NLGX Design is a Heritage-Inspired Urban Lifestyle Products Design Company based in Beijing.
Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the inconvenience, but our shop is going to have reduced hours. Starting from:
April 28th, to May 8th.
Our hours will be reduced to 12:00 pm to 8 pm for the aforementioned dates. In addition May 6th, we’ll be closed.
Have a Hutong of a Nice Day, and we’ll see you guys in the shop!
Topic: The Mosuo Minority and Sustainable Cultural Development
Speaker: John Lombard
Language: English
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Time: 9:30am – 12 noon
Venue: NLGX, 33 Nanluoguxiang, Jiaodaokou, Dongcheng District, Beijiing
RSVP: Please email volunteer@bjchp.org or call +86 10-6403 6532/606 to confirm your seat due to limited space.
According to the event announcement posted on BCHP’s website:
The Mosuo are one of China’s less known but very unique minority cultures. They are best known for the fact that they are one of the few remaining matriarchal cultures left in the world and have no system of marriage within their culture. Within the Mosuo culture, women are the head of the family and own all property and men and women alike are free to choose and change partners as they please.
Yesterday, we met with the team at Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (or BCHP) at NLGX Design & Cafe to discuss ways to work together. BCHP is a NGO “dedicated to mobilizing communities to protect [China's] rich and diverse cultural heritage. Matthew Hu, Managing Director at BCHP, shared with us some of their recent projects, including one called Friends of Old Beijing, which is dedicated to help the public understand the value of Beijing’s old neighborhoods, as well as promote awareness and enforcement of government regulations protecting Beijing’s hutongs and courtyard houses.
BCHP is always looking for enthusiastic volunteers, so if you are interested, please visit their website at www.bjchp.org to find out more!
Also, stay tuned to find out ways you can help out with BCHP and NLGX.
NLGX makes its first appearance in That’s Beijing this month in Halla Mohieddeen’s Fashion & Beauty column! It’s also nice for our shop, NLGX Design & Cafe to be recognized as being more than just another coffee shop on Nanluoguxiang, or more specifically as Halla describes as“a shop-cum-cafe-cum-community project.” We like the sound of that. Read more by clicking on the picture below.
NLGX makes its first appearance in That’s Beijing this month in Halla Mohieddeen’s Fashion & Beauty column! It’s also nice for our shop, NLGX Design & Cafe to be recognized as being more than just another coffee shop on Nanluoguxiang, or more specifically as Halla describes as“a shop-cum-cafe-cum-community project.” We like the sound of that. Read more by clicking on the picture below.
If you’ve visited our store recently, the little cute design dolls sitting on our retail shelves might have catched your eyes. We are happy to announce that NLGX will continue to carry Uncle Blue’s (蓝叔叔) really unique design products in our store! Apart from the 100% handmade dolls, Iddb Style also provides other items like illustrated books, postcards, bags and wallets. If you are interested to learn more, visit us in our store or check www.idbb.com.cn
Hello all! We’ve gotten word from local neighborhood organizers of the first Nanluoguxiang Street Festival for 2008! This weekend will celebrate the Nanluoguxiang neighborhood with street vendors, live music, and potentially another hutong cat walk fashion show from our friends at Plastered. Make sure you save the dates for April 12 and 13!
Stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted on the latest updates for the first Nanluoguxiang Street Festival of the year.
Here is an article from CRI about last year’s festival at Nanluoguxiang. Below is a picture from the first cultural festival at Nanluoguxiang back in 2006.
The Nanluoguxiang Street Festival has been postponed as of April 1st. We are awaiting word from the local government as to when the festival will take place. We will keep you posted, so stay tuned!
