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"Horace Greeley once advised adventuresome types to \"go west.\" Janis Provisor and her husband, Brad Davis, however, have decided to head east. To China, specifically, where the energetic founders of Fort Street Studio\u2014the acclaimed Manhattan atelier for marvelously modern wild-silk carpets\u2014have opened a showroom in Hong Kong's burgeoning Wong Chuk Hang arts-and-design district.\n\n\"We actually started the business in Hong Kong in 1996 and have gone back two to three times a year,\" Davis explains. The city's creative buzz has lured them to take up full-time residence in the former British colony for two years, soaking up ideas and refreshing their souls. \"The design world is stronger here, and so is the art world. Janis and I just looked at each other one day and said, \u2018Why don't we go back?'\" One small midcentury apartment later\u2014plus a rented house in Bali, where the couple will work on new designs over the summer\u2014and the new Fort Street Studio is open for business.\n\nBlessed with high ceilings and loads of natural light, Fort Street Studio's 5,000-square-foot showroom is located at One Island South, a high-rise building not far from central Hong Kong by taxi or bus. Early in 2015, a subway extension will make the journey in just minutes. The area \"is not dissimilar to what Chelsea was like ten years ago,\" Provisor says. \"There are new restaurants, and a number of galleries have moved in, so it's becoming a very lively destination.\" And now, thanks to Fort Street Studio, a more luxurious one as well, packed not only with exquisite wild-silk carpets and the expanded Wool+ line, but also the couple's personal collection of vintage George Nelson furniture. \"We felt it was right to bring something really American to Hong Kong, but not a brand,\" Davis observes.\n\nFor information about Fort Street Studio's new location, which officially opens on May 7, visit fortstreetstudio.com.\n\nClick here to view a selection of Fort Street Studio's carpets as well as more images of the new Hong Kong showroom.\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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