A Beverly Hills mansion that has been widely publicized with much celebrity and international buyer interest, triggering a bidding war, has been sold to Swedish billionaire Markus Persson for $70 million. This is the highest price ever paid for a home in Beverly Hills and it closed in a lightning-fast six days. Persson’s purchase included … Read more
Four Seasons Maui Missoni exclusives. Missoni Spends the Holidays with Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea This holiday season, Missoni fashion house is celebrating at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea with a one-of-a-kind Missoni Christmas tree and an exclusive pop up shop, now through January 3rd, 2015. The acclaimed fashion house, founded in 1953 by … Read more
Etihad Airways brings momentous year to a close with spectacular A380 and B787 launch in Abu Dhabi. Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has capped an incredible 12 months by unveiling its first Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 aircraft . The doors to the airline’s two new flagship aircraft – in … Read more
Parking lots in Los Angeles, arty wind tunnels, Dada collages and 1960s visions of future living – Rowan Moore picks his favourite shows of the year
Design Miami/ 2014: mischer’traxler for Perrier-Jouët. In its role as a patron of design art Champagne house Perrier-Jouët stimulates curiosity, exploring the magical dialogue between Mankind and Nature through ‘Ephemerā’ design work revealed at Design Miami/ 2014. Exploring traditional craftsmanship, modern technology, the ephemerality of nature, and the Art Nouveau movement, Austrian designers Katharina Mischer and Thomas … Read more
This long-lost, one-of-a-kind project had never actually been realized. “One expects from a designer a practical object with, if possible, a touch of poetry and elegance”.- Pierre Paulin At 2014 Design Miami/, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Louis Vuitton presented a major architectural exhibition. In a satellite exhibition, Louis Vuitton has brought … Read more