The recently opened boutique hotel “ME by Meliá” in Dubai is the only hotel building designed by award-winning architect Zaha Hadid both inside and out. The typical trademarks: breathtaking curves, sharp angles, bold materials and expressive colours …
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Adwoa Aboah in Full Bloom: fashion film by Nick Knight
For Vogue Hong Kong’s November 2019 cover story, Nick Knight and stylist Anya Ziourova teamed up to create a soulful set of images and fashion film featuring a figurehead of contemporary London modelling, Adwoa Aboah …
The Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) in Rio is finally nearing completion. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, it has been seen for years as one of the world’s most exciting new cultural buildings. With an enchanting panorama view over Copacabana Beach …
Michael Bloomberg has launched a bid to dislodge Donald Trump from the White House. But that’s not all. Ever since the construction of his European headquarters, Bloomberg has taken to calling himself the “world’s most ecological developer” …
TORUS: a love story of sorts – fashion film by Nick Knight
Fredrik Tjærandsen’s inflatable creations enter the void in Nick Knight’s surreal fashion film TORUS …
Design studio Neko has won a prestigious Red Dot for outstanding design in the Red Dot Award for their ‘Wave’ play sculpture: Product Design 2020. This makes Neko one of the winners in one of the world’s most renowned design competitions …
The F.U.L.L. Bar in Kiev scores not only with the minimalist design and interior of the Ukrainian studio Slava Balbek. The drinks served there are also quite extraordinary …
Stephan Haas spent more than two decades working in senior management at a bank before leaving it all behind and becoming a hotel owner …
Chris Lee (Li Yuchun 李宇春) transforms into a living art piece for Nick Knight
Singer, actress and fashion muse Chris Lee (Li Yuchun 李宇春) is transformed into a living work of art in this fashion film from Nick Knight’s cover story for Vogue China …
These collections are sculptural masterpieces that celebrate the splendor of curves and unique shapes …
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Woodkid – I Will Fall For You
The film displays a duet between Drew Jacoby and Matt Foley of Royal Ballet Flanders, based on Cherkaoui’s 2015 original ballet creation ‘Fall’ …
In Arles in the south of France, an old church was transformed into an art hotel. Here, the guests of the small hotel Le Collatéral become protagonists of a piece of art …
Gold and silversmith Barbara Gressl is globally renowned as an expert on Kasumigaura pearls, a Japanese cultivated freshwater pearl …
Precious materials, clean lines and custom design features characterise this restaurant, where Japan is given an original and unconventional new twist. The IYO AALTO is a Japanese restaurant in Milan that was designed by Italian architect Maurizio Lai …
The Japanese city of Kobe is part of the international UNESCO Creative Cities Network – and rightly so! Kenji Kondo give us an insight into the creative culture …
Casa Ojalá was developed as a product for boutique and luxury hotels seeking a unique solution for the travel experience. Quick assembly and virtually nonexistent footprint allow for easy expansion of an existing property or novel configurations on land of any type: vineyards or mountains, woods or seaside. Its high degree of flexibility makes it ideal for locations far flung: from Argentina to Indonesia, Namibia to Italy. Casa Ojalá is also being made available to private customers on an application basis …
I received some incense sticks as a souvenir from our neighbour following a trip to Asia. I was eight years old at the time and they seemed infinitely precious to me. They smelt different to anything I’d encountered up until that point, and soon the whole linen cupboard where they were put smelt the same, enchanting and exotic …
Giant hotels are currently being built in London and Dubai, both of which claim to have the “world’s most spectacular pool” on their roofs …