How America's 1920 alcohol ban backfired, birthing speakeasies, jazz culture and organised crime, and still shapes bar design a century later.

Explore the history of graffiti, from street culture and protest movements to contemporary art and hospitality design, and its lasting influence on urban identity.

Explore the history of Japanese tatami rooms, from aristocratic residences and tea houses to modern hospitality design, and discover their enduring influence on space and culture.

Learn the history of sake, its connection to Shinto rituals, Japanese dining traditions, brewing culture and its role in hospitality across Japan.

Tracing how private dining rooms became central to Chinese hospitality through family hierarchy, banquets, business culture and centuries of social tradition.

Japan’s shimenawa ropes carry centuries of meaning through ritual, rice straw craftsmanship and sacred spatial traditions that continue influencing contemporary hospitality and design.

An exploration of Japonisme and how Japanese aesthetics reshaped Western art, interiors and hospitality design through composition, craftsmanship and atmosphere.