A personal review of design creations


French Design @ Piasa
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French Design @ Piasa

Piasa, the Paris-based auction house, is kicking off its auction season with a comprehensive selection of French Design. Here is my personal selection.

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Important Design Auction at Sotheby's
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Important Design Auction at Sotheby's

For my last Design Auction review of 2020, I look at the selection brought under the hammer by Sotheby’s. There is an impressive set of creations of Charlotte Perriand but for once, I will concentrate on the pieces from early 20th century.

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Luxes
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Luxes

Following the acclaimed exhibition ‘10,000 Years of Luxury’ at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in 2019, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs presents Luxes. The exhibition explores perceptions of luxury through the ages and from all corners of the world.

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Lourcine: from Military to Civil Law
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Lourcine: from Military to Civil Law

In Paris’ 13th Arrondissement, the former Lourcine military barracks erected in 1875 are now home of an extension of University of Paris I. A library, a lecture theatre, classrooms and offices are now installed within the old buildings and in basement levels under the parade ground.

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Paris!
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Paris!

The Centre Pompidou hosts a major exhibition retracing artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s years in Paris together from 1958 to 1964. After the Pont-Neuf, another Parisian landmark will be temporary wrapped in 2021: the Arc de Triomphe.

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Modern Maharaja, an incredible dream
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Modern Maharaja, an incredible dream

A visionary, a patron of the arts, an aesthete, an Indian royal with a passion for the European avant-garde, the Maharaja of Indore was a living legend of the 20th century from both worlds.

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