THE EXTRAORDINARY LITTLE EVENTS OF SABOURIN COSTES
The story of Sabourin Costes began at the Design Academy in Eindhoven. Zoé Costes and Paola Sabourin met there in 2015. They then, individually, cultivated their own vision of the discipline. While Zoé moved to China where she joined the design team of the Neri and Hu agency in Shanghai, Paola moved to Rotterdam, where […]
FLORIS WUBBEN’S ODE TO CERAMICS
Born in 2009 in Amsterdam, Studio Floris Wubben is known for its innovative design practice through exceptional ceramic pieces that question the boundaries of form and function. Among Wubben’s most notable pieces is “Erosion,” a collaboration with ceramic studio Cor Unum, which includes bowls, cups, and pots. An unusual and ingenious range, which was created […]
CHARLOTTE CHESNAIS AND THE CURVES OF THE BODY
A universe where everything is calm and voluptuous! This could be a description of Charlotte Chesnais‘ new Left Bank boutique. A place that magnifies her creations, designed to fit the body. This young designer is inspired by movement to imagine timeless, ingenious, and racy pieces. Making her debut at Balenciaga alongside Nicolas Ghesquière, with whom […]
THE EXPERIMENTATION OF SHAPES AND MATERIALS
Like colors and materials, shapes influence our perception of what surrounds us and provoke a different emotion, whether they are rounded or straight. Designer Arthur Vallin has well understood this concept in developing his innovative and artistic creations, playing with shapes and materials to create a visual experiment. Arthur Vallin first studied at the prestigious […]
BIOPHILIA AT WORK
In a few decades, Vietnam has seen a considerable loss of its inherent green spaces. Rapid development has given way to concrete blocks in urban areas where businesses and workers are now compartmentalized. MIA Design Studio takes the opposite approach and remedies this lack. “We, children of nature, are always in love with the beauty […]
HARRIS REED ABBRACCIA “L’AIR DU TEMPS”
Dopo l’addio, un anno fa, del duo olandese Rushemy Botter e Lisi Herrebrugh dalla maison fondata nel 1932 da Robert Ricci, l’annuncio ha fatto il giro del mondo della moda, quando è stato rivelato, il 21 dicembre scorso tramite un dispaccio, la nomina di Harris Reed a direttore artistico. Nina Ricci, posta sotto il segno […]
PETER KNAPP : THE ART AND CRAFT OF GIVING FASHION A MAKEOVER
The ninety-one-year-old Swiss avant-gardist changed the way women were viewed, revolutionizing the design of women’s magazines such as Elle. The Swiss Foundation for Photography is making room for her with more than 700 pictures taken in the 1960s and 70s. “Fashion photography is meant to be printed. There is always a commission behind it, it […]
SHOWROOM QUE SE ROBA EL
Construida para un promotor inmobiliario, la sala de exposiciones Hovering Kan-Too transforma el paisaje urbano de la ciudad china de Zhongshan. Este cuerpo blanco coronado con crestas de aluminio naranja recuerda el diseño natural de las montañas circundantes. Fiel a su sentido de la arquitectura, Wutopia Lab apuesta por reinterpretar la estética tradicional china a […]
IN THE SURREALISTIC AND FETISHISTIC UNIVERSE OF PAUL KOOIKER
Between art, strangeness and derision, the Dutch photographer presents his conception of fashion and beauty in his exhibition FASHION at the Foam Gallery in Amsterdam. Since the beginning of his career, Paul Kooiker has been quick to break free from the dominant paradigms of fashion and beauty. The 59-year-old photographer from Rotterdam has built his […]
THE EBONY BEAUTIES OF MORGAN OTAGBURUAGU
The young Nigerian photographer’s powerful and experimental imagery oscillates between fashion, beauty, and still life, celebrating the splendor and intensity of black skin. Morgan Otagburuagu is an emerging artist in the African photography scene. This twenty-five-year-old virtuoso from Port Harcourt lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. A former computer science graduate, he embraced photography at […]