Authentic 18-century French tableware to rent

Art-de-la-table-to-rent-small.jpg

Valérie Wolf is passionate about art de la table, and offers to rent her authentic personal porcelain and faience tableware, certain of which dating from the 18th century.

Continue reading...

Vogue commits to adopting a charter of values, signed by its teams worldwide

Vogue-Values-small.png

Vogue has performed an audit and produced a charter of sustainable values, adopted by the twenty six editions and signed by each editor in chief with his own name; the group will communicate numeral targets in January 2020.

Continue reading...

Street and disability couture for augmented people

Fattoyz-small.jpg

Gwen and Jhon, founders of Fattoyz, design street couture and transform medical prosthesis into fashion accessories: they have created a disability couture brand for augmented people.

Continue reading...

Christmas tree designed by Hermès auctioned for charity, on display until January 7th

Xmas-trees-Barcelona-small.jpg

As a side event of "Solidarity Xmas Tree" which took place in Barcelona, a christmas tree designed by Hermès is displayed in the lobby of the Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona, after having been bought by the hotel. The money raised went to support two foundations dedicated to medical research.

Continue reading...

The robot that transforms the snow into ice by trampling it

Glaciator-small.jpg

Inventor and poet, Joaquin Fargas has created Glaciator, a robot that transforms snow into ice by packing it regularly and consistently, to fix it to the glacier mass: it is his contribution and his hummingbird's share(*), to fight against the melting of the polar ice-caps.

Continue reading...

Sustainable luxury in the Hamptons

Shou-Sugi-Ban-House-small.jpg

Shou Sugi Ban House is a confidential spot, a cuisine designed by a Michelin-starred chef from seasonal local organic products, a spa with thermal suite and hydrotherapy pools and a meditation place in the Hamptons, two hours from New-York.

Continue reading...

Auction of designer's benches for the benefit of a charitable cause, in Paris on December 9

Nelson-Bench-small.jpg

Fifty designers revisit the Nelson bench: the pieces of artwork will be sold by auction on next December 9, to the benefit of La Source, a social and educative general interest association that teaches art to children and youth in difficulty.

Continue reading...