BERTRAND BONELLO, CINÉASTE ROMANTIQUE
Réalisateur-musicien, cinéaste littéraire et pictural, Bertrand Bonello trace depuis vingt-cinq ans un sillon à part dans l’histoire du cinéma français, où la liberté de la Nouvelle Vague se mêle au style des peintres allemands et des poètes anglais. On a découvert Bertrand Bonello, cinéaste romantique à l’allure d’artiste maudit, à la fin des années 1990, […]
FU SITE, Disruptive fables
Represented in France by Galerie-B, which showed his work last month at the Singapore Fair, Fu Site is one of the most talented artists of his generation. Born in China in 1984 and living in France since 2006, this virtuoso painter invents improbable worlds populated by chimeras, deformed creatures and tattered bodies in pastel colours. […]
CHILD STUDIO, THE WINNING DUO FROM LONDON
Nostalgic and cinematic – two moods that sum up the work of London interior designers Alexy Kos and Che Huang. The two recently struck a major blow in the British capital, in the heart of the Mayfair District. The aim? To revisit a residence for a hotelier and restaurateur, while at the same time designing […]
CASA PRETA BY FELIPE HESS
Let’s head for São Francisco Xavier, a mountainous area about 150 kilometres from São Paulo. “Casa Preta is a 220 m² country residence designed by architects Felipe Hess and Lucas Miilher. Its exterior façade is painted black, enabling it to blend seamlessly into the surrounding vegetation and natural landscape. Its appearance is reminiscent of a […]
“INSIDE JAPAN,” THE JAPANESE NATION OUTSIDE THE CLICHÉS
If there’s one country that Western eyes tend to perceive only through clichés, it’s Japan. Photographer Roberto Badin has set out to break down these clichés with “Inside Japan”, a unique work that takes us to the heart of Japanese cities, to help us grasp all the subtleties and contrasts of this nation. And why? […]
THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF BRITT VAN NAMEN
The world of interior design in Belgium is enriched by the innovative and creative presence of Britt Van Namen. She is an emerging interior designer whose captivating work fuses contemporary elegance with a timeless aesthetic. Born in Belgium, Britt Van Namen developed an early passion for transforming spaces. After extensive studies in interior design, she […]
L’ACTEUR MÉLANCOLIQUE
Doux, tendre et triste, Sans jamais nous connaître d’Andrew Haigh est un film où le deuil et l’amour s’entremêlent, à travers la rencontre de deux êtres solitaires, merveilleusement interprétés par Andrew Scott et par le plus mélancolique des acteurs contemporains, Paul Mescal. C’est une émouvante histoire d’amour, de solitude et de deuil, portée par le […]
QUATRE FOIS, SALVADOR DAAAAAALI
Treizième film du prolifique Quentin Dupieux, dont la carrière de cinéaste a maintenant largement dépassé en envergure celle du musicien (connu sous le nom de Mr. Oizo), Daaaaaali ! est un hommage façon lettre d’amour surréaliste à la personnalité folle du peintre légendaire, «trop grande pour un seul homme », et donc incarnée par plusieurs comédiens. Quatre […]
ECOLODGE SPINGUERA, ELOGIO DELLA PIGRIZIA
A Espingueira, la vita si è fermata a poco a poco mezzo secolo fa, quando contadini, pastori di capre e pescatori hanno abbandonato la zona. Tuttavia, questa costa settentrionale dell’isola di Boa Vista sembra un piccolo paradiso con le sue dune di sabbia bionda modellate dal vento, le sue acque cristalline e il suo clima […]
LOUISA BALLOU, TRANSFORMING CLOTHES INTO WORKS OF ART
Young designer Louisa Ballou transforms the pieces she creates into works of art. Sprays of paint, colourful patterns, prints and abstract geometric shapes spring to life in the designer’s collection. She transposes paintings onto luxurious Italian fabrics. For her Spring-Summer 2024 collection, the artist works for the first time with denim, which she declines in […]
JIL SANDER : BETWEEN MINIMALISM AND INNOVATION
Jil Sander, a European fashion icon, embodies classic elegance and refined luxury. Founded in 1968 by the eponymous designer, Jil Sander has left its mark on the fashion industry with a minimalist, functional aesthetic that has proved revolutionary. The brand’s DNA is based on the duality of sharp masculine ideas fused with feminine lightness and […]
IMMERSIVE SCENOGRAPHY OF BACK OF THE HOUSE
Anne-Sophie Prevot and Thomas Warren head up the Back of the House production studio. Photographers and architects by profession, the pair has chosen to design a new kind of scenography. Whether for Acne Studios, Nina Ricci, Issey Miyake or Y/Project. Back of the House not only imagines grandiose settings, but also tells stories within them. […]
CLARA DAGUIN, QUAND LA MODE RENCONTRE LA TECHNOLOGIE
Clara Daguin, créatrice franco-américaine, incarne l’alliance audacieuse de la tradition de la mode et de l’innovation technologique. Née en France et élevée dans la Silicon Valley, son approche unique mélange savoir-faire et technologie, broderie et électronique, organique et artificiel. Installée à Paris, Clara Daguin marie audacieusement haute couture, artisanat raffiné et technologies de pointe. En […]
CLARA DAGUIN, WHEN FASHION MEETS TECHNOLOGY
Franco-American designer Clara Daguin embodies the bold alliance of fashion tradition and technological innovation. Born in France and raised in Silicon Valley, her unique approach blends savoir-faire and technology, embroidery and electronics, organic and artificial. Based in Paris, Clara Daguin boldly blends haute couture, refined craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology. As a resolutely geeky fashion designer, […]
BAREFOOT LUXURY, VILLE-CAMOUFLAGE
Questa è la storia di un trio di investitori belgi, affascinati da Capo Verde e soprattutto da Sao Vicente, l’isola di Cesaria Evora, rimasta nel suo stato originario, lontana, molto lontana dal turismo di massa. Hanno unito le forze per lanciare un ambizioso progetto immobiliare affacciato sulla baia di Joao Evora, sotto lo slogan “Barefoot […]
Michael Bailey-Gates: beyond being, gender and the binary
The New York-based American photographer breaks down binary perceptions of gender, identity and sexuality. Through his portraits, which are at once intimate and exuberant, queer and neoclassical, timeless and hypermodern, Michael Bailey-Gates reimagines human relationships in a playful, funny, theatrical and sensual way. Whether it’s celebrities, models or his long-time friends. The sets, the postures, […]
ONDULI ENCLAVI, IL RIFUGIO PER GLI AMANTI DELLA NATURA
Inaugurato nel 2023, Onduli Enclave deve il suo nome alla giraffa che abita la regione. Questa lussuosa villa è stata progettata con l’obiettivo di rispettare l’ambiente. Permettendo ai suoi visitatori di essere in armonia con la natura, godendo allo stesso tempo di questa esperienza esclusiva, Onduli Enclave è stata costruita di fronte a una scogliera […]
FELICITY INGRAM : BURSTS OF REINVENTED BEAUTY
Felicity Ingram’s vibrant works celebrate female emancipation through a myriad of beauty manifestations. Each meticulously captured stroke of eyeliner is the equivalent of a pencil line in a drawing, telling a powerful story. The beauty manifesto Through a plethora of shots commissioned by beauty giants such as Vogue, Dazed Beauty, Chanel and YSL, the London-based […]
BAIETA, Talent à la sauce niçoise !
Plus jeune cheffe étoilée de France en 2016, Julia Sedefdjian poursuit sa fulgurante ascension avec sa première table, Baieta, ouverte depuis 2018, qui vient de faire peau neuve pour mettre en avant les origines niçoises de la propriétaire, offrant une cuisine inventive, précise et soignée. Décor sobre et convivial, pierre murale, parquet, suspensions design noires […]
IAN HOWORTH A KEEN OBSERVER
Giving the everyday life of small-town England and its middle classes the gentle poetry of a love song or a melancholy drama, that’s what photographer Ian Howorth’s work offers. A documentary photographer who lives in Brighton and whose mother is of Peruvian origin, Howorth’s work is built on this cross-cultural perspective. His books, from “Arcadia” […]
LE ZANNIER HOTELS OMAANDA, UN INVITO ALLA CONTEMPLAZIONE
E se dormire all’aperto diventasse un lusso accessibile? Nella capitale della Namibia, Windhoek, si trova lo Zannier Hotels Omaanda. Oscillando tra eleganza e minimalismo, questo gioiello a cinque stelle offre ai suoi ospiti un’esperienza unica, fuori dal mondo, dove solo la natura riprende i suoi diritti. Simili a una crisalide protettiva, le quindici capanne con […]
LONG BEACH, ARCHITECTURE, NATURE ET BIEN-ÊTRE
Cet hôtel à l’architecture cubiste situé sur la plage de Belle Mare, le long de la côte Est de l’île Maurice, dans la partie sauvage, nous invite à nous reconnecter à notre environnement naturel. Un lieu élégant et dans l’air du temps qui a su emprunter à la tradition, notamment dans l’utilisation de matériaux comme […]
Vincent Ferrané, the essence of being
The Paris-based photographer probes the intimate and the everyday, the human and the fragment of the body, the interior and interiors in a constant reinterpretation of reality between sensitivity and symbolism. Vincent Ferrané’s visual language is immediately appealing. Not just by what he shows in his images, but by what they signify. This Bristolian virtuoso […]
CAPO VERDE INVITA ALLA “SAUDADE”
Questo arcipelago vulcanico misto, dai paesaggi contrastanti e dai villaggi pittoreschi, presenta tanti volti quante sono le isole. Situato al largo delle coste del Senegal, beneficia di un clima caldo come la voce della sua “diva a piedi nudi”, la cantante Cesária Évora. Dolcessa e asprezza si mescolano nei suoi paesaggi, non ancora sfruttati eccessivamente […]