Category: Interviews
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The influence of Britishness in design: Gerry McGovern and Ian Callum
Jaguar and Land Rover driven by Great British design. Would Jaguar’s Ian Callum and Land Rover’s Gerry Mcgovern ever consider swapping jobs for a while? Watch the film link to find out. Ahead of next week’s Geneva Motor Show 2016, Ian Callum and Gerry Mcgovern discuss the importance of great design in a video interview. “Britishness is…
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Luxury Lifestyle Awards Asia 2015: Interview with Chef Antonio Coelho, The Chief of Antonio Restaurant Macau
Dedicated to the promotion of authentic Portuguese cuisine in Asia, chef Antonio Coelho from the Antonio Restaurant in Macau, serves a wide variety of authentic Portuguese dishes and is a Michelin-recommended restaurant. Coelho’s culinary style has evolved through wide-ranging experiences at top luxury hotels and restaurants around the world, including his homeland Portugal, Africa, Hong Kong and Macau.…
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QUAMTA: The Small Leather Goods Brand With African DNA
When creative inspiration and luxury meet together the result is QUAMTA, a trendy unisex leather goods brand, originally from South Africa. These small smart goods, now produced by top artisans in Italy, combine the diversity of African geometric landscapes with the stories offered by this beautiful continent. Creative Director PIETER JANSEN VAN RENSBURG has rooted…
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Christian Lacroix – A brilliance of Branding in Unexpected Places
An article and video interview By Philippe Mihailovich. One of the greatest critical success factors for a brand, whether it be a mass market brand or a luxury, is the element of surprise. Of course, we all prefer pleasant surprises to shocks. Apple tends to surprise whilst Benetton chooses to shock. I must admit my…
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The Last Conspiracy: Shoes as Art
The art of shoe. Clean, functional and destined to last indefinitely. The art of shoe is about going back in time, it is three dimensional, it is about shapes, the right construction and pure sculpture in exclusive materials. Danish brand The Last Conspiracy (TLC) takes special shoemaking techniques from the past and bring them to…
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Miuccia Prada: I hate the idea of being a collector. I really hate it
She’s one of the industry’s biggest names but thinks life is about ideas, not frocks. Armani described her designs as ‘ugly’ but they remain hugely desired. She has opened a giant gallery in Milan but doesn’t like being called a collector. So exactly who is Miuccia Prada?