High Lines and park life: why more green isn’t always greener for cities
Transforming old industrial areas into urban woodland may look nice but can be conterproductive in the long run
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Inside the billionaires’ superyachts: helipads, tennis courts and a missile defence system
Boat builders can now design almost anything that the mega-rich can imagine – but most just want room for a giant TV
Poltrona Frau at 2014 imm Cologne Design Village
An atmosphere inspired by the great Italian designer and architect Gio Ponti, strongly recalling the late 1960’s, filled the Poltrona Frau‘s space at 2014 Cologne Design Week. Gio Ponti designed the Dezza armchair for Poltrona Frau in 1965. Products from the new collection come in the colours of the Ponti tradition, evoking a Mediterranean atmosphere. … Read more
2014 Sustainable Bio Awards, the bio industry’s most prestigious awards. 6th edition.
The Sustainable Bio Awards take place on the 5th March 2014, at the Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands. For 6 years in a row the pioneers and innovators of the bio-based industry are honoured at the annual Sustainable Bio Awards in Amsterdam, Netherlands. From biofuels to face cream, from feedstocks to financing, the industry will … Read more
My work Is very difficult to understand’. Isa Genzken: Retrospective
Isa Genzken: Retrospective presented by Moma and Celine. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa New York) unveiled “Isa Genzken: Retrospective“, the first major U.S. exhibition to encompass the artist’s oeuvre. Spanning almost 40 years of Genzken’s inventive and deeply influential artwork, the exhibition brings together more than 150 objects in an astonishing variety of techniques, including … Read more
Coco Chanel and Metiers d’Art are back in Dallas
Chanel brings Métiers d’Art 2013-2014 to Dallas. Previously staged in Paris’ Grand Palais, Venice, Moscow and Tokyo, Chanel’s extravagant Metiers d’Art show landed in Dallas, Texas. The location was chose as an appreciation of the support the American press and Dallas-based luxury department store Neiman Marcus gave Chanel when it reopened following World War … Read more