Designs of the Year 2014 pits the ingeniously amusing against the admirably innovative.

Designs of the Year 2014. Nominations include students and design stars such as Zaha Hadid, John Pawson, Stephen Jones, David Chipperfield and Miuccia Prada. Looking for the very best in global Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphic, Product and Transport design? Welcome to Designs of the Year 2014. The 76 nominations for Designs of the Year … Read more

Charm of cars interpreted in furnishings. Automotive brands @ Salone del Mobile 2014

Furniture inspired by automotive brands. Milan Design Week, also known as Salone Del Mobile, is the world’s largest design exhibition. This year it was held April 9-13, 2014. Furniture makers, fashion house, and even automotive brands staged a variety of related events throughout Milan to highlight the appeal and originality of their designs. Bentley Home … Read more

From luxurious ornamentation to austere simplicity: the “Gorgeous” extremes of beauty

“Gorgeous” presents masterpieces from the Asian Art Museum and SFMOMA in provocative ways and stimulating new contexts to encourage viewers to ask the question “What is gorgeous?” The idea of ‘gorgeous,’ and whether it is valuable, has always been debated. Visitors of the new “Gorgeous” exhibition @ Asian Art Museum will encounter a selection of … Read more

Maison Hermès en lumière: the Pantographe and Harnais lighting

    French luxury maison Hermès lights up this year’s Salone del Mobile and 18th-century Milan’s Palazzo Serbelloni on Corso Venezia with Hermès en lumière, luxury house’s first lighting range designed in collaboration with Italian designer Michele de Lucchi and French visual artist and light scenographer Yann Kersalé. Michele de Lucchi’s two ranges of light … Read more

Jean-Paul Gaultier’s major retrospective opened in London

“The Fashion world of Jean-Paul Gaultier, From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk”.   The charismatic French couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier opened a major retrospective at the London’s Barbican Museum. “The Fashion world of Jean-Paul Gaultier, From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” explores Jean-Paul Gaultier‘s avant-garde fashion creations and cutting-edge designs which shaped the look of fashion … Read more

Bentley Home Collection @ Salone del Mobile 2014

Charm of Bentley interpreted in furnishings.   Bentley Motors introduced its complete Home Collection for the first time at Salone del Mobile 2014, designed and manufactured in collaboration with Luxury Living Group, one of Europe’s leading furniture makers. Furnishings and decorations have been created by architect Carlo Colombo in collaboration with Daniele Ceccomori, Bentley’s head … Read more