The second annual LVMH Prize for young fashion designers awarded to Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida

Congratulations to Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, designers of Marques’Almeida and winners of this 2015 edition of LVMH Prize! Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Raf Simons, Riccardo Tisci, Phoebe Philo, JW Anderson and Nicolas Ghesquière awarded London-based Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida the 2015 LVMH Prize for young fashion designers. The star-studded jury offered Marques’ Almeida €300,000 … Read more

Rem Koolhaas crafts a spectacular ‘city of art’ for Prada in Milan

A new Roman Polanski film is being shown, Jeff Koons and Donald Judd artworks are strewn about, and Wes Anderson’s designed the kitsch cafe … in a scruffy industrial corner of Milan, Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada have made a dazzling art space, so vast it’s practically a city. Oliver Wainwright is in awe

Britain’s craft boom produces new model artisan army

From furniture to ceramics, small-scale businesses – all 12,000 of them – are satisfying consumer demand for ethical, handmade goods

Brizo Artesso smart kitchen recognized with a coveted Red Dot Award Product Design

This design recently recognized with a coveted Red Dot Award Product Design works in a contemporary kitchen or a traditional kitchen, living as a statement piece in both environments. Luxury fittings brand Brizo secured the prestigious, global accolade for innovative design with its Artesso Kitchen Collection. With nearly 5,000 entries from 56 countries this year, … Read more

What does the rise of digital marketing mean for luxury brands?

As the influence of print diminishes as an advertising medium, how can firms that sell high-end products communicate with their customers in a way that doesn’t compromise their core values?

TAG Heuer’s connected watch project: A luxury Swiss smartwatch powered by Intel & Android Wear

The ultimate connected watch powered by Intel technology and Android Wear. A new era of collaboration between Swiss watchmakers and Silicon Valley. Avant-garde Luxury Swiss manufactuer TAG Heuer, Google and Intel have announced a product that is both luxurious and seamlessly connected to its wearer’s daily life. The Swiss smartwatch powered by Intel technology and … Read more