The Spanish luxury brand Loewe and the Cruz sisters team up for a handbag design, set to be unveiled in November. Academy Award-winning Spanish actress Penelope Cruz inked a three-year endorsement deal with Loewe in November 2012. It is the second campaign featuring Penélope, this time involving her dancer sister Mónica Cruz. The siblings campaign … Read more
MyWorld: Philippe Starck for Cassina. The social value of a piece of furniture, as famous designer Philippe Starck has always maintained, is fundamental: the new MyWorld sofa develops this concept allowing the user total freedom for social, intimate and professional use, in particular for those who have more flexibility between the home and work place. … Read more
Europe is the leader when it comes to MUSEUM culture, according to the 2012 Theme Index – The Global Attractions Attendance Report prepared by analysts at Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and AECOM. Nine of the top 20 most visited MUSEUMs in the world split between London and Paris. The National Palace MUSEUM in Taipei (No. … Read more
Helio de Sousa, the winner of the 2013 Brazilian International Press Award for Visual Arts, is a New York based artist originally from Brazil. Inspired by Andy Warhol‘s iconic 1956 painting “Boot,” Hélio got his flash of insight that shoes have soul and started painting them in 2008. Shoes express our identity and feelings when … Read more
Video sharing incorporated in Instagram. The online photo-sharing and social networking service Instagram has added a new video feature that will bring another way to share users’ stories. This move has been seen as some as Facebook‘s way of competing with Twitter’s Vine video-sharing application. When visitors will take a photo on Instagram, they … Read more
Chanel opens pop-up beauty boutique in Paris Chanel‘s expansion strategy of the historic Parisian boutique established in 1918 includes the renovation of the shop at 29 – 31 rue Cambon. The luxury house purchased the building on the corner of rue Cambon and rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. The final project for Cambon is set for … Read more