All content Archive | May 2017

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May 31st
- Holy Matcha — San Diego, USA
- Master transformer: The Shed is a liberating exercise in flexible architecture
- Write on: Peter Marino lends his distinctive aesthetic to Caran d’Ache
- Having a Thing: the props, pillars and peculiarities of personal brand building
- Wallpaper* toasts the 2017 Design Awards with Veuve Clicquot at The Berkeley
- Designers and artists bring 3D printing into sharp relief at the Centre Pompidou
- Home comforts: secrecy and private sanctuaries ruled NYCxDesign 2017
May 30th
- Henrietta Hotel — London, UK
- Renaissance man: Gucci’s Alessandro Michele stages a grand Florentine tour
- Hot seat: Espasso traces the evolution of Sergio Rodrigues’ iconic ‘Mole’ chair
- Quilt trip: Jessica Ogden’s latest exhibition is a stitch in time
- Scents of direction: Gallivant’s globe-trotting fragrances capture the rhythm of the city
- In the round: Lemaire’s artisanal leather bag collection is ahead of the curve
- Family ties: Unsangdong Architects improve familial bonds through architecture
May 29th
- Letter from China: the latest architecture projects herald a maturing urban landscape
- Curve ball: Joseph Walsh brings a unique twist to furniture design
- Blue Bottle Coffee — San Francisco, USA
May 26th
- Trunk (Hotel) — Tokyo, Japan
- Vitsœ acquires private collection of Dieter Rams’ designs
- The Gwen — Chicago, USA
- Ioanna Souflia’s design prize proves good things come in small packages
- Stolen moments: Taryn Simon on customs, counterfeits and the Russian media
- Richard Deacon embraces failure in Antwerp with stellar results
- Double act: Daniel Libeskind takes on modern masters of abstract sculpture
- X-ray vision: a new Balenciaga exhibition is a fine lesson in fashion forensics
May 25th
- Noh, AI and voguing: Robert Wilson’s adaptation of The Sandman is a rom-goth riot
- Untitled Bar — London, UK
- KAI Anjin — Ito, Japan
- From functional to fantastical, a new exhibition traces California’s techno-utopia
- House warming: inside Avenue Road’s new furniture concept space
- Young artists test the limits of photography at Foam Talent’s London show
- Who’s hue: Warby Parker puts Robert Rauschenberg in the frame
- Bank statement: a mid-century modern landmark finds a new lease of life
- Lisbon’s Casa-Museu Medeiros e Almeida displays a spectacular array of historic jewellery
May 24th
- Kimpton De Witt — Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Angeline — Atlantic City, USA
- In an abandoned Murano glass factory, artist Loris Gréaud shines light on an age-old art
- Remote access: Office KGDVS escapes the city in search of solitude
- Safety rules: SOM unveils the home for New York’s emergency response unit
- Star turn: NYC’s Friedman Benda gallery celebrates a decade of radical design
May 23rd
- Curated by Lord Foster, a new London show explores Cartier’s pioneering design spirit
- In thrall to the silver screen, Hiroshi Sugimoto returns to theatres after over a decade
- Giacometti’s sculptures come out of the shadows through the lens of Peter Lindbergh
- 21c Museum Hotel — Nashville, USA
- Hotel Danmark — Copenhagen, Denmark
- Stone faced: an Australian family home by BE Architecture is an ode to granite
- In the neighbourhood: Joe Gebbia’s modular office furniture for Bernhardt Design
- All that jazz: Cooper Hewitt’s love song to 1920s American design is bursting with nostalgia
- Grey scale: Johannesburg’s latest design atelier is an industrial revelation
May 22nd
- Pretty in pink: The Future Perfect taps Leilani Zahn for a secret exhibition at NYCxDesign
- Happy hour: a vibrant clock tower installation tops off Galeria Leme
- Letter from Tehran: the residential projects giving Iran’s capital a facelift
- Matylda Krzykowski’s all-female spectacle at Chamber spans sexiness to messiness
- Fresh display: Adrian Friend breathes new life into the V&A’s museum shop
- Dynamic and practical? The Porsche Macan GTS deals with both hands
- Higher learning: the Athens edition of Documenta 14 makes the grade
- Seal of approval: the finest A/W 2017 fashion week invitations
- Daou’s Phoenix collection takes flight
- Cabin class: we go into the wild at Wales’ first pop-up boutique retreat
- Thread count
May 19th
- Xu — London, UK
- High life: Gian Paolo Venier raises the roof at Senato Hotel
- Common Man Coffee Roasters — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Inner workings: picture agency Camera Press toasts 70 years in the business
- Looking glass: head to head with Photo London founders Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad
- In orbit: Dominic Jones’ space odyssey with Astley Clarke
May 18th
- Home grown: Ben Russell brings a sculptural bent to cacti
- Laying low: Fabien Cappello reflects on the art of relaxation in Mexico
- Chart Architecture shines the spotlight on the hottest young Nordic talents
- Zheng — London, UK
- Fondation Louis Vuitton throws into sharp relief the raw energy of African art
- Vue — Beijing, China
- Good apple: Galipette Cidre brings a taste of northern France to a thirsty world
- In Vancouver, architect Arno Matis blends Asian and West Coast design
May 17th
- Diamond in the rough: DSDHA designs a new HQ for jeweller Alex Monroe
- Auction highlight: a storied Hollywood jewel box comes under the hammer
- Groom mates: designers brush up at Nycxdesign with fascinating results
- Atlas Bar — Singapore, Singapore
- Little King — New York, USA
- Light hearted: Lindsey Adelman Studio’s debut exhibition is full of bright sparks
- LA confidential: Phillip Lim’s inaugural concept store is a triumphant homecoming
May 16th
- Border crossing: the boundaries between art and design have been blurred at Lever House
- Holiday House — Palm Springs, USA
- Baroque and roll: an extraordinary Austrian castle plays hosts to a show of young designers
- The Ned — London, UK
- Technicolor timepiece: Ian Davenport’s Swatch is making us tick
- Armed with a refurbished Polaroid, nine designers put London’s street art in the frame
- Serving time: Chi Wing Lo’s silver tea set celebrates craft, past, present and future
- Shadow play: Koto Bolofo on fantasy, fashion, and his first show in the Netherlands
- Panel show: Dariel Studio redesigns Wieden+Kennedy’s Shanghai office
May 15th
- Baiser — Xanthi, Greece
- True vision: Loewe’s Bodo Sperlein brings art deco aesthetics to the small screen
- Now in its third year, London Craft Week is bringing genre-busting makers firmly to the fore
- In the Austrian countryside, Willl Architektur takes a balanced approach to an eyrie
- Focal hero: photography legend William Klein on 70 years of pioneering image-making
- All in a day’s work: Nelson Chow designs the new space for WeWork’s Hong Kong outpost
- Canvassing the globe, artist Enoc Perez finds sanctuary in American embassies for a new show
- New order: sex, Trump and rock ‘n’ roll at Frieze New York 2017
May 12th
- Kaléo — Beirut, Lebanon
- Powered by solar panels, La Seine Musicale is a new icon for Paris
- Golden age
- A new weave: Calla Haynes repurposes fashion collections into Moroccan rugs
- Petal power: a glittering garden blossoms on London’s Bankside
- Common scents: Pamela Rosenkranz’s latest exhibition is right on the nose
- Alfresco 64 – A Chivas Bar — Bangkok, Thailand
- Green thumbs: Collective Design Fair 2017 takes a bucolic bent
May 11th
- Art of noise: Xavier Veilhan’s live sound experiment hits all the high notes in Venice
- Jewellery and design elegantly come together for a memorable furniture launch
- That seventies show: Francesco Vezzoli delves into the archives of Italian TV
- Taking flight: Nordic Office of Architecture redesigns Oslo airport
- The Explorer’s Lodge at the Four Seasons Tented Camp — Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Sculptor Sarah Sze makes a sharp turn to glass at Berengo Studio in Murano
- Ear defender: Michel Gaubert saves Picky Nicky from aural atrocities
- Artist’s Palate: Mark Titchner’s scrying crackers with yeast extract
- Tuft love: R & Company and Amini bring fun to the floor with artistic rugs
- Taking flight: Nordic Office of Architecture redesigns Oslo airport
May 10th
- Go for bold: this season’s catwalk jewellery shows flashes of genius
- Tak — Stockholm, Sweden
- Frozen motion: Philippe Apeloig makes his mark on porcelain
- ATLA — New York, USA
- Eastern promises: highlights from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi
- Richard Long moves heaven and earth at Houghton Hall
May 9th
- Jonathan Ellery explores mass culture in a marvellously minimalist tome
- Isamu Noguchi and Robert Stadler share a fascinating kinship, despite having never met
- Grass roots: Visionnaire’s latest collection is green at heart
- Empire Diner — New York, USA
- Few of Maxime Old’s glorious interiors remain, save two well-preserved 1960s masterpieces
- Inspired by celestial bodies, Bec Brittain’s latest lighting collection is a heavenly experience
- Bench press: designers put a new spin on public seating in Sweden
- Hidden pleasures: Lotusier makes history with the first tea humidor
- The big smoke: there’s more to Larry Bell’s latest show than meets the eye
- Toast’s latest summer collection is all about high volume
- Clear view: the use of sapphire crystal heralds a dazzling new era in fine-watch design
- Flattered Apartments by De La Espada — Porto, Portugal
May 8th
- Juana Limón — Madrid, Spain
- The Future Perfect’s latest collections nod to Soviet architecture, alchemy and light
- Fine print: Paul Catherall’s architectural linocuts pack a nostalgic punch
- New balance: painter James Jean blends life and work in a renovated 1970s Frank Gehry home
- Old school: Demisch Danant’s new show revives revolutionary French designs
- Roots radical: explore the interiors of the Renzo Piano-designed Eighty Seven Park
- For Prada’s debut Resort show, AMO transforms the Osservatorio into a pastel vision
- Arctic Treehouse Hotel — Rovaniemi, Finland
- Nomad brings the world’s finest design galleries to a Monaco villa
May 5th
- Roxy Paine explores nature, folklore and geometry in his latest exhibition
- Urban legend: Chanel conjures an ancient Grecian spectacle in Paris
- Alessandra Sanguinetti captures an unseen side of France
- Material girls: Egg Collective brings together New York’s female design talent
- A show of early Ettore Sottsass ceramics unites two titans of 20th-century design
- No 19 — Melbourne, Australia
May 4th
- Knock out: Robert Stadler comes out swinging at Carpenters Workshop Gallery
- Hard time: Konstantin Grcic redesigns the radical Rado Ceramica
- Part of the furniture: the world’s first Finn Juhl hotel opens in Japan
- Moët Hennessy is setting the bar high with experiential drinks platform Clos19
- Modern mythology: Sophia Kokosalaki’s jewellery odyssey
- A moving moment: Gallery Fumi opens new space in Mayfair
- Marriott Marquis — Houston, USA
- Long view: a mountain house puts an artist couple’s work in a new perspective
- Top notch: Herzog & de Meuron reveal interiors at 56 Leonard in New York
May 3rd
- Azerai — Luang Prabang, Laos
- Fertile ground: Mohamed Alabbar is launching a regional rival to Amazon
- Legacy project: the late Ali Tayar’s designs take the spotlight at R & Company
- Trail glazing: Edmund de Waal scoops the 2017 London Craft Week Medal
- Accessory designers make their mark at the 2017 Hyères Festival
- Craft works: makers have their moment at St James’s Market Pavilion
- Sour grapes: new brand Cult Ceramics brings a modern bent to fermentation
- SP01 makes its stylish US debut, with a little help from Ladies & Gentlemen Studio
- Hotel Indigo — Los Angeles, USA
May 2nd
- We’re pining after Donald Judd’s furniture, on sale during Frieze New York
- Pulling power: Maserati’s titanic Levante challenges the status quo
- Lympstone Manor — Exmouth, UK
- In Shulamit Nazarian’s new LA gallery, radical artists and curators are making noise
- Star in the east: Wallpaper* Composed kits out an apartment on London’s City Road Basin
- Metal guru: George Condo’s figurative new works meld sculpture and painting
- Bokan — London, UK
- Cutting shapes: Schumacher revives vintage patterns for Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th birthday
- Master cast: we’re reviving our landscape with Fredrikson Stallard’s graphic bronze planters
- Cutting room: behind the scenes of Rei Kawakubo’s Met Fifth Avenue show
- Asia’s beating heart: highlights from Singapore Design Week 2017
- New cubists: a ‘village’ of boxy cabins for artists to recharge
- Home girl
May 1st
- Tough on the outside and tenderly designed on the inside, meet the Range Rover Velar
- Monty’s Deli — London, UK