The beautiful entrance hall with lights by Mathieu Lustrerie The Paris art and design scene is hotting up again after the long summer break. The 8th edition of AD Intérieurs opened this week at the magnificent Monnaie de Paris. Ten designers … Continue reading
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What are some of the characteristics that make a great collector? Access – cultural and monetary, sustained interest, superior ‘taste’, patronage, and desire for self expression through objects are few that come to mind. As design has been formalized into … Continue reading
Artcurial has a very exciting and accessible two part sale coming up on the 4th of October. You have lots of time to browse and make careful choices! There are over 500 lots just in the day sale! We’ve … Continue reading
Expanding on the traditional ‘decorator interiors’ Christie’s and Sotheby’s hosted influential bloggers and top designers in there exhibition spaces this fall, asking them to compose interiors using objects in their design sales mixed with Modern and Contemporary artwork. The results are truly inspiring! It … Continue reading
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s rue de Babylon appartment in Paris. The legendary Eileen Gray Dragon Chair (1917-1919) is in the foreground. Image courtesy of Nicolas Mathéus ….. JACQUES DOUCET (1853-1929) and YVES SAINT LAURENT (1935-2008) The current exhibition … Continue reading
Guided by his intuition and imagination young Lebanese designer Henry Dakak spontaneously employs his knowledge of historical techniques to create contemporary furniture and lighting. His laboratory in Beirut is in the old factory of his grandfather’s furniture company. He is … Continue reading
“I am what you could call a para-artist. Someone somewhere between the artistic and the technical spheres. And this only works if it excels in both”. Pierre Paulin. ‘Cathedral Table’, 1981 in lacquered aluminum and glass by Paulin, Edition 2014; … Continue reading
The 6th edition of AD Interiors opens in the beautiful Palais d’Iena this weekend (5-20 September). The theme is ‘A l’avant garde du style’ and 15 designers and interior architects will be imagining and creating the ‘interiors of the future’. … Continue reading
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Pierre Paulin, One of a Pair of Armchairs, 1984, Lacquered wood, foam, original fabric Image courtesy of Gallery Demisch Denant When we read that Demish Denant will be presenting work at TEFAF Design this year we were very excited to see what here-to-fore unseen … Continue reading
