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Designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld joins furniture brand Cassina for a photographic project, first-ever collaboration with a furniture manufacturer. 30 pieces, hand selected by Karl Lagerfeld were photographed, including the classic Superleggera (“super light”) chair, designed by Gio Ponti in 1957. The result can be admired or criticized at “An Authentic Eye” exhibition at … Read more
Thousands of testing sessions held in Milan during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April 2012 led to Audi R18 Ultra Chair, a chair developed using methods borrowed from the future of automotive manufacturing. Designed by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram, in collaboration with Audi’s Lightweight Design Center, the sporty looking chair unveiled at Design … Read more
Invisible Exhibition-cum-social project What it is like to be sightless? In total darkness you find your way out only by touch, sounds and scent. ‘Invisible Exhibition’ in the Polish capital Warsaw opens eyes to blindness as blind guides steer visitors round in blacked-out rooms. The hour-long tour offers the opportunity to see how smell, hearing, … Read more
Denzel Washington Voted Top Money-Making Star of 2012 Quigley Publishing Company’s 81st Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors voted Denzel Washington as the Top Money-Making Star of 2012. This is Washington’s eighth appearance in the Quigley Poll, and his first win. Exhibitors felt Washington was responsible for more traffic to movie theatres than any other … Read more
Charles de Gaulle airport launches art gallery Charles de Gaulle airport‘s passengers have a very good reason to arrive at the airport 2 hours before take-off… The airport opens Espace Musées, a museum dedicated to art. The fund displays original art work from some of the most famous artists of all times. “Rodin – The Wings … Read more
Back to the Future with Dassault Falcon’s Retro Calendar In May 2013, Dassault Falcon will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the storied Falcon 20 which took to the sky just hours after the famous Charles Lindbergh’s message to Juan Tripp , Pan American Airlines CEO: “I found the bird”. The 2013 Dassault Falcon Calendar was … Read more