Born in 1980, Yacine Aouadi grew up with his Algerian family in northern Marseille, France. He leaves the family at the age of 25 to join the fashion school of Studio Bercot. After graduation, he was hired as a stylist by Maison Balmain and was working there with Christophe Decarnin and then Olivier Rousteing. Today, lead by the desire to express himself other than through a design studio, Yacine Aouadi founded his own fashion brand, Aouadi Paris. And it already…
Skultuna was founded in the year 1607 by King Karl IX of Sweden as a brass foundry. Today it is one of the oldest companies in the world and it is still a purveyor to the Royal Court of Sweden. For over 400 years Skultuna has produced fine metal objects of the highest quality for both everyday use and for special occasions. Always with that same sense of quality, function and design Skultuna today creates tomorrow’s antiques. The products of Skultuna are…
Lisa Williamson is a Los Angeles based artist who creates wall and floor sculptures, drawing attention to color, shape, texture and scale. Lisa has used aluminum, plexiglas and steel in her work, but doesn’t have any signature materials. She also composes works on paper, experimenting with list making, rhymes, puns, and doodles as part of her practice. You can find more of Lisa Williamson’s work on the website of Shane Campbell Gallery.…
The Art of the Restaurateur is a compelling look behind the scenes at some of the world’s best restaurants, and celebrates the complex but unsung art of the restaurateur. In his first ever book, acclaimed Financial Times restaurant critic (and former restaurateur of L’Escargot in London in the 1980’s) Nicholas Lander reveals everything about the highs and lows of the restaurant business. He is presenting the untold stories of luxurious Michelin-starred restaurants, bustling neighbourhood bistros and stylish fast-food cafes. Beautiful…
The conceptual pop up store The Loft by The Playing Circle is located in an apartment above Amsterdam’s Vaudeville theatre. The special thing about it is that every single piece you see is up for sale. The goal is to create a unique shopping experience as you have the feeling of entering someone else’s home. In addition there is an official webshop, Enter The Loft, where the customer has the possibility to view the whole collection in a glance and…
Caroline Gomez is a designer, art director, photographer and the author of „Destination“, a book series about travel & lifestyle. Caroline began self-publishing her first collections in 2005 right after receiving her Master’s degree. In her studio in Bordeaux (southwestern France), she designs and manufactures a range of beautiful and simple furniture and objects for the home. The use of natural materials only is very important to Caroline and so her collections are handmade of ceramic, wood, leather, paper, linen…
Electric Feathers seems to become one of my favorite fashion labels (see the last post here). Leana Zuniga, the founder of this brand, stays true to herself. At first sight you might think that the collections of Electric Feathers doesn’t show much of a change like the ones of other fashion brands do. But this is exactly what I like about it! Also, when you take a closer look, you can see an evolution indeed. It is subtle and certain…
Vrai & Oro – Fine Jewelry essentials without the retail markups. Made in LA, sold online-only. For the first interview of 2016 I had the pleasure to ask Vanessa Stofenmacher and Chelsea Nicholson – the founders of Vrai & Oro – a couple of questions. Vrai & Oro means truth (in French) and gold (in Spanish). Vanessa’s and Chelsea’s philosophy is about creating for quality, being inspired by simplicity, and embodying transparency. Instead of focusing on trends, they offer simple, delicate pieces that can be…
Rebecca Ward, born 1984 in Texas, is an talented artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She studied Fine Arts and received her MFA in 2012. Most of Rebecca’s artworks are paintings and large-scale installations for which she uses materials like bleach, spray, paint, tape and dye. She is clearly influenced by minimalism and geometry and for me as a designer her artworks are a great source of inspiration.…
Carrer Avinyo by David Kohn Architects is what you can call an homage to Barcelona. It is an apartment in the Gothic Quarter (Catalan: Barri Gòtic) of Barcelona where it is situated on the corner of a significant local crossroads. Comparable with the Flatiron Building in New York, where Broadway cuts diagonally across the city grid, the apartment building has a distinctive triangular form that is echoed in the adjacent public space, Plaça George Orwell. A primary design move in…