Category: Design
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Temples for mind and body. Luxury bathrooms at their best.
From strictly functional marginal status to temples for mind and body, the bathrooms gained an absolutely central part of the home. Just a few decades ago, the bathroom was a Spartan space. It seems that we are now light years away from that cold look. The smart luxury bathrooms of today offer the chance to…
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Arctic Harvester. An itinerant agricultural community among icebergs
Innovation and Architecture for the Sea The project of this floating hydroponic farm in Greenland is the winner of last year’s International Architectural Competition of the The Jacques Rougerie Foundation. Arctic Harvester floating farm imagined by French architecture students uses water from melted icebergs to grow food that would be delivered to the coastline.…
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Rest easy with customised bed
Luxury hotel chain Four Seasons launches customizable bed service. Luxury hotel amenities aren’t just about gyms and pools.The levels of mattress firmness are very important when it comes to achieve a restorative sleep. A great night’s sleep leads to vitality and wellness, but the bed are always too soft or too hard. Four Seasons properties…
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Baccarat’s Retrospective. Two hundred and fifty years
To celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2014, Baccarat is hosting a special exhibition “Baccarat. Les 250 ans” at Maison Baccarat’s Museum-Gallery in Paris. Fine art glass lovers have a unique chance to admire two centuries and a half of intricate glass artwork signed by crystal manufacturer Baccarat, a symbol of superb craftsmanship and French…
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After the “Partner,” Next Thing to Go in Relationship Split is Usually the Mattress
Savoir Beds is widely regarded as the world’s most luxurious sleep system. According to bespoke luxury mattress manufacturer, the mattress is, statistically, the second thing to go after a relationship breakup – usually right after the departing partner. That’s why the high-end brand which custom designs and produces sleep systems for royalty, celebrities and…
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Maison Martin Margiela’s first wallpaper collaboration
Maison Martin Margiela developed, in cooperation with Belgian luxe wallpaper company Omexco, a new unprecedented line of home decoration dedicated to well-dressed walls. The new collaboration will be exhibited at this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milano. The new wallcoverings include five design themes with different color offerings for each pattern: “l’optique”, “la paésine”,…