Interiors by Mies van der Rohe, Hans Wegner and Philip Johnson from The Four...
New York’s iconic The Four Seasons restaurant, designed by Philip Johnson for the Seagram Building on Park Avenue, is auctioning off pieces of its interior at auction house Wright on July 26.The...
View ArticleTop 6 Things to do in Luxembourg for Design City 2016
Luxembourg’s design biennial, Design City, returns this week in its fourth edition since 2010. The title “Design ≠ Art?”, or Design Is (Not) Art, aims to be a provocative statement: in 2016, is it even...
View Article4 Ways Snøhetta’s SFMoMA Expansion Changes the Way You View Art
SAN FRANCISCO — Viewed head-on, the newly-expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) presents an odd progression of landmark architectural styles in no chronological order. First up is...
View ArticleSotheby’s Hong Kong Offers First-Ever Complete Set of Picasso Silver Plates...
Sotheby’s Hong Kong is due to auction a complete set of 24 silver plates by Picasso on June 23, the first time in world auction history that a full set will come under the hammer.The lot, being sold as...
View ArticleSam Orlando Miller's New Works Open at Gallery FUMI
New works by Sam Orlando Miller are showing at Gallery FUMI in London. The art furniture pieces on exhibition, by this London-born sculptor, designer, and artist, who has exhibited at Design Miami/...
View ArticleHow Mothers Influence Architecture: 5 Iconic Homes Designed for Architects' Mums
We do not celebrate enough the role of mothers in design. On the eve of Mother’s Day in many countries, let us remember one thing about architecture: a commission from one’s mother is how some of the...
View ArticleSmithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Awards 2016: Moshe Safdie, Bruce Mau Among...
Architect Moshe Safdie and innovator Bruce Mau are among the 11 winners of the National Design Awards. The Awards, presented annually by the New York-based Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum,...
View ArticleBaccarat Crystal Shines in Bordeaux Showcase
Baccarat Crystal Shines in Bordeaux Showcase All that glitters is not gold, and that’s all right if we are talking Baccarat, one of the world’s finest crystal manufacturers. When Baccarat is not the...
View ArticleDesigned to Work: Pierre Paulin at Centre Pompidou
A pioneer of modernist post-war design, Pierre Paulin was instrumental in promoting the use of mass production, modern materials, and accessible pricing in France. Having seen American and Scandinavian...
View ArticleZaha Hadid Architects on Shortlist for 2016 Aga Khan Award
A project by Zaha Hadid Architects is among the 19 shortlisted for the 2016 Aga Khan Award.Hadid’s company, whose work continues after her sudden death this year, is picked for the Issam Fares...
View ArticleFace to Face with Rafael de Cárdenas, M&O Americas Designer of the Year
Rafael de Cárdenas' is a man in demand. When Maison&Objet Americas holds its awards ceremony on May 10 in Miami Beach, Rafael de Cárdenas will be presented with his trophy as Designer of the Year....
View ArticleThe World’s 30 Best New Buildings Listed by RIBA
The world’s 30 best new buildings have been listed by the Royal Institute of British Architects as it launches its first global architecture award.RIBA said the 30 projects are from 20 countries, from...
View ArticleFirst Look: Rafael de Cárdenas Invites You to a Pop-Up Neon Jungle at M&O...
M&O Americas Designer of the Year, interior architect Rafael de Cárdenas, has unveiled a pop-up immersive jungle in the Miami Design District, while the second edition of Maison & Objet...
View ArticleWhy Pierre Paulin Shows Are a Must-See: Pascal Cuisinier Interview
Pierre Paulin was a visionary: a furniture and interior designer, a pioneer of Modernism in France. Paulin designed strangely elegant mass-produced objects that were there to serve the body, offer...
View ArticleNGV Best of the Best: Dinner Party as an Art Form
It takes flair to turn the dinner party into a work of art. This is precisely what an unusual design event achieved at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria [NGV]. Best of the Best 2016, a...
View Article15th Venice Biennale of Architecture Reveals Names of International Jury
The Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia has appointed the International Jury for the Architecture Biennale. The five-member team is Pippo Ciorra, Sergio Fajardo, Marisa Moreira Salles, Hashim...
View ArticleDelicate Balance: Seth Rolland's First Museum Show at Bellevue Arts Museum
In 2014, Seth Rolland won the John and Joyce Price Award of Excellence for his work in BAM Biennial, which granted him the opportunity for this solo exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum.A graduate in...
View ArticleDesigner Creates Bicycles Based on People Drawing from Memory
Designer Gianluca Gimini makes people draw a bicycle from memory – and then creates realistic bicycles based on those drawings.In 2009, Gimini started “pestering friends and random strangers.” He would...
View ArticleFirst Look: MVRDV Build a Giant Staircase in Rotterdam
Rotterdam celebrates 75 years of post-war reconstruction with The Stairs, a month-long temporary installation by the architecture firm MVRDV. The just-opened huge scaffolding staircase leads to the...
View Article5 Ways to Experience Asia-Pacific at Venice Architecture Biennale 2016
The 15th Venice Architecture Biennale launches on May 28, under the theme “Reporting From the Front.”“There are several battles that need to be won and several frontiers that need to be expanded in...
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