Category: Design
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Coren carbon fiber – a bike that no-one can imitate because no-one would dare
Coren carbon fiber – a byke “that the masses couldn’t ignore” For UBC, a manufacturer of high performance parts for Formula 1 sports cars, Le Mans and the aviation industry, carbon is a material and a passion. Based on UBC’s interest in carbon as its passion for motor racing, the company built its own…
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Ladurée luxury tea house on Champs-Elysées reopened for business
Ladurée luxury pastry house has reopened its Paris flagship tea house on Champs-Elysées after the location went up in smoke last year. In 1871, the bakery of the 150-year-old company was destroyed by fire, the tragedy leading to the conversion as a cake and pastry shop. A landmark since 1997, Laduree café was restored in…
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Richard Mille’s first collection of automatic cufflinks
Richard Mille Swiss watch brand launches first luxury cufflink range After more than a decade of Swiss luxury watches manufacturing, Richard Mille launched its first cufflink range inspired by the intricate mechanisms of luxury watches. Richard Mille‘s first collection of cufflinks has been 2 years in progress, each highly technical and refined cufflink containing no…
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Philippe Starck’s Ma Cocotte opened in Paris’ Flea Market
My midget, my rabbit, my doe, my poppet, my hen, my quail, ma cocotte… After designing popular chain restaurant Paradis du Fruit, Le Royal Monceau, Café la Cigale and Mori Venice Bar all in Paris, designer Philippe Starck opened the doors of its own restaurant in Paris’ Saint Ouen flea market, one of the biggest…
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1912-2012. Chronicles of a creative journey. The centenary of Paris’s Galeries Lafayette’s dome
Coupole des Galeries Lafayette Paris turned 100 Paris’s Galeries Lafayette opened exclusive exhibition for centenary of its dome The famous dome of the Paris’ Galeries Lafayette Haussmann department store was erected in October 1912 by architect Ferdinand Chanut and master glassmaker Jacques Gruber. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the iconic building’s dome, Galeries Lafayette…
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Starks Chair, the most widely sold design chair in the world, turned 10
The Louis Ghost chair designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell in 2002 is celebrating its 10th anniversary On October 3rd, Philippe Starck celebrated, in Milano, the anniversary of the Louis Ghost chair, launched in 2002. Louis Ghost becomes not only a Kartell absolute best-seller but, on the strength of 1.5 million pieces sold, it is,…