L’Occitane and Pierre Hermé launch shared store

Beauty products group L’Occitane and renowned pastry chef Pierre Hermé (crowned Best Pastry Chef in 2016) have decided to combine their expertise and their retail universes to offer consumers a unique and innovative shopping experience in a shared store.   “We are partnering with L’Occitane and Pierre Hermé in creating a welcoming and refined concept … Read more

Cuckoo-watch: Nendo is leading Pontos to uncharted territories

A few years ago, Maurice Lacroix announced a partnership with Wallpaper and embarked on a adventure which consisted of reinventing the Maurice Lacroix Pontos watch thanks to the participation of outstanding designers. In 2009, product designer Gwenaël Nicolas, industrial designer Arik Levy, and fashion designer Neil Barrett redesigned the “Maurice Lacroix Pontos Decentrique GMT” watch. … Read more

Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum of its kind in the Arab region, opens to the public

Louvre Abu Dhabi, a new cultural landmark for the 21st century, opens to the public on 11 November. The museum’s collection spans the history of humanity and will explore a universal narrative through artworks and artefacts from all over the world. The much-anticipated Louvre Abu Dhabi opens to the public with a spectacular week-long series of … Read more

Louvre Abu Dhabi: Jean Nouvel’s spectacular palace of culture shimmers in the desert

With its cosmic dome and starry latticework, the French architect’s water-lapped Gulf outpost shuns the petrodollar glitz of its neighbours. But there’s no whitewashing the appalling treatment of the labourers who built its light-filled halls

The Bilbao effect: how Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim started a global craze

Opened 20 years ago this month, the glittering titanium museum had a wow factor that cities around the globe were soon clamouring to copy

Quelle splendeur! Roche Bobois x Riva at the Saint Tropez Harbour

Soak up the sun on the terrace of the Lounge Club in Saint-Tropez (France), newly opened on the roof of the Port de Saint-Tropez Harbour Master’s Office, and furnished by Roche Bobois in partnership with Riva. To celebrate the reopening of the Harbour Master’s Office at the Port of Saint-Tropez, France, more than a hundred … Read more