Design is back this fall with Paris Design Week 2014

Scheduled for Saturday, 6th September, through Saturday, September 13th, the latest edition of PARIS DESIGN WEEK, in synergy with MAISON&OBJET PARIS, is extended by one day to give as many people as possible the chance to discover and celebrate the latest in design and creation. All told, more than 120 sites / 250 participants in … Read more

Celebrity fitness trainers – the new attraction of the luxury hotels chains

Luxury hotels tapping celebrity fitness trainers The celebrity fitness trainer Tara Stiles, a rebel yoga instructor popular for her high-movement yoga class, flips the traditional idea of fitness on its head with a non-traditional approach to working out while on the road. The celebrity US yoga instructor was tapped by luxury hotel chain W Hotels … Read more

RHS Chelsea Flower Show in full bloom

This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show brought to London plants from every corner of the world mixing high fashion and horticulture. Glamorous as gets the gardening, The Chelsea Flower Show is a signals the start of summer. The highlights of 2014 edition include Hugo Bugg’s RBC Waterscape garden, the First World War-inspired garden created by … Read more

Best fine home furnishings brands

Best luxury furniture brands. The details are not the details. They make the design. (Charles Eames) Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful with intense relationships with furniture and books. There is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house, n’est-ce pas? Here are some of the luxury brands that … Read more

Building a better tomorow with hemp. New uses for the old hemp plant

The human beings could not find a more loyal companion in the plant world than hemp. The vicissitudes of the old hard times were alleviated with hemp. Plastic & building materials, clothing & fabrics, fuel, nutrition, animal bedding, animal feed, soap, paper & cardboard products. Of course, in all these areas hemp is an important … Read more

Hemp on the high street. Eco fibres in fashion

Hemp, Hemp, Hooray! Hemp is becoming a Force for Positive Change. Fashion is just another example of how exceptional this plant really is.     A true wonderplant, the hemp is an example of the genius of nature. During centuries the world was conquered on horseback and wearing hemp clothing. The sails of the greatest … Read more