About Us

THE TALE

 

LALA CURIO is a home décor brand that revives ancient artisanship for modern, timeless interiors. 

We specialise in hand-painted and embroidered Chinoiserie wallpaper, Cloisonné tiles, and bespoke hand-crafted furnishings.

Founder Laura Cheung Wolf’s flair for interior design is steeped in three generations of her family’s expertise in the imperial crafts. Today, LALA CURIO is driven by its mission to invigorate forgotten arts for future generations.

THE CURIOUS MIND

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Laura Cheung Wolf is the founder of home décor and lifestyle brand LALA CURIO, reviving traditional artisanship made relevant for the contemporary living. Born in Sydney and raised in Hong Kong and England, Laura graduated from Parsons School of Design for Interior Design in New York, where she received the Parsons Interior Design Award. With a passion for art and decorative arts, she pursued her education with a Masters in Fine and Decorative Arts from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London. Laura’s diverse design journey began in New York with museum exhibition design for Samsung Global Brand Showcase and World Expositions, leading into a designer director role in fashion event production with clients such as Tom Ford, Estee Lauder, Vogue, MoMA,…

Upon her return to Asia, Laura spent 2 years exploring forgotten crafts in remote parts of China and South East Asia for product development. March 2014, Laura established her home décor brand LALA CURIO, opening LALA CURIO flagship in Hong Kong, followed by Prince’s Building Landmark. Our creations can be found globally at Bergdorf Goodman New York, Saks Fifth Avenue Miami and pop-up efforts at Design Community PMQ Hong Kong, Rainbow Concept Store Macau and TS1 Burma. LALA CURIO continues to expand creatively in its ever-changing collection and international outreach to become a leading global brand. Laura, as the creative mind behind the brand, creates crafted objects and curates theatrical interiors with materials and techniques culled from across cultures and across time, woven into unique creations and brought into the scene in everyday living.

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