Exporting good taste
A few days ago a bilateral agreement was announced between the European Union and China for protection of the registered names of 100 regional European products in China (and, vice versa, 100 Chinese products...
A Shared Challenge
From the general to the specific, and vice versa. The gaze moves, as it does during the most compelling tennis matches, from one side of the court to the other: from a broader, international...
Exchange? Exchange!
The world changes and China changes too. A new cultural wave says that quantity has to give way to quality. The economic slowdown (though in any case the performance is enviable) makes the demand...
How to combine fashion, design, art and history
The latest collection of scented candles in porcelain by Rosenthal for Versace are a refined concentrate, on a small scale, of the inimitable Versace style: Medusa, Gala, Vanity, Le Jardin de Versace, Les Étoiles...
The culture that ‘moves the world’
To borrow rather freely from Dante (forgive us!), culture is the motor that moves the world. It moves peoples, creates connections, expands horizons, shaping a vision of the future. Not by chance, culture is...
A world of relationships, between control and rating
Technology and selectivity, two terms that appeared in the editorial of the Collectable Book in March, now return with a vengeance in this fall edition. As always, thanks to the legion of color experts...
Art de vivre
Owner: Benjamin and Ariane de RothschildDeveloper: Edmond de Rothschild HeritageHotel operator: Four Seasons Hotels & ResortsArchitect: Bruno Legrand Architecture (BLA)Interiors: Pierre-Yves Rochon Inc. (PYR)Contractors: T. Studio Design & Development; Bruno Legrand Architecture (BLA)Furniture: Custom...
NYCxDESIGN: new driving force
In the midst of the 2019 edition of the most important event for design lovers on American soil, people are already looking to the future: a new format has been announced, for implementation in...
Think pink
A parade for the female universe! Sasha Bikoff, Vanessa Brady, Gulla Jónsdóttir, Carola Bestetti, Nargis Kassamali, Michelle Fan… The pages of this issue are full of fascinating faces and even more authoritative voices of...
A design atelier in Manhattan
The iconic Italian culture brand displays its art de vivre refinement in the design district of Manhattan. Back in 1956, a small store opened by Maddalena and Fernando De Padova in Milan presented Scandinavian...