This week we found some exciting pieces around Paris! Above on the left, Susan on the surprisingly comfortable ‘S’ chair by Tom Dixon, in metal and straw, circa 1989. H103cm x L47cm x W55cm On the right, Elizabeth testing the … Continue reading
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Wednesday night was the annual Nocturne Rive Droite in Paris, an evening of vernissages at the galleries located in the Carré d’or (between l’avenue Matignon, le Faubourg Saint Honoré, la rue de Miromesnil and la rue de Penthièvre). Later in the week we spotted … Continue reading
Pharrell Williams has curated the exhibition GIRL which opened this week at Emmanuel Perrotin’s new gallery space, Salle du Bal, a former ballroom at the Hotel du Grand Veneur. The show celebrates women and is both challenging and uplifting. Try … Continue reading
The ‘Reflexion mirror’ (2013) by the Franco-Hungarian designer Mathias Kiss, navigates the boundaries of art and design, creating a multifacted surface with rigid materials. Plate glass mirrors, first produced in Murano Italy in the 16th century, became luxury objects found in … Continue reading
“I like designing out-of-context, without the limitations of angles, corridors, rooms or walls. It’s all the same to me, whether I am doing sleeves for dresses or table legs.” – Pierre Cardin 1970s furniture expressed playfulness, optimism and excitement about … Continue reading
The strong, clean undulating lines of Pierre Paulin’s red and purple sofas create a bright counterpoint to the dramatically dark and immaculately presented pret-a-porter pieces in Azzedine Alaïa’s new Paris shop, while simultaneously complimenting the sculptural nature of Alaïa’s work … Continue reading
Mattia Bonetti is a provocative Swiss-born designer based in Paris whose curvaceous wooden standing vases and lamps caught our attention in Les Puces last year and quickly found there way to the home of a Paris client! We also featured … Continue reading
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Manuel Simon (1978-) In the great and rich tradition of the decorative arts in France, Manuel Simon’s amazing design pieces in glass and metal resonate deeply with us. Hailing from the South of France, Simon began to work in metal … Continue reading
I like designing out-of-context, without the limitations of angles, corridors, rooms or walls. It’s all the same to me, whether I am doing sleeves for dresses or table legs.” These are two of Cardin’s earliest designs … both are quite … Continue reading
