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The Leica Camera Celebrates 100 Years
The invention of the first compact photo camera a hundred years ago was a breakthrough for professional and amateur photographers alike. Exactly one century after the invention of the very first small-size camera – The Leica – in 1914, a major exhibition has been organised at the House of Photography at the Deichtorhallen Museum in Hamburg. The…
Fornasetti To collaborate With Valentino
The Valentino creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have announced a collaboration with Barnaba Fornasetti, who now runs the family’s design and decorative arts firm. The collaboration will feature a stool, a foulard, a serving tray, an eyeglasses case and a plate and these all correspond to one of the five senses. Fornasetti’s…
A Secret Ballroom Under A Lake, Guarded By Neptune Read
A giant statue of Neptune sits atop an underwater dome enclosing a secret room under the lake of the Whitley Estate in England. The entire estate was drenched in opulence and extravagance. It was built in the late 1800s by Whitaker Wright, a shady businessman who was convicted of fraud after many years of floating…
‘Love for Sale’ By Photographer Chito Yoshida
Tokyo’s notorious host clubs — night clubs where male ‘hosts’ offer drinks and conversation to female patrons — are the main subject of this new body of work by photographer Chito Yoshida. Titled ‘Love for Sale’, the series of 12 photographs consists of portraits of the hosts and their managers working at Tokyo’s most popular…
Francisco Goya 'Order and Disorder' at The MFA, Boston
One of the titans of European art, Francisco Goya (1746–1828) has a major retrospective at the MFA in Boston, USA. Goya witnessed a time of revolution and sweeping change in thought and behavior during the 19th-century and some of his most unique and imaginative observations are on display in this retrospective which features 170 works and…
Gareth Pugh To Show At LFW 2015
British designer Gareth Pugh will show his autumn/winter 2015 collection at London Fashion Week in February as he marks the 10th anniversary of his label. Pugh, who usually shows his collections in Paris and who staged a presentation in New York last September, has a provisional slot on the calendar for Feb. 21 at 8:00…
Raf Simons on the Internet, Patience, and Fashion’s Serious Fear of Evolution
For its Winter 2014/2015 issue, Berlin-based magazine 032c celebrates the illustrious career of Raf Simons with a retrospective look at the designer’s work from 1995 to present. In addition to showcasing some of his most iconic pieces, the issue also includes an in-depth interview with the Belgian-born designer written by Pierre Alexandre de Looz. In…
Gareth Pugh Installation For The Victoria & Albert Museum
London’s Victoria & Albert museum has commissioned Gareth Pugh to design this year’s Christmas installation for the museum’s grand entrance. Called “Ceremony,” it stands more than 13 feet high, and resembles a traditional Christmas evergreen — to a certain extent. Instead of green boughs, however, there are tiered pyramids clad in gold and gathered around…
Lyndsay Milne McLeod & Luke Kirwan Present De - Evolution
Friends of 4 Luke Kirwan & Lyndsay Milne Mcleod celebrate the opening of their exhibition De – Evolution 1 & 2 & 3 on Wednesday 10th December from 6pm – 9.30pm at 6-8 Stable Street in London. The exhibition runs from Thursday 11th and Friday 12th December from 11am – 8pm and on Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th…
A.F. Vandevorst Unveil World's Most Expensive Shoes
A.F. Vandevorst, the Antwerp-based luxury designer fashion label, presented a pair of diamond ankle boots valued at $3.2 million during the Business of Design Week in Hong Kong earlier this week. The diamond boots project is a result of collaboration between A.F.Vandevorst, Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), Flanders Fashion Institute and Diarough/UNI-Design. Created in a…
In Paris, Fusing Art and Fashion With Each X Other
Jenny Mannerheim, co-founder of the brand Each X Other spoke with the NY Times recently about her art-fashion label. “Art can feel like a closed medium but with fashion you open the curtain and there is a public,” said Ms. Mannerheim, who also runs Galerie Nuke in the Marais district of Paris. That interaction was…
Osman Presents The Collective
Designer Osman Yousefzada unveiled the seasonal magazine, The Collective, which features fashion shoots of his latest collections as well as essays, and works of fiction and non-fiction, on Monday evening in London. “It’s basically what I can’t show in seven minutes on a runway,” Yousefzada said of the magazine, built around the theme of dark…
Introducing the Senic Flow Wireless Controller
The Senic Flow is a wireless controller that allows interaction with a computer via hand gesture recognition, sensitive touch and haptics. Utilising more than 1,000 accuracy points for precise feedback, the Flow is a cross between a small touchpad, a Kinect-like motion controller, and a dial, allowing a wide range of streamlined actions requiring full…
House in the Landscape by Kropka Studio
Polish architecture practice Kropka Studio has designed this private residence for a small family on the outskirts of the city of Zawiercie, Poland. The property is situated on the edge of ‘Eagles’ Nests’ natural landscape park, also called the Polish Jura because of its similarity to the Jura Mountains in Switzerland. The main living volume…
Madeenah City Walking Tours
We had the pleasure of experiencing the Madeenah City Walk with Sarah and Deema last week. The tour offers a fascinating insight into Kuwait and demonstrates the value of historical inquiry and cultural reflection. Find out more about the Tours on the Madeenah website here. Here are some shots from our tour which comes highly…
Tom Dixon Sandwich Cafe Opens At Harrods
British designer Tom Dixon has given his name and furniture to a sandwich cafe at London luxury department store Harrods. The project was undertaken by Dixon’s Design Research Studio, which focuses on large-scale architecture, interiors and installation projects. Tom Dixon Sandwich, which opened last month and serves various types of the traditional British tea-time snack, is…
Permanent Marker Installation By Heike Weber
Cologne-based artist Heike Weber uses a very common and available tool to create large scale installations – the marker pen. Through meticulous and labour-intensive applications of the instrument, Weber floods the surfaces of interiors in sprawling, connected doodles, injecting a powerful energy through creeping strokes and lines. Pictured is her work for the interior café…
Photos of Crashed Planes From Around the World
For Happy End, German photographer Dietmar Eckell scours the earth in search of forgotten plane wrecks, capturing the departed vessels as they lie stranded amongst nature. Interestingly, none of the wrecks photographed resulted in a single death, and he finds most of the planes on pilot forums, where veteran pilots recount their tales of fear,…
Raf Simons x adidas Ozweego 2 Sneakers
Adidas‘s ongoing collaboration with enigmatic Belgian designer Raf Simons continues with an updated version of the Ozweego sneaker. Simons’ futuristic, geometric aesthetic sees the sneakers adopt a bulbous silhouette with a mix of pastel and metallic tones for an original take on athletic footwear. This season also sees the designer taking on the classic Stan…
