A personal review of design creations
Design Your Christmas 2020 - Episode 2
Celebrating the first Advent, the tradition sees the first of four candles to be lit on the family table… Here’s the reason why this week’s selection is focused on table accessories and objects.
Design Your Christmas 2020 - Episode 1
A week ahead of the first Advent, I am starting a four-part series with design creations and objects that could find their place under the Christmas tree. These creations (new and old) are all original pieces and should match every type of budget. Enjoy the selection and the holiday season.
The Extravagance Factory: Meissen and Chantilly Porcelain
Soft power is nothing new… In the 18th-century, two powerful personalities pushed the boundaries of creativity and techniques of their respective houses to conquer the best tables of Europe. Now, and for the first time, Meissen and Chantilly are presented side-by-side, in an exceptional exhibition staged by Peter Marino.
Magnifique ! Wunderbar !
The Xing Kiln Museum
In the Northen Chinese county of Neiqiu, the Xing Kiln Museum pays tribute to an ancestral craft developed as refined art: white porcelain.
Paradis Barbares by Christian Lacroix Maison
The 2019 Spring Summer Collection of Christian Lacroix Maison is an invitation to a mysterious, esoteric and phantasmagorical world. From soft colours to strange animals, stationary to delicate porcelain, let’s embark to a land with “no straight lines in nature”.
Design Your Christmas 2018 - Episode 2
#DesignYourChristmas - Season 1… A second round of my random and personal selection of design creations for your Christmas list.
Essentials Reimagined
How to present traditional Arabian meals and dishes in a contemporary way? Emirati architect, Abdalla Almulla introduces 'Mese' and bring his creation to Paris, world culinary capital.