GREECE, LAND OF GODS, SUN AND SEA
Greece Like Ulysses bewitched by Circe, travellers will forget the passage of time as they take in Greece’s varied and subtle charms. Whether you are exploring the peninsula in the footsteps of the heroes and philosophers of antiquity, sailing from island to island in search of festivities and idleness, hiking in the Cretan gorges or […]
LAURENT LAFOLIE, BEYOND THE PORTRAIT
FRANCE – PARIS Looking into the eyes of the faces photographed by Laurent Lafolie gives us a very strange, indefinable sensation, an uncomfortable je ne sais quoi. A vain attempt, in fact, since it proves impossible to fix these elusive gazes. And for good reason: they don’t belong to anyone, or rather, they are the […]
CHRISTOPHER RAXXY, THE MATHEMATICAL VERSION OF POETRY
CHINA – BEIJING Christopher Raxxy is an avant-garde Chinese brand that combines the art of mathematics with that of parameterisation, design and fashion. Based on technical innovations that enable the creation of flexible, three-dimensional elements, the studio presents itself, without false modesty, as more advanced than the world of traditional fashion, which only works with […]
BD BARCELONA HONOURED BY DAVID LURASCHI
Spain – Barcelona The design firm founded in 1972 continues to celebrate fifty years of existence and production in the heart of the Olympic Oval. Here, BD Barcelona presents a body of work considered to be its best, in a campaign shot by Franco-American photographer David Luraschi, known for his colourful work with Jacquemus. The […]
REGIS BOTTA
SCULPTOR OF SPACE France – Paris In his projects, the Parisian architect focuses on functional purity, nuances of tone, geometric lines and light, sculpting them into perfectly harmonious interiors. Régis Botta is one of the rising stars on the architecture and design scene. This former graduate of the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris Belleville founded his […]
A LOFT COMBINING ART AND DESIGN BY FRANCESCO MENEGHELLO
England – London Interior designer Francesco Meneghello expresses his creative vision through this industrial loft in London, which interweaves the languages of art and design. This raw space, sculpted with light and shadow, experiments with new possible connections. The living space, illuminated by large arched windows typical of industrial archaeology, is organised as a central […]
CELEBRATED ART AND CULTURE IN EL GOUNA, EGYPT
El Gouna – Egypt London studio Seilern Architects has designed the El Gouna Plaza to host the fifth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival. This island plaza is the first design of a three-phase development in the heart of this Egyptian seaside resort on the west coast of the Red Sea. This monumental project, […]
UMA WANG ENVELOPS BODIES WITH GRACE
CHINA – SHANGHAI Uma Wang is a Chinese designer who has quickly made a name for herself with her aesthetic, minimalist and timeless creations. Critically acclaimed from the outset, Uma Wang, real name Wang Zhi, studied at China Textile University, before spending a few years at Central Saint Martins in London. In 2009, the designer […]
SEMIRAMIS HOTEL, A POP BUBBLE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ATHENS
GREECE – ATHENS The Semiramis Hotel is the brainchild of Dakis Joannou, an eminent collector of modern art. Keen to create a new art form in hospitality, with a finely tuned balance between style and comfort, he entrusted the project to designer Karim Rashid. The brief was simple but bold: a fusion between Rashid’s refusal […]
BRUTALIST FORTRESS IN THE MAYAN JUNGLE
Mexico – Tulum Adrian and Andrea, a young Canadian couple straight from Ottawa, are the creators of this little paradise of a different kind. Overwhelmed by their visit to Cenote Suytun, an incredible underground cave beloved by the Mayans, they decided to design a villa that would capture the natural and spatial beauty of the […]
PIERRE PAULIN / OSCAR NIEMEYER
CURVED IDEAS, FREE FORMS Laid out flush with the floor, and even on walls from the 1990s onwards, Pierre Paulin’s seat carpets are one with the space, and spread throughout it. Reminiscent of oriental garden rugs and Japanese tatami mats, which the designer discovered in 1970 during a trip to Osaka and then India, but […]
THE ART OF MASCULINE STYLE
UNITED STATES – LOS ANGELES For its new group show, the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles presents the work of some thirty leading photographers to celebrate male cultural icons through the different ways style has been used in the expression of self-identity. Steve Schapiro, Miles Aldridge, Annie Leibovitz, Herbert List, Norman Seeff, Herb Ritts, Phil […]
THE ART OF MASCULINE STYLE
UNITED STATES – LOS ANGELES For its new group show, the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles presents the work of some thirty leading photographers to celebrate male cultural icons through the different ways style has been used in the expression of self-identity. Steve Schapiro, Miles Aldridge, Annie Leibovitz, Herbert List, Norman Seeff, Herb Ritts, Phil […]
CLAUDE BATHO & ERICA LENNARD
FRANCE – PARIS THE ETERNAL FEMININE A foggy window, an umbrella hanging from a cracked wall, a basin of wet laundry, a little girl asleep on a bench… all simplicity and strangeness, Claude Batho’s photographs express the poetry of everyday life, that of common objects and household chores. Enhanced by black and white, individualised by […]
STEFANIE LANGENHOVEN OR SELF-AWARENESS
SOUTH AFRICA The South African artist and photographer explores the female psyche through the themes of pregnancy, changes in mother-daughter relationships, dreams, fear and death. “Your vision becomes clear when you can look into your heart. He who looks outside himself is only dreaming; he who looks inside himself wakes up”. This quote from Carl […]
THE YETI COLLECTION BY KEN KELLEHER
United States – Massachusetts After his giant abstract sculptures, the American artist and sculptor is adding a new string to his bow and exploring interior design. For Ken Kelleher, furniture is as much an element of pleasure as it is a rich history of contributors. “Whether it’s a personal, corporate, community or institutional space, I […]
BELLONBOUILLOT STUDIO
United States – New York GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN INSPIRATION Guillaume Bellon and Antoine Bouillot are the creative minds behind the Parisian design studio BellonBouillot. Exclusively for New York gallery STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN, the duo have designed and created the “PAW” collection. With a lifelong fascination for the Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in the Louvre, the […]
3DAYSOFDESIGN
Denmark – Copenhagen 4 NAMES TO REMEMBER Ten years after its launch, 3DAYSOFDESIGN, based in the Danish capital, has carved out a place for itself in the hearts of enthusiasts of the discipline. Fora Projects Fora Projects is a company that explores the links between furniture and objects. Their pieces, which they present as “well […]
VIRGIN SUICIDES BY SOFIA COPPOLA, TWENTY-THREE YEARS LATER
UNITED STATES – NEW YORK On September 27, 2000, the first feature film by a twenty-nine-year-old director with an already prestigious name was released in French cinemas: Virgin Suicides. The film, now a cult classic, opens in cinemas on July 12. The mystery of the Lisbon sisters has lost none of its aura. We sometimes […]
CARLOS LEAL, THE AESTHETICS OF THE PUNCH
FRANCE – PARIS Making the invisible visible, the homeless wandering or stagnating in our streets, in this case those of Los Angeles: this is the mission admirably accomplished by Spanish-Swiss photographer Carlos Leal. Far from being documentary photography, his extremely spare, beautifully composed images have the force of a punch. Elliptical, they never show in […]
PHILOS
GREECE – ATHENS In the heart of Athens’ picturesque Solonos Street, Philos – Greek for friends – brings back to life a decaying neoclassical mansion built in 1937 by entrepreneur and arts lover Euripidis Koutlidis. A place that has lain dormant since the latter’s death, Philos finds a new lease of life in a project […]
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC STORIES OF MARTIN ESSL
FRANCE – PARIS As a child, Martin Essl spent most of his time in his father’s darkroom. He discovered a consuming passion for photography. Originally from Austria, the photographer studied at a number of art schools, including the Linz University of Art. Following his studies, he moved to the 18th arrondissement of Paris, not far […]
COSMIC TRIP, ANNA-EVA BERGMAN AND HANS HARTUNG
France – Antibes Located on the heights of Antibes, in the magnificent villa-workshop of one of the most legendary artist couples of the 20th century, the Hartung-Bergman Foundation presents an exhibition dedicated to the cosmic visions of Hans Hartung (1904-1989) and Anna-Eva Bergman (1909-1987) exploring their fascination for science. ” … forces that pull away […]
ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, THE POWER OF THE ABSURD
France – Metz A dummy Prada boutique set up in the middle of the Texas desert in 2005, a drowned collector floating in a pool at the Venice Biennale in 2009, a contemporary art centre transformed into a fictitious art fair in Beijing in 2016, a swimming pool in the shape of a giant ear […]