Helsinki, the 2012 World Design Capital, is hosting over 300 events related to design and fashion – exhibitions, conferences, festivals and gallery showings throughout 2012. For the City of Helsinki, design has for decades been a pivotal enabler to building an open city. The concept of ‘Embedded Design’ has tied design to innovation and has … Read more
Karl Lagerfeld guest editing French edition of Architectural Digest Karl Lagerfeld’s Parisian apartment on Quai Voltaire is on display on French Architectural Digest‘s cover. The designer is guest editing the May 2012 issue of the French edition of AD magazine. Before the offical launch on 13th April 2012, the AD magazine is on a preview … Read more
The ideea of flying car is in the air and it becomes clear that it is shaping the future of urban mobility. After the US-based Terrafugia said they had successfully tested their own street-legal plane called the “Transition”, the gyrocopter of a Dutch company has just proved it can handle the skies as well as … Read more
“Style is the essence of man” The image of his success is directly linked to the success of the gentleman wearing the suits he creates at Zenonni. Ciprian Vlad, co-founder and CEO at Zenonni, considers that the creation of luxury goods has always been about giving more and giving the best. Without a generous spirit … Read more
Tamara Ecclestone says bargaining is ‘smart thing to do’ Tamara Ecclestone, the heiress to part of the multibillion-dollar Formula 1 fortune, is auctioning her clothes on eBay to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Tamara’s designer wardrobe includes 500,000 pounds of Hermes handbags and 70,000 pounds of Christian Louboutin shoes, reports ANI. Tamara Ecclestone … Read more
‘Cookbook of the year’ explores gourmet Chilean cuisine “Patagonian Cuisine: Rivers, Lakes and Chiloe District” by Francisco Fantini has been named the cookbook of the year at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris. The winning cookbook that takes readers on a gastronomic tour of Chile beat out 11 other titles around the world including … Read more