Michael Maltzan’s Lens is the winner of St. Petersburg Pier competition

Architect Michael Maltzan’s “Lens” Wins St. Petersburg Pier Competition St. Petersburg Pier Michael Maltzan Architecture has won the competition to redesign St. Petersburg, Florida’s iconic pier. In a group of ambitious proposals, Maltzan’s scheme was perhaps the most so, with a group of interconnected bridges and pathways arranged along a figure-8 plan leading to a … Read more

Meet the unconventional kitchen – Origami Island

Origami Island is an unconventional kitchen. It is a project by the eclectic designer Karim Rashid, who expresses through this design his wish to “change the world” and invites us to enjoy the pleasure of kitchen conviviality through this original, but functional and welcoming creation. Origami Island’s asymmetrical contours create a streamlined sculptured design. Its narrow base then … Read more

Madrid Fusión gastro festival: Top chefs go back to basics

The 10th annual Madrid Fusión gastro festival A number of leading chefs at this week’s Madrid Fusion, an annual gastronomy fair, said to AFP they preferred to use primary products on their creations — and are in some cases even gathering them themselves. Wild herbs, leaves and even giant ants and tarantulas are in demand … Read more

1.618 Are you part of this New Luxury World ?

Le nouveau code du luxe

How Your Brand Can Lead the New World of Luxury ? From March 29th to April 1st, you are invited to join us to the new edition of 1.618, Sustainable Luxury in Paris, at  the “Cité de la Mode et du Design”. The world changed, and consumer attitude is changing faster than industries and brands. … Read more

Bosco Verticale – World’s First Vertical Forest

Bosco Verticale, by Boeri Studio (now recognized as Barreca & La Varra and Stefano Boeri Architetti), is a high-density tower block that experiments with the integration of a lush landscape within the facade of the architecture.  The Vertical Forest, currently in construction in Milan, Italy, deal with the concept of regenerating the lost forests on the ground within the inhabitable … Read more

Green art: the Inhotim Institute -Latin America’s largest outdoor art center

The Inhotim Institute, Latin America’s largest outdoor art center, is nestled in a small city about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. In the 1980s, entrepreneur Bernardo Paz, from Minas Gerais, built galleries to showcase his collection of contemporary art on one of his farms … Read more