Wallpaper* Design Awards 2017

Wallpaper Design Award 2017 is an annual awards programme honouring the best in DESIGN.   Wallpaper invited an elite panel to sit in judgement over 11 special award categories: Bestdomestic design; Designer of the year; Best new restaurant; Best new hotel; Best new private house; Best new public building; Best city; Best women’s fashion collection; … Read more

The International Perfume Foundation launches IPF Certified Natural Perfumery Directory

Where do I find Natural Perfumers? Who are they? Where are they? How can I recognize if they are authentic? Are the flowers I see in perfume advertisements, really in my perfume? A Movement is Born! The International Perfume Foundation launches IPF Certified Natural Perfumery Directory At the completion of a 32 day Campaign to “Reconnect … Read more

Grace Wales Bonner wins the hearts of the 2016 LVMH Prize Jury

Wales Bonner by Grace Wales Bonner has been awarded the LVMH Prize 2016. The English designer based in London also won the British Fashion Council’s emerging menswear designer award in 2015. LVMH Prize winners take home €300,000 and will have a year-long mentorship. Grace Wales Bonner designs contemporary menswear and womenswear to international stockists including Matches, … Read more

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso in tribute to René Magritte

This is not a timepiece. This is a Reverso. Swiss high-end watch manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre has repeatedly devoted its many crafts to paying homage to artists on its iconic Reverso timepiece, one of the rare watches perfectly suited to showcasing a reproduction of a work of art on the dial or case-back. To celebrate Reverso’s 85th … Read more

Anthony Vaccarello at the helm of Saint Laurent

Saint Laurent confirms Anthony Vaccarello Hire. On 1st April, Yves Saint Laurent announced the departure of Creative and Image Director Hedi Slimane. Three days later, the luxury Maison confirms Anthony Vaccarello, the creative director of Versus Versace fashion brand, as the new creation men for Yves Saint Laurent. The 36-year-old Italian-Belgian designer Anthony Vaccarello will … Read more

10 of the best European cities for art nouveau

Art nouveau swept across Europe around the turn of the 20th century and was embraced by architects, graphic and interior designers and artists. Here are the best cities in Europe to get a flavour of its most impressive buildings