Sino-Surrealism: why the Chinese hospitality industry is opting for otherworldly interiors

In each issue we identify a key aesthetic trend evident in our archive of recent projects and challenge semiotics agency Axis Mundi to unpack its design codes. In Frame 131, we looked at why the Chinese
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