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the Whitney’s new building

Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and situated between the High Line and the Hudson River, the Whitney’s new building vastly increases the Museum’s exhibition and programming space, providing the first comprehensive view of its unsurpassed collection of modern and contemporary American art. Piano’s design takes a strong and strikingly asymmetrical form—one that responds to the industrial character of...

stylistic periods

Alfonzo Icaza is an antique dealer in the central district of Madrid. In addition to fashion designers antique dealers in my opinion have the best homes and I love an opportunity to peek inside. They are experts at mixing form, finish and pieces from vastly different stylistic periods. Here neoclassical objects and elements sit side by side with photography and contemporary art. An interesting juxtaposition. A...

Through the Looking Glass .. Met Gala

While Karl Lagerfeld was showing his Resort 2016 collection to Chanel Seoulites, in New York, many princesses were trying to get crowned empresses at Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala… The theme of China: Through the Looking Glass provided guests with the option to channel the structure of traditional Chinese garments. Many of them managed to address the subject of chinoiserie without overdoing the...

The Canyon House

At the core of their work is pursuit of balance between natural and built environments; between a client’s vision and real-world parameters; between beauty and utility. As their name suggests Balance Associates Architects trademark is attention to the details of each unique site and their skill at unlocking the potential. The Canyon House located in the Methow Valley, Washington's...

Doble & Strong + Behruz Studio

For some years now Simon Strong and Robert Doble have been collaborating on a unique body of work that explores not only the human body, but the extremes of their own use of materiality. Combining cutting edge photographic technologies with the time honoured use of paint in abstraction, Forever restless, Doble & Strong have expanded their collaboration and in...

Euroluce Mian 2015 with John Bechini and Fiona Venn 1

Part of the annual Salone del Mobile in Milan, Euroluce is the biannual lighting exhibition of this major international fair. It presents the new and interesting from the worlds leading lighting companies as well as offering a stage for new up and coming designers to present their interpretations of where lighting is heading today. The beauty of this latest lighting fair as compared to others in...

Euroluce Mian 2015 part 2

Euroluce Mian 2015 part 2 by John Bechini and Fiona Venn DCW Editions Paris – Here Comes the Sun, Designed by Bertrand Balas in the spring of 1969, the Here Comes the Sun hanging lamp takes on a magical quality once illuminated. Darkness loses its rawness and metamorphoses into something reassuring. Here Comes the Sun is available in combinations...

Mindcraft Milan 2015

Curated by design duo GamFratesi, Mindcraft is a concept showcasing of Denmark’s most talented craftspeople and designers. Previously located at Ventura Lambrate, the Danes decided to try Brera, with the Chiostro Minore di San Simpliciano instead. Their theme for this year, ‘In Between’, punctuated all the more by the mirrored floor and cage-like contraptions encasing some of the works in the space. Mindcraft was...

Breathe

Studio BAAG is composed by Swedish designer Caroline Bauer and Italian architect Pier Francesco Galuppini. Their different cultural backgrounds lead to projects balancing between Nordic minimalism and Italian creativity and provocation. The focus is to create a unity between functionality and aesthetics, evolving around the experimentation of materials and production processes with a refined craftsmanship. The use of natural...

Soft for for Glas Italia

Soft is a series of glass tables by Tokyo based studio Nendo for Glas Italia. Three box shaped low tables each using five sheets of frosted glass. For the joints between two sheets of glass, the 45 degree cross-sections were printed with bright colours. The cross-sections were then bonded together. The colours create a gradation effect, from purple to...