THE KNITTY LOUNGE CHAIR COMBINES STYLE AND COMFORT
Slovenia Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc continues to offer an innovative take on the product and interior design market with her original, seductive and emotionally charged pieces. The self-described “glamorous rebel” draws on her poetry, her struggles with the stereotypes of a male-dominated industry and her enduring relationships with technology. Her new design for Dutch brand […]
MICHELE DE LUCCHI HUMANIST ARCHITECTURE AT THE SERVICE OF WELL-BEING
Michele de Lucchi is an architect, writer, and designer, born in 1951 in Ferrara, Italy. After graduating in architecture in Florence, he became one of the main Italian designers of international renown, thanks to his human and artistic approach. During the years when architecture was radical and experimental, he developed his creativity with avant-garde ideas […]
KHALED EL MAYS, JOYFUL ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND ANCIENT EGYPT
Lebanon – Beirut A multidisciplinary design studio based in Beirut, which officiates in the conception of furniture, interior architecture, and graphic design, Khaled El May’s workshop relies on a myriad of craftspeople present throughout the territory of the Land of Cedars. Favoring an organic creative process, he favors natural materials, such as wicker, leather, or […]
ISAMU NOGUCHI, SCULPT THE WORLD
France – Villeneuve-d’Ascq “Overcoming the art of objects”: this was the design of the Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) to whom the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Villeneuve d’Ascq (Lille metropolis) dedicates a retrospective – after the Barbican Center in London, the Ludwig Museum in cologne and the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. […]
ANDRÈS MONNIER, ALCHEMIST OF MATTER
United States – Ensenada Sculptural pieces that tell stories through the union of art, design, and, of course, sculpture. This is the objective of Andrès Monnier, a self-taught Mexican artist, born in Guadalajara, and now based in Ensenada in Baja, California. His first memory of creation? He owes it to his grandmother. “I don’t know […]
LE CANN, A MINIMALIST DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTS AND TIMES
France – Paris Le Cann is a studio, a style, a dialogue, and a universe imagined by the duo of designers and interior architects: Raphaëlle Robert and Guillaume Fantin. But it is also the search for a balance between pure lines, light, and texture to create minimalist, warm, and elegant interiors. A duo to follow […]
THE ART OF THE FEATHER
France – Paris Maxime Leroy works with feathers with a rock and haute couture spirit to take them to the field of art and design. What do a pump, a motorcycle, a lamp, and a Moulin Rouge costume have in common? The feather dressings of Maxime Leroy. He was trained in featherwork by the only […]
ODE TO 80’S DESIGN
France – Paris Remix Gallery revives the design of the 80’s with a postmodern aesthetic, with a collection of pieces as rare as they are iconic. The 80’s remains a symbol of revolutionary and sociological changes on many levels of society. This is precisely the credo of the founders of Remix Gallery in the field […]
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, […]
ICON OF DESIGN: TOGO CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
France – Paris A veritable darling of design history, the Togo, published by Ligne Roset, is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Launched in 1973, the seat, with its singular silhouette, was initially shunned by professionals and the public alike. This was due to its crumpled appearance; “a toothpaste tube folded on itself like a […]
THE STRANGE RECITES OF COLLIN TOWNSEND VELKOFF
Allemagne – Nuremberg A multidisciplinary artist and designer, Collin Townsend Velkoff presents himself as a creative strongly influenced by material experimentation, science fiction, archaeology, and architecture. A graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Collin Townsend Velkoff went into exile in Finland for his master’s degree at Aalto University in Helsinki. His practice? […]
PILAR ZETA OR MYSTICAL FUTURISM
The Argentinean artist invites us into her metaphysical and colorful worlds that summon Ancient Egypt, surrealism, cosmology, and esoteric philosophy. Pilar Zeta’s education has strongly influenced her trajectory. A source that she draws from her mother, a professor of art history in Argentina, who also firmly believes that “the truth is elsewhere.” This 37-year-old rising […]
JEONGSEOB KIM, OR THE SINGULAR POETRY OF METAL
When Jeongseob Kim is asked about his favorite work or piece, he says, “I don’t seem to have produced a satisfactory piece. I don’t know when my masterpiece will be realized.” The very demanding Jeongseob Kim was born in 1984 in South Korea. He trained in woodworking at Hongik University’s College of Fine Arts in […]
DENIM, HARRY NURIEV’S VERY FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION
A real darling of the fashion world, the designer Harry Nuriev offers his very first solo exhibition. To be discovered at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Nuriev has chosen to invest the universe of denim. A legendary textile, it has dressed cowboys, miners, and the biggest stars of Hollywood, while carving out a significant place in […]
HALL HAUS OR THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN DESIGN
France In just two years of existence, this French collective has imposed itself on the French scene, fueled by the ambition to make design accessible to as many people as possible, while maintaining high standards and quality. Abdoulaye Niang, Sammy Bernoussi, Teddy Sanches, and Zakari Boukhari are four names to remember. Since 2020, this new […]
CORALIE BEAUCHAMP, HAUTE COUTURE LIGHTING.
Paris – France Softness, sensuality, and poetry emerge. Rounding off the angles of our interiors. It’s been ten years since Coralie Beauchamp launched her collection of “fishnet” lighting fixtures, but the idea was already in the works when she was designing sets for luxury houses, while pursuing her personal research. It took years of experimentation […]
THE FREE APPROACH OF MISHA KAHN
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Misha Kahn likes to tell stories through the shapes and colors of his designs. From his current New York studio, this young designer, who received a BFA in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011, thinks and imagines pieces that are close to modern sculpture. Using a […]
SHAPE FOR COMFORT
First produced in 2009 by Big Game for the French publisher Moustache, the Bold chair has become an icon of contemporary furniture over the years, thanks to a clever collaboration between the Swiss creative studio, a Belgian company, and a sock manufacturer, making these steel tubes a key design element. The chair, made of […]
SAEROM YOON, OR THE PRAISE OF THE CELESTIAL VAULT
As an artist based in Seoul in South Korea, it is in nature that Saerom Yoon draws his inspiration. Thus, he says he is particularly hypnotized by the appearance of the ice of a glacier, the bark of a tree, but also the surface of the water or the interaction of clouds. Aesthetics and sensations […]