BAO VUONG, OLTRE IL BUIO
“Il confronto con i due infiniti [il cielo e il mare] ci rende umili e ci riporta al dialogo con noi stessi”. Alla fine degli anni ’70, a un anno di vita, Bao Vuong, rannicchiato tra le braccia dei suoi genitori, su una barca di fortuna, fece la lunga traversata, come migliaia di altri Boat-people […]
QUANDO GLI SPAZI SONO SINONIMO DI DESIGN E PIACERE
Lo studio cinese X+Living progetta spazi immersivi allo stesso tempo ludici, estetici ed euristici che stimolano i sensi. X+LIVING, fondata dall’architetto e designer cinese Li Xiang, si occupa da oltre dieci anni di progetti multidisciplinari di interni e architettura. Il suo campo di competenza è ampio: vendita al dettaglio, uffici, hotel, centri commerciali, genitori-figli. Con […]
IL CONCEPT STORE DEL MOCO MUSEUM DI SIX N. FIVE
Il Moco Museum, dedicato all’arte moderna e contemporanea, ha aperto i battenti a Barcellona nel 2021. Da allora mette in risalto artisti di spicco (Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tracey Emin) e talenti emergenti (OsGemeos, Icy & Sot, Stik). Nel 2022 decide di aprire il suo primo spazio fisico permanente e affida il design al creatore […]
UNO SHOWROOM CH DÀ SPETTACOLO
Costruito per uno sviluppatore immobiliare, lo showroom Hovering Kan-Too trasforma il paesaggio urbano della città di Zhongshan, in Cina. Questo volume bianco coronato da creste di alluminio arancione ricorda il design naturale delle montagne circostanti. Fedele al suo senso dell’architettura, Wutopia Lab si sforza di reinterpretare l’estetica tradizionale cinese alla luce della modernità. Come evidenziato […]
DA CAVE A SPAZI CULTURALI
Lo studio di architettura e design DnA_Design and Architecture ha trasformato una serie di tre cave nella provincia di Zhejiang, sfruttandone le caratteristiche tecniche e la bellezza naturale. Uno di questi, Carrière n°9, ha dato vita a uno spazio dedicato al mondo dello spettacolo. Scavata in una roccia dai toni arancioni, questa vecchia cava la […]
WHEN ART DIALOGUES WITH THE PYRAMIDS
The Spanish artist creates original, reflective artistic experiences with strong formal approaches, such as this spectacular spherical sculpture inspired by Ancient Egyptian culture. In the heart of the pyramids of Giza emerges the Orb, designed by the Madrid studio of the artist SpY. This artwork is part of the group exhibition “Forever Is Now II,” […]
HE SOFTNESS OF MARBLE BY KELLY WEARSTLER
During the last edition of Miami Art Week, the Californian designer Kelly Wearstler presented her collaboration with ARCA, specializing in natural stone, pushing back the techniques of marble working. A real darling of the West Coast, Kelly Wearstler strikes again with her latest collection. With “Nudo,” the American has disturbed our perception of materiality. Marble, […]
NONTALO, THE INGENIOUS EVOLVING STOOL MADE OF OLIVE PITS BY ENERIS COLLECTIVE
Behind Eneris Collective are Irene Segarra and Irene Martínez. Both specialize in sustainable materials, without pulling a train on a contemporary yet inclusive style. With its organic curves and elegant caramel hue, “Nontalo” looks more like a small sculpture than a functional piece of furniture, let alone one for children. It all started with the […]
MIMESIS, A LIVING DESIGN
What’s new in biofabrication and the recreation of the living through digital design? From the iconic objects of modernist or Pop biomorphism to the most innovative research, the Centre Pompidou-Metz presents, through 400 works by 90 creators, a fascinating panorama of biomimicry in design, from formal inspiration (such as the organic forms of the 1930s) […]
NEW WAVE, THE ORGANIC COLLECTION BY LUKAS COBER
Using fiberglass and resin, designer Lukas Cober has created New Wave, a collection that combines a certain brutality with a disarming undulation. This new wave creates a kind of agitated swell that no one can stop. Let’s decipher it. Lukas Cober studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Maastricht and at the […]
FRÉDÉRIC IMBERT, NATURE FOR INSPIRATION
Following his degree in interior architecture and multiple professional experiences in Beirut and Paris, Frederic Imbert founded his agency in 2018. Combining both design and architecture, the creator tends to reveal in each of his projects a dialogue between the interior and the exterior. Marble, stone, wood… Frédéric Imbert comes to play with different natural […]
A&A : Vibrant Design
Arthur Seigneur and Adam Goodrum sublimate straw marquetry in Australia, redefining aesthetics and design patterns via their monochromatic Mother and Child collection. For the past seven years, Australian industrial designer Adam Goodrum and French straw marquetry specialist Arthur Seigneur have been exploring unusual sculptural forms at the intersection of art, craft, and design. The former […]
VANUATU, THE HIDDEN FACE OF OCEANIA
Still unknown to tourism, the islands of this volcanic archipelago of the Coral Sea conceal natural treasures and preserved traditions. An invitation to lose yourself. Many people have never heard its name, and for those who know it, the location of Vanuatu is often uncertain. Not far from Australia and Papua New Guinea – all […]
LUCA WERNER OR SENTIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Luca Werner was born near the mountains in Munich, Germany. At first passionate about snowboarding, he expressed his wish to become a champion in the discipline until an accident closed the door on this dream. But no matter, he will decide to capture moments of life while sharing them with quotes bringing him as close […]
IMMERSO: A HOTEL IN COMMUNION WITH NATURE
Five stars with a view! This five star hotel with 37 rooms was founded by Pedro Lopes in the town of Ericeira, 45 minutes from Lisbon near the Costa Oeste. Hidden in the nature Immerso invites us to a place where the views of the ocean are spectacular. Nestled in a valley, it is surrounded […]
SPANISH HOUSE, THE NEW BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARTIST GERRY JOHANSSON
For more than three decades, Gerry Johansson has immortalized places around the world. Born in 1945, the Swedish photographer developed an interest in photography as a teenager and moved to New York City in the early 1960s. Spanish House invites the reader to visit central Spain and retrace his steps. On a hill near the […]
A LOOK AT THE NEW BLACK AVANT-GARDE
The exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London highlights fifteen international photographers who are liberating the black figure from imagery dominated by white aesthetics. The New Black Vanguard continues to break down established societal dictates, celebrating black creativity in front of and behind the lens. Photographic works include black stylists, models, makeup artists, and creative […]
STEVE SCHAPIRO, GREAT CHRONICLER OF AMERICA
Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles celebrates the legacy and remarkable career of this iconic photojournalist in a commemorative retrospective. Steve Schapiro (1934-2022) immortalized the upheavals and key moments in American society of his time. An avid photographer from the age of nine, influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson, he produced powerful reports on the civil rights struggle, […]
MUYAKA SHITANDA AND SWEET NOSTALGIA
The artist Muyaka Shitanda, born in Nairobi, Kenya, photographs the world while offering viewers an escape from reality for a moment to contemplate and be guided through the stories he captures with his eye and his work of image construction. A world whose beauty is defined by a certain aestheticism that he has developed by […]
HORST P. HORST, TIMELESS ELEGANCE
The SCAD FASH Museum in Atlanta, USA, pays tribute to Horst P. Horst, one of the most aesthetic photographers of the 20th century, through more than 80 of the most avant-garde images of fashion. Nicknamed the “photographer of elegance,” Horst P. Horst, born Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann (1906-1999), captured the icons of fashion, film, and […]
ELLIOT AND ERICK JIMENEZ BETWEEN TWO WORLD
Born of Cuban immigrant parents, Elliot and Erick Jiménez grew up with a strong cultural heritage. Between stories, legends, saints, and divinities, these brothers have succeeded, over the years, in retranscribing, through their photographic work, the cultural diversity and their Cuban-American upbringing, mixing both spiritual worlds and history. Passionate about art history and historical paintings, […]
ERWIN BLUMENFELD : THE ETERNAL FEMININE
“TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER IN ITSELF,” writes in capital letters Erwin Blumenfeld in his book of memoirs, Jadis and Daguerre,1 where he explains to have wanted, following the example of Man Ray, to make of photography an “art for art.” If from his beginnings as a professional photographer in Paris, between 1936 and 1939, his […]
WE ARE ONA, A GASTRONOMIC RESTAURANT LIKE NO OTHER
Conviviality, sharing, passion… That sums up the universe of We Are Ona. Imagined in 2019 by Luca Pronzato, this ephemeral restaurant shares singular culinary creations orchestrated by young chefs like Thomas Coupeau and Sayaka Sawaguchi around the world. From Paris to Basel, via Milan, the secret addresses surprise as much as they intrigue. A graduate […]
TERRA DOMINICATA, CATALAN PRIDE
Nothing predestined María Vives, architect and interior designer, to become a hotelier. Nothing except a crush on an old farmhouse once run by the monks of the Carthusian monastery of Escaladei, in the Priorat wine region. So, in 2016, with the support of her brothers, she decided to convert the place, without betraying its aesthetic, […]