High Life

HIGH LIFE 99 H aving originated in Xiamen, the GOODONE is a space based on the retro atmosphere of 1970s and 1980s China, selling old-time living objects and second-hand furniture as well as staging exhibitions, performances, workshops and high quality private kitchens. Yang Hanjing, creator of the GOODONE, tells High Life the original plan was to open a space to sell all the ageing objects he had collected over many years. Unexpectedly he happened to stumble upon the retro trend that had just started at the time in Xiamen. All of a sudden, the GOODONE became the go-to supplier to many vintage shops and became extremely successful. “People with creative ideas always like things that are unique,” Yang says. “Our stuff is is all chosen from past times so it cannot be repeatedly copied. “Our old objects, they have unique characteristics that will evoke a collective memory in everyone who sees them.” Last October, the GOODONE opened its Zhuhai stop in Beishan Theatre, a 200-year-old building belonging to the old temples of BeishanVillage. Beishan is renowned for its maintenance of historical buildings. The interior design of the GOODONE achieves a balance between modern and traditional. Modern materials were mostly used in the decorating details given that people prefer to touch these materials evenwhen among vintage scenes.