Perrier-Jouët opens its Maison Belle Epoque – home to the largest private collection of French Art Nouveau in Europe

Maison Perrier-Jouët Celebrates the Reopening of its Historic Home. After a painstaking two-year renovation, the elegant mansion opened its doors to 150 guests – friends of the House, international media, and celebrities including supermodel Karolina Kurkova. Home to successive generations of the founding family, the Maison Belle Epoque is today the living symbol, not only … Read more

This designer’s version of Eden reimagines what it means to be connected to the sea

“Eden, like so many aspects of Celebrity Edge, represents a unique advance in cruise ship design.” Celebrity Cruises unveils Eden, a dramatic new venue on Celebrity Edge cruise ship that fuses iconic design, culinary and entertainment – exciting all the senses. Spanning three decks at the aft of the ship with almost 7,000 sq. ft. … Read more

A contemporary vision of nature: Saint-Louis Crystal Folia

The forest is fundamental to the existence of the Saint-Louis Manufacture, on whose border it is built. It acts as both home and rampart, a space that must be traversed, like the frontier to a different dimension. The radiance of crystal, the strength of wood. Meet Folia, designed by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Saint-Louis. All pieces … Read more

Puiforcat Bureau d’Architecte: highly refined yet eminently functional pieces designed by Joseph Dirand

Designer Joseph Dirand sees craftsmanship as a veritable laboratory of ideas that goes beyond the specific skills involved. His latest collection for French luxury maison Puiforcat is a line of highly refined yet eminently functional pieces reshaping the arts of the table. A champion of minimalism, Joseph Dirand took an architectural approach to the design … Read more

The V&A’s £55m new courtyard: ‘Like a Marbella beach bar airlifted to South Ken’

Amanda Levete’s dazzling new porcelain piazza brilliantly reunites the museum with the Kensington streets. But the giant new jewellery box of a gallery lurking below ground is the real star of the show

Former Paris stock exchange to be reborn as major new art museum

François Pinault, the billionaire luxury brand owner, will convert the 19th century Bourse de commerce into art museum with architect Tadao Ando