Luxury art and collectables
British design studio Barber Osgerby have won the Design of the Year 2012 for their stunning design of the London 2012 Olympic Torch. The overall winner was chosen from 89 entries to claim the winning title. The award, designed by Swarovski was presented by Anya Hindmarch at the awards ceremony held at the Design … Read more
Leica opens first store in US The luxury German camera and sport optics brand Leica announced the opening of the Leica Store Washington DC., marking the debut of the North American retail concept. Located at 977 F St, NW and brokered by Streetsense, the Leica Store Washington DC showcases the iconic retailer’s full line of industry … Read more
IWC’s Flagship Boutique in New York City Opened With a Knockout Watch Launch Swiss luxury watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen celebrated the opening of its first US Flagship Boutique in New York City – the largest of its kind worldwide. IWC marked this new milestone with the launch of the Big Pilot’s Watch Edition Muhammad Ali … Read more
To coincide with the 2012 Summer Games, London Olympic organizers will offer a blockbuster program within the Cultural Olympiad, called London 2012 Festival. Some 900 venues will be used for the festival, which runs from June 21-to Sept.9. Artists including Cate Blanchett, Damien Hirst, Wynton Marsalis, Yoko Ono and Ai Wei Wei are set to … Read more
The first bilingual quarterly iPad magazine about ‘Chinese New Cinema’ called DSL CineMag was launched in the AppStore and is available in both English and Chinese. Chinese cinema has in recent years played an indispensable and compelling role in understanding therapid transformation of contemporary Chinese society for domestic and international audiences alike. Founded by the DSL … Read more
Nowness.com launches Chinese-language version of its award-winning digital editorial platform Luxury online platform Nowness.com, the editorially independent website of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, will promote its content to a Chinese-speaking audience via a Chinese-language version. Accompanying the new Chinese edition of Nowness, www.cn.NOWNESS.com, will be bespoke stories about luxury culture and events in the … Read more