A personal review of design creations
Phillips Design Auction New York - June 2021
The calendar of design auctions is now also back to normal and before the Summer break, here is one at Phillips New York.
Architecture & Design At La Bourse De Commerce—Pinault Collection
Before becoming a new temple for contemporary art, the Bourse de Commerce building had many lives and its history goes all the way back the 16th century. Let’s look back in time and discover the great contemporary transformation of the place.
La Bourse de Commerce—Pinault Collection (finally) opens its doors
All good things happen to those who wait. That must be a speciality in France when it comes to private initiatives to set up and open a new museum. This week opens a brand new and beautiful project developed since 2006 by François Pinault.
DZign 2020+1, The First Algerian-French Design Biennale
Initially planned a year ago, the first design biennale to ‘rethink the city’ in the capital of Algiers is finally going ahead, and set to take place from 27 May 2021.
Vaarnii: Brutally Finnish
Finland is a country of contrasts where the snowy white mixes with greenish forests, where typically urban-based technologies are based in the middle of the countryside… Vaarnii, a new furniture brand, takes its DNA from wood, that material that has shaped Finland’s economy, lifestyle and culture.
Le Design Français at Piasa
On May 5th, Piasa Auction House in Paris presents a new selection of design creations from French iconic names from the 20th Century. Here is my very personal selection.
From The Garden House
How to fully enjoy your garden? Simply by building your house around it, making it the ultimate element of your landscaping project.
‘Life’ By Olaffur Eliasson At The Fondation Beyeler
If you need to add one reason to visit or return to the Fondation Beyeler, here is stunning one: LIFE by Olafur Eliasson… an artwork open night and day, inside and outside the building…
The Royal Museum Of Fine Arts Antwerp By KAAN Architecten
After an extensive renovation by KAAN Architecten, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp (Belgium) is ready to welcome visitors again… as soon as…