On December 12, 2023, the inaugural Global Design Masters Summit Forum—co-organized by the Ancient Tea Horse Road Cellar, Jingmai Aman, and Designwire—will take place at Jingmai Mountain, China. This annual design event gathers global design luminaries, real estate leaders, luxury hoteliers, designers, and art collectors.
From left to right: Jessica Ma, Wannaporn ‘Pui’Phornprapha, Tom Kundig, Marwan Al-Sayed,Tony Chi, Tanuj Goenka, , Kaoru Mende, Michael Gabellini, Stefan Antoni, Bill Bensley, Peng Jing
The summit features an extraordinary lineup of world-renowned masters: Tony Chi (tonychi studio), Bill Bensley (BENSLEY), Gaetano Pesce (Gaetano Pesce Studio), Kaoru Mende (Lighting Planners Associates), Thomas Walter Kundig (Olson Kundig, Inc.), Tanuj Goenka (Kerry Hill Architects), Marwan Al-Sayed (MASASTUDIO), Wannapom ‘Pui’ Phomprapha (P Landscape), Michael Gabellini (Gabellini Sheppard Associates), and Stefan Antoni (SAOTA).
AmanJingmai & The Ancient Tea Horse Road Cellar
Aman has created AmanJingmai, the world’s first tea-culture themed Aman hotel, in Pu’er—the largest ecological oasis on the Tropic of Cancer. With the Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forest now a UNESCO World Heritage site, Aman and Chinese tea stand together on the global stage. The Ancient Tea Horse Road Cellar serves as the bridge across time and space, aiming to reshape the cultural symbol of the Ancient Tea Horse Road worldwide.
Stepping out of time, standing at the pinnacle of the future
The Cellar’s mission: to build a Pu’er tea⁺ industrial ecosystem and revive Chinese tea culture. This decades-long journey reshapes the soul of Chinese tea at the world’s tea source, nurturing poetic tea mountains for the world to witness.
