Joy, the famous perfume by Jean Patou, recreated in its 1932 bottle

A limited collector’s edition of the iconic Joy fragrance. Each bottle is filled by hand and sealed. The original Jean Patou’s Joy perfume bottle was recreated by the famous French couture and perfume house for a collector’s edition.This 2015 version of Joy is the “purest, richest and most concentrated” of all the variations of Patou’s … Read more

Museum of Tomorrow: a captivating invitation to imagine a sustainable world

Rio de Janeiro’s new museum, focusing on ideas rather than objects, ecology more than technology, is a little trippy, a little hippy, very worthy but rarely dull

Sharing instead of owning: carsharing with classic cars. How to drive the Legends you’ve always dreamed of.

Daimler Business Innovation is developing a carsharing concept for Young- and Oldtimer called Legends Classic Car Club by Mercedes-Benz. The club  will bring together a community of enthusiasts who enjoy driving classic cars.  Mercedes is thinking of those people, who live in urban areas and do not have the space to keep a classic car … Read more

Firenze4Ever 12th Edition: TechDreamers. Technology through the language of fashion, art, design and music

TechDreamers inspired by Swarovski: An installation, a limited edition, an exhibition dedicated to the visionaries. The Fashion Weeks officially open with Firenze4Ever 2016 (9-11 January, 2016) in Firenze, the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. The 12th edition is dedicated to TechDreamers, visionaries who give form to … Read more

Project Alba – the award winning 50m semi-displacement class by Heesen Yachts

Dutch shipyard Heesen Yachts has ten yachts under construction with deliveries running into 2018. One of the project sold in 2015 is Project Alba “Combining speed and space, sportiness and elegance, Project Alba is the true expression of Heesen’s DNA with her highly efficient, aluminium, hard-chine hull, seamlessly engineered by the in-house experts and impeccably crafted … Read more

Rowan Moore: the best architecture of 2015

From dumb towers to cool interventions, 2015 saw the gap widen between the big and brainless and the small and thoughtful

Observer critics’ reviews of the year in full