Puiforcat Bureau d’Architecte: highly refined yet eminently functional pieces designed by Joseph Dirand

Designer Joseph Dirand sees craftsmanship as a veritable laboratory of ideas that goes beyond the specific skills involved. His latest collection for French luxury maison Puiforcat is a line of highly refined yet eminently functional pieces reshaping the arts of the table. A champion of minimalism, Joseph Dirand took an architectural approach to the design … Read more

Salone del Mobile 2017: Loewe presents its most comprehensive foray into homeware

Showing at Salone del Mobile, Milano. Loewe: This is Home. For its third contribution to the Milan International Furniture Fair, Loewe presents its Loewe: This is Home collection conceived by Jonathan Anderson in the spirit of a collage. A category-spanning universe that combines art forms and expert craft techniques, the line encompasses furniture, lamps, blankets, … Read more

Yann Fillioux coup de coeur: Hennessy Master Blender’s Selection No. 1

What is a Master Blender’s Selection No. 1? The latest “Master Blender’s Selection N°1” by Hennessy Master Blender Yann Fillioux is a very personal signature that was only ever meant to be produced in a single, limited batch. In French, a project like Master Blender’s Selection N°1 is called a “coup de coeur” — a … Read more

Le Meurice Prize for contemporary art 2016-2017

Artistic creation has always been, since 1835, essential to the art of living at Le Meurice, the 5-star hotelin the 1st arrondissement of Paris opposite the Tuileries Garden, between Place de la Concorde and the Musée duLouvre on the Rue de Rivoli. The winner of the 9th edition of the Meurice Prize for contemporary art … Read more