Search results for: “art market”
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The Chinese now Competing on La Place Vendôme!
By Philippe Mihailovich & Caroline Taylor Paris Haute Joaillerie (High Jewellery) Week is attached to the Haute Couture Fashion Week so that high-end fashion clients visiting Paris can be tempted to purchase gorgeous jewellery to complement their dresses or vice versa. This year’s Fall/Winter 19/20 shows began on the 30th June so…
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Solar-electric Lightyear One car to get the most out of every joule of energy
The Dutch solar-electric prototype generates some of the power it needs as it travels. Lightyear One charges itself whenever it absorbs daylight. Independence from charging stations means that you are free to roam the world. Lightyear One highlights include a solar roof and hood, a low aerodynamic drag, and reduced weight.…
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How to create the ultimate sports hangout
Sport represents big business across the globe, especially when you consider the current trend for audiences gambling in real-time and accessing in-play markets. A staggering 86.4% of boxing fans regularly wager whilst watching their favourite sport, for example, with this number rising to 97.4% for horse racing enthusiasts. Whether you want a place…
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Canadian Collector Acquires Majority of the Ultimate Sneaker Collection
The shoes are the story, and the stories are in the shoes. Once the domain of a dedicated core of collectors and connoisseurs scattered in select U.S. cities, the culture of sneaker fashion has exploded to become a worldwide phenomenon, a new universal language of cool. Sotheby’s and Stadium Goods announced that all…
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Bankruptcy for Barneys? Symbol of New York luxe faces uncertain future
Management ‘actively evaluating opportunities’ as collapse of the store would be a significant, symbolic blow to retail
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Stirling prize 2019 shortlist: from a cork creation to a Teletubbies-style whisky distillery
Energy efficiency is a priority this year as a railway station, visitor centre, social housing project and opera house vie for the RIBA award for British building of the year