Black History Month: the seven must-see art exhibitions

This February across the US, a range of exhibitions will showcase the expansive work of black artists and photographers

When history becomes stone and stone becomes a piece of furniture: draenert at imm cologne

  The 2019 imm Cologne, the international furniture show in January in Cologne, is a globally central and very important furniture fair, which is the every year’s prelude. The enormous breadth and depth of the products encompasses flat pack furniture and premium brands as well as visionary product designs. This year the exhibition is complemented … Read more

Tristram Hunt: ‘In the era of fake news, museums allow a better understanding of truth and history’

The director of the V&A on the institution’s expansion into east London, the antisemitism row in the Labour party, and the changing role of museums

Officine Panerai to bring to life the brand’s seafaring history at 2018 Design Miami/

  Officine Panerai presents The Newest Luminor 1950 at the 2018 Design Miami/ (Dec 5–9, 2018). Officine Panerai’s watches are a natural blend of Italian design, expert Swiss technology, and passion for the sea. Founded in Florence in 1860 as a workshop, shop, and school of watch-making, for many decades Officine Panerai supplied the Italian … Read more

Baccarat x Flos reveal Bon Jour Versailles designed by History and Philippe Starck

This lamp unveiled at 2017 Milan Design Week wants to solve the paradox between industrial precision and artisanal know-how. Baccarat, legendary crystal manufacturer and Flos, legendary lighting manufacturer, reveal their new collaboration with internationally renowned creator Philippe Starck: BON JOUR VERSAILLES, “a collection of lamps born from History and Human Intelligence.” The heir to an … Read more