Kering opens global luxury group’s North American operations center

  Kering, the global luxury group, announced the opening of its new operations center in the United States in Wayne, New Jersey. The state-of-the-art office in Wayne, New Jersey replaces Kering’s former facility in Secaucus and will serve as the luxury company’s North American operations center. With the opening of offices in Wayne, Kering luxury … Read more

An MDF bookcase for £12,000? The jolting genius of design superstudio Memphis

The high-voltage style, comic-strip colours and eye-watering price tags of this Italian collective changed the world of design – what better place for an exhibition than modernist Milton Keynes?

Design news for November

The best new design this month from craft for Christmas to the best font for writing about philosophy

Gus Van Sant: ‘We are living in a wilder time than anything we could imagine’

He is the king of the Hollywood underground. So why has he made a mini-series for Gucci? The film-maker talks about life in isolation, his gay president project and the big screen’s demise

Celine Homme The Dancing Kid pop-up – A mirror to the eclectic nature of youth culture today

  Celine Homme, Celine’s menswear division helmed by Hedi Slimane, launches The Dancing Kid pop-up – an exclusive capsule dedicated to the spring/summer 2021 collection. A freewheeling spirit and skate culture influences. CELINE HOMME is launching on Mr.Porter luxury retail platform a one season pop-up featuring an exclusive capsule dedicated to the House’s spring/summer 2021 … Read more

Super-rich buying up ‘Downton Abbey estates’ to escape pandemic

Sales of £15m-plus English country homes breaking records as wealthy families ‘recalibrate their priorities’