Why we’re obsessed with Zoom backdrops: from Anna Wintour to Meryl Streep

The pandemic has forced us to make our private spaces into public ones. Here’s how to get it right

No Space Just A Place Eterotopia – a reflection about the idea of the other space, the eterotopia

    Gucci hosts “No Space, Just A Place: Eterotopia” in Seoul. Taking its cue from the complex history of independent and alternative art spaces in Seoul and Gucci’s Creative Director Alessandro Michele’s reflections on eterotopia, ‘No Space Just A Place’ is a multi-layered project powered by Gucci to support the cultural landscape and contemporary … Read more

20 apps to up your skills

Want something to show for the weeks you have spent in lockdown? These apps will help you achieve your aims

Constraints are what drive innovation: LVMH luxury group introduces 25 new startups from the world’s largest startup campus

      La Maison des Startups LVMH, LVMH luxury Group’s incubator at the Station F campus in Paris and the world’s largest startup campus, have reinvented standard practices. On April 21 the program welcomed a fourth group of 25 new startups online. Adapting this key event on the LVMH innovation agenda, which generally takes … Read more

There will be a recovery for the luxury market but the industry will be profoundly transformed. Report.

    The luxury industry faces a challenge like never before. The luxury market will face a difficult year ahead: Bain & Company expects that for the full year 2020, the market could contract between 20-35 percent, depending on the speed of the recovery. After falling by an estimated 25 percent in the first quarter … Read more

‘It’s great if you’re bored with Netflix’: video art flourishes in lockdown

From dogs’ plums to death metal shrieks, video artworks are finding a new audience hungry for culture that is accessible, original and bizarre