Top chefs from around the world are challenged by famed Chef René Redzepi to investigate the “Appetite” theme at the second annual MAD Symposium, a collaborative forum dedicated to the changing role of the chef and an outdoor festival fuelled by a devotion to food and a desire to understand it better. “The Symposium pulled … Read more
Dangerously mixing politics and culture, new sites have been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List: Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine); Site of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Israel), Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau), and The Cultural Landscape of Bali: the Subak … Read more
Candy & Candy – the brand that has become synonymous with the world’s most luxurious interiors – is making its debut appearance at Masterpiece London 2012 art and luxury fair showcasing jewelry, furniture and cars. Building on its outstanding success in 2010 and 2011, Masterpiece London 2012 showcases the best in fine and decorative arts … Read more
Gucci announced that actress Blake Lively will be the face of Gucci Premiere, the House’s next female fragrance, for which Nicolas Winding Refn has directed a short film. Blake Lively joins Evan Rachel Wood, Chris Evans and James Franco in representing Gucci’s fragrances. The print campaign for the new fragrance was shot by Mert … Read more
Taj Mahal Table by Studio Job Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel, or Studio Job, “a love-’em-or-hate-’em Belgian-Dutch design duo” according to Time Magazine, presented at Art Basel Miami 2012 an upside down Taj Mahal in form of a table. The Indian architectural beauty included in “Seven wonders of the world” list boasts flashy gilt … Read more
World’s top architects, designers and hospitality operators throw their names in the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards’ hat for a chance to gain international recognition. Totally independent, the UK and International Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is the world’s only concept of its kind dedicated exclusively to hospitality design and most outstanding restaurant and bar … Read more