Frankfurt / Paris, 12 November 2024: The Orient Express Corinthian will be the first of Orient Express’ two new ships to set course for the Mediterranean, the Adriatic and later the Caribbean from June 2026.
Category Archive: Design
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In the category Design we inform you about interior design, retail design, or hotel design. Contributions from the fields of product design, fashion design or architecture design can also be found here. We also report on internationally renowned designers as well as on young shoot stars of the design scene and their projects.
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Studio Curiosity from Tokyo has designed the Light House, a concept store for the fashion label m-i-d in Osaka, Japan. The result is a place where art, architecture and fashion merge in yellow light.
Inspired by the ‘White Cube’ concept, Pierattelli Architetture’s latest project is envisioned as a ‘neutral box’ seamlessly integrated into the lush greenery
To celebrate its 20th anniversary (2023), the Portuguese winegrowers’ group has created two exceptional wines: a red wine and a tawny port. These special cuvées, each blended from the best barrels of the five wineries, deserved a special presentation. The Linz-based creative agency upart won the tender. Their design for the labels and packaging of the valuable wines has now been honoured with the Austrian State Prize for ‘Smart Packaging 2024’.
Nestled in the prestigious 16th arrondissement of Paris, the Beauséjour project redefines the aesthetic of traditional medical spaces. This project by Atelier Opale – the interior design studio founded by Alexandra Bouthier and Alice Lefebvre in 2019 – embodies their signature approach: meticulous attention to detail, a masterful interplay of materials, and an ever-present quest for the perfect light. The outcome is a renovation that exudes timeless elegance.
The new Etro Home Interiors collection combines the rediscovery of the 60s and 70s with the exploration of contemporary style codes. The clean lines of the furnishings contrast with the brand’s characteristic maximalism and eclecticism, evident in the mix and match of eras and styles, as well as in the use of colour and fabrics, central themes of the Etro style.
The Czech studios třiarchitekti and ORA have transformed an old vaulted cellar into a stylish boutique: The Prague Gentlemen Store offers men’s fashion and extravagant interior design.
‘We slept like on clouds’, “The room was so cosy that we didn’t want to leave it”, “I need a sofa like that for my home”: some reviews not only make hoteliers happy, but also hotel furnishers. After all, the right furniture can make a significant contribution to the holiday experience.
This year’s Kieffer collection unfolds step by step in a constant, intuitive process: the eye recognises diverse surfaces and sophisticated colours, the fingers feel special textures.
Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors presents an unprecedented and daring interpretation of contemporary luxury, in which the glamorous and sophisticated atmosphere typical of the brand blends with the discreet and comfortable charm of warm, amber-coloured earth tones.
If you want to uncover the secret of the durability and resilience of Geba carpets, you have to go to Tibet at an altitude of 4,500 metres and look out for a special species of animal…
Seegut Zeppelin is a special place: one with history, one with unspoilt nature, one of the few with access to Lake Constance, one that elegantly combines the past and the modern, one that is treated with respect. The Seegut Zeppelin is a place whose charm reveals itself without loud words, it simply rests within itself. The Fennel family has captured the genius loci of Seegut Zeppelin and, with the help of Plösser Architekten and interior design studio Linie Zweii, has created a breathtaking retreat.
Harlequin is collaborating with fashion designer Henry Holland to present a light and informal collection of fabrics and wallpapers with an artistic edge. The colour worlds of Harlequin and selected elements from the archive have been combined with Henry Holland’s love of the Japanese pottery technique Nerikomi.
The locations of the Mexican Kali Coffee Roasters turn drinking coffee into a holistic experience. Harmonious interior design and responsible farming included.
Riccardo’s Locanda al Colle in Tuscany is a Wunderkammer. The host has lovingly placed numerous furnishing treasures in his guest house, a historic farmhouse, and brought them together to create a harmonious whole. The chairs, tables and lamps come from antique markets and earlier times, from contemporary artists and old design icons, from Italy or London. Breathing new life into old objects and placing them in a new context is one of Riccardo Barsottelli’s passions. It’s worth asking where the pieces in Locanda al Colle come from and what stories they tell…
Little Greene is introducing the new “double drenching” method, making it possible to effectively transform living spaces with powerful colours.
StreetXO Dubai is more reminiscent of a theme park than a restaurant. The perfect interior setting for the fusion cuisine of Michelin-starred chef David Muñoz Rosillo, for whom LW Design has captured the atmosphere of the world’s most creative places.
A new 2024 product, it finds its expression through a complex design made possible by hand-tufted craftsmanship