saw yesterday!..I think I prefer the look on paper:

http://www.vanillusaft.com/works/coke/coke.html

posted by vieboheme on 2007-12-20 13:35:59
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A bomb - hardly anyone cooks in Shanghai. Everyone has an "Auntie" that cooks and cleans. Labor is super inexpensive because there are so many people. I'm sure Pearl Lam has an entire staff.

posted by aaron on 2007-12-20 13:42:13
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taaaaaaaaaaaky.

posted by Djluckyonline on 2007-12-20 13:58:32
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It looks like Louis XV moved into a strip club.

posted by miyagisan on 2007-12-20 13:59:00
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A palace fit for a (drag) queen.

posted by hejiranyc on 2007-12-20 14:09:39
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That kitchen is way too equipped for cooking hallucinogens.

posted by art on 2007-12-20 14:26:34
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Very interesting, but it looks a little uncomfortable.

Matt at http://www.goodnightmoonfuton.com

posted by aikidomatt on 2007-12-20 14:27:34
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I'm getting dizzy just lookin' at the pics. If I had to use that kitchen, I might jump out the window! Yikes...

posted by GHB on 2007-12-20 14:29:54
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that look of detatched disappointment on her face might be for a reason. she paid for that disaster..

posted by grunion on 2007-12-20 14:33:42
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it reminds me of the white stripes

posted by elizabeth in AL on 2007-12-20 14:50:14
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grotesque.

posted by karyn on 2007-12-20 15:12:07
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Wow-a 9700 sqft funhouse! It just needs some slanted floors & a few warped mirrors.

posted by MoJonson on 2007-12-20 19:01:19
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great floor, though

posted by the7000club.net on 2007-12-21 01:11:46
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um, no. I am frightened.

posted by dougdavis on 2007-12-21 01:30:56
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Ok...as scary as this looks...trust me when I say what passes for good taste in most parts of Asia would approve of this. It really is only missing more gilded gold stuff, faux Versailles furniture, and supremely expensive but fugly furniture. Oh wait...Maybe she DID include all that.

Sad to say, money didn't equate with taste either in her case. But kudos for trying WAY WAY WAY too hard.

posted by onephatcow on 2007-12-21 09:32:06
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seizure inducing.

posted by matth on 2007-12-21 09:41:58
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monstrous.

posted by Jaze on 2007-12-21 09:59:50
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