Duy Anh Nhan Duc: Fragile beauty

Duy Anh Nhan Duc

After Lee Bae's charcoal "contemporary cave" in 2015, Shouchiku Tanabe's monumental bamboo tree in 2016, Min Jung-Yeon's bewitching birch forest in 2019, and Daniel Arsham's Zen garden last year, it is a celestial landscape of dandelion egrets, all poetry and lightness, that Duy Anh Nhan Duc has unfolded under the dome of the Guimet Museum. [...]

Mathieu Lehanneur reviews the world's population

Mathieu Lehanneur

To illustrate the evolution of the world's population, French artist Mathieu Lehanneur has embodied statistics in 3D-printed aluminum statuettes. Called "State of the World", these 140 pieces represent the populations of as many countries. Each of their striations corresponds to an age, from 0 to [...].

Uchronia and its timeless worlds

Uchronia and its timeless worlds

He made a name for himself with the Créatures restaurant in 2019. This year, he thrilled Paris Design Week with an exhibition of his collection, Wave. Uchronia is a new kind of design studio, a multidisciplinary collective breathing new life into the discipline. At the head of this project? Julien Sebban, who, [...]

Artek: flagship of Finnish design

Artek

Helsinki, Finland, 1935. Four young designers, Maire Gullichsen, Nils-Gustav Hahl, Alvar and Aino Aalto had a common goal: "to sell furniture and promote a culture of modern living through exhibitions and other educational means." Artek was born. Artek saw itself as the fusion of art and technology, so dear at the time [...].