Month: March 2012

Smart Cocoon: Prospective Innovation Space at 1,618 Sustainable Luxury Fair

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They anticipate things to come and create an exciting future. 1,618 Sustainable Luxury Fair gathered the visionary talents in the “Prospective Innovation Space”. This section of the Parisian event dedicated to sustainable luxury development allows visitors to grasp the planetary challenges ahead, through prospective, inspirational and discovery installations. The By Volta agency, specialized in sensory … Read more

Go with plants. Vegetarian Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate

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Vegetarian Recipes for a Healthy Eating Plate   Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate has a new version, a meatless one. Acclaimed cookbook author Mollie Katzen and Harvard University Dining Services have cooked up this new vegetarian version. Cozy Red Lentil Mash, Thai Eggplant Salad with Coconut Tofu Strips, Garlic-Braised Greens and Roasted Squash with Pomegranate, “Simple Celery … Read more

Chez Dior: Dior launches its biggest boutique in Taiwan, the fifth largest Asian market.

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Dior’s newest boutique in Taipei In Taipei, but unmistakably chez Dior   Tower 101 in Taipei (Taiwan) is the location of the biggest Dior boutique ever. Taiwan is the fifth largest Asian market after Japan, China, South Korea and Hong Kong. Dior chose the Taipei 101, of the most recognizable towers in the world with a … Read more

Archipelago Cinema – a floating movie theater in Thailand

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Floating Cinema by Ole Scheeren.  Constructed in the most unlikely of places: right on top of the water   Beijing-based architect Ole Scheeren constructed an outdoor temporary floating cinema designed to be the stage for the final night of the “Film on the Rocks Yao Noi” new film festival in Thailand (9th- 12th March 2012). … Read more

The gaze of artists on water: art exhibition at 1,618 Sustainable Luxury Fair 2012

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Every year the 1,618 Sustainable Luxury Fair in Paris dedicates an important space to a contemporary art exhibition that presents art works and artists’ points of view on issues of consumption and sustainable development. After 2 previous editions focused on consumption and urban issues, the art exhibit curated by commissioner Lauranne Germond in cooperation with … Read more

Sustainable floating Island(E)Motion by MCM design studio

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Island Paradise Superyacht MCM design studio brought to the 2012 edition of 1,618 Sustainable luxury fair in Paris the ISLAND(E)MOTION concept, a revolutionary yacht based on green technologies, advanced sustainable materials & alternative energy solutions. The sustainable island superyacht is a floating paradise, part luxury yacht, part responsibile vessel of the future designed to have … Read more