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

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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

Objets Nomades: Louis Vuitton’s installation for 2016 Design Miami/

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Objets Nomades is Louis Vuitton‘s installation of its most emblematic creations, some of which were especially made for 2016 Design Miami/, one of the biggest art fairs of the world. “Sharing a sense of intuitiveness, desire and pleasure, the Objets Nomades continue Louis Vuitton’s tradition of offering inspiring and surprising designs to fans all over … Read more

Olafur Eliasson and the power of the sun

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First Olafur Eliasson invented the Little Sun solar-powered lamp for parts of the world without electricity (and Glastonbury). Now the artist has come up with a solar-powered phone charger

Novelist and visual artist Douglas Coupland unveils luxury furniture collection

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Douglas Coupland Designs Luxury Furniture Line For SwitzerCultCreative Canadian novelist, visual artist and designer Douglas Coupland launched his first collection of furniture designs, in collaboration with Vancouver-based SwitzerCultCreative luxury design collective. Douglas Coupland’s first novel in 1991 was the acclaimed “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture”. “The ‘Douglas Coupland for SwitzerCultCreative’ collection is a … Read more

Self-powered microalgae lamp to keep CO2 emissions in check

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Self-powered microalgae street lamp absorbs CO2 More efficient than trees, the microalgae caught the attention of the French biochemist Pierre Calleja who has invented a self-powered microalgae lamp that absorbs CO2 and is powered without electricity. These amazing planet saving features are tanks filled with water and microalgae that convert sunlight and carbon dioxide storing … Read more

Shylight poetic luminaire by Studio Drift

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Studio Drift creates a dialogue between the viewer and the objects the studio creates. It is the case with Shylight installation – a lamp hung from the ceiling and hidden in a cocoon – an intriguing recipe of poetic design. Drift’s Shylight mimics a natural process of blooming flowers. When the lamp is switched on, it … Read more