OBJECTIVE GALLERY, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PACIFIC
Tackling the limits of their discipline, through a conceptual and narrative prism. This is the mission of the artists, designers, and craftspeople featured in Objective Gallery, a gallery founded in 2020 in Shanghai by Marc Jebara and Chris Shao. This mecca for functional art has also opened a second location across the Pacific Ocean in […]
THE NILUFAR GALLERY OFFERS A NEW CHAPTER
On the occasion of the last edition of Milan Design Week, the essential location for any self-respecting design lover, the Nilufar Gallery, has deployed an exhibition “The Bright Side of Design” through its two enigmatic sites – the Nilufar Depot and the Nilufar Gallery in Via della Spiga. Its intention? To present the reflections and […]
NEON SALTWATER PULSATES THE VINTAGE WORLDS
Artist and designer Abigail Dougherty, alias Neon Saltwater, creates digital interiors and real installations, saturated with colors and neons, that make the nostalgia of the 80s and 90s vibrate. Abigail Dougherty transcends time and place through her digital and tangible designs. This 33-year-old emerging artist from Seattle has always been fascinated by colors and interior […]
MILAN DESIGN WEEK IN THREE PARTS
Couldn’t make it to Milan Design Week? Here are three highlights that inspired the editorial staff of Acumen. Silent Hollows or a tribute to Mother Nature The enigmatic yet functional and poetic pieces by Lebanese designer and architect Richard Yasmine are evocations of the earth’s crust. From the table to the light fixture and the […]
STORA SKUGGAN : OLFACTORY FAIRY TALES
Head to Stockholm, the birthplace of Stora Skuggan, a perfume studio initiated by five creative minds with multidisciplinary talents. Launched in 2015, the company has managed to establish and differentiate itself by reinventing perfume production and presentation, notably through its elegant glass bottles, which are characterized by their stone stopper, in the shape of an […]
8877 INTERIORS : GETTING FRESH AND INSPIRED
The young Chinese design studio challenges traditional structures and shapes through its play of geometric elements, lines, colors, and original and decorative patterns. Zoom in on their Leaves Sofa. 8877 Interiors, based in Shanghai, wants to redefine aspects of the house and contemporary lifestyle through an artistic and humanist design. Since its creation in 2019, […]
WHEN JAPAN MEETS THE TROPICAL JUNGLE
Architects, object and interior designers, but also scenographers, Formafatal is a creative studio with a thousand and one talents, who officiate in the Czech Republic but also in the four corners of the world, such as Costa Rica in Central America, nestled between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. One of the little jewels […]
RETREAT IN THE HEART OF THE BRAZILIAN FOREST
Set in the heart of the Atlantic rainforest in Paraty, Brazil, this house owes its name “Arca” to its ship-like shape. Located on the border of the Serra da Bocaina National Park, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, it is the result of the Earthship project, which sought to imitate a specific type of […]
DREAM RETREAT IN UTAH
The multidisciplinary studio Andrew Trotter, in Barcelona, will invite us to the heart of the Utah desert at the end of next year. The Paréa Zion project is a landscaped hotel with avant-garde architecture near Zion National Park. It combines the intimacy of a private residence with the service of a boutique hotel for a […]
CHILE, FROM VALPARAISO TO THE ANDEAN PEAKS
From Santiago and its neighbor, the “Pearl of the Pacific,” head for the Norte Grande to explore its Andean natural wonders, from the national parks bordering Bolivia to the Atacama. Unlike other Latin American capitals founded by the conquistadores, Santiago has retained almost no buildings from the colonial era, and a visit to the remarkable […]