A personal review of design creations
Life of Forms: AlUla Lands in the Marais
A desert exhibition lands in the heart of the Marais this September, as AlUla and Lafayette Anticipations pair centuries of Saudi craft with contemporary French collecting, proof that sand and concrete have more in common than the map suggests.
The Volcan: Oscar Niemeyer's Artistic Emergence in Le Havre
How a Brazilian modernist dropped two white volcanoes into the middle of France's most rigorously rebuilt city… and won!
Advent 2025: St Peter Church by Le Corbusier
To close this little Advent pilgrimage I wanted a Le Corbusier landmark— but not the familiar hilltop chapel at Ronchamp. Instead one in a former mining town whose industrial grit somehow suits his concrete poetry.
Stop Four: Firminy, France.
L’ECOLE Middle East
L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewellery Arts opens its fourth permanent international campus at Dubai Design District.
Vas Florum
In Paris, Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents a series of new works by Polish artist and designer Marcin Rusak.
#Salone - Doppia Firma 2023
Every year during Salone del Mobile, the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship is unveiling a new edition of Doppia Firma, a concept enhancing the value of craftsmanship and design.
Sculpting the World
In Lille, the first comprehensive retrospective dedicated to Isamu Noguchi offers a rare opportunity to (re)discover the artist’s creations building an intangible bridge between arts and cultures, sculpture and design and also East and West.
#CabinWeek – Caraccard in Chamonix
This wooden box in the French Alps was built for a family use. It is inspired by a traditional Swiss building like an independent raised attic.
#CabinWeek Season 2 – Episode 3: Caraccard by Chevallier Architects
Design Your Christmas 2022 - Episode 3
#DesignYourChristmas - Season 3… Episode 3. When Christmas rhymes with glass.
Nanda Vigo - The Inner Space
#SummerDesignExhibition 2022
Architecture, art and design, Nanda Vigo did it all. With an original scenography in a former prison, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design of Bordeaux, pays a homage to the unique Italian free spirit.