Tag Archives: London

August 07

Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) : Paris, Genova and New York City

       The Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) : international architectural practice in Paris, Genova and New York City     The Workshop is led by 14 partners, including founder and Pritzker Prize laureate, architect Renzo Piano. The company permanently employs nearly 130 people. Around 90 architects are from all around the world, each selected […]

April 03

V&A museum : tribute to the “Glamour of Italian Fashion”

V&A museum : tribute to the “Glamour of Italian Fashion” 1945 – 2014   5 April to 27 July 2014    The V&A museum in London dedicated a part of his collection to design, opens this month a new exhibition about the fashion industry with an impressive collection of models of the greatest creators Italians […]

February 21

HWCD Architects, London, Barcelona, Shanghai

HWCD Architects, London, Barcelona, Shanghai     HWCD is an international design practice, based in Shanghai, with offices in London and Barcelona, offering a wide range of design services : from urban design to mixed-use; luxury hotels to high-end residential projects ; from conceptual to construction drawings. HWCD has always been guided by a belief […]

January 16

Hassan Hajjaj, PHOTOGRAPHER – ARTIST – DESIGNER – FILMMAKER

Hassan Hajjaj   PHOTOGRAPHER – ARTIST – DESIGNER – FILMMAKER   Born in Larache, Morocco in 1961, Hajjaj arrived in London in his teens and grew up amid the emerging club culture in the UK. Known as the “Andy Warhol of Marrakech” Hajjaj is very much a child of the pop art generation. His work […]

December 13

Art14 London, 28 Feb – 2 March 2014

  Art14 London 28 Feb – 2 March 2014   Art14 London, sponsored by Citi Private Bank, is the second edition of the largest and most dynamic Fair to launch in London in a decade. The inaugural edition of the Fair, Art13 London, attracted galleries and artists from across the globe and welcomed 25,000 visitors […]

October 28

Ayse Erkmen : Intervals

Ayse Erkmen : Intervals     Barbican’s Curve Gallery 24 September 2013 – 5 January 2014   Barbican Art Gallery in London presents major exhibitions by leading international figures in the heart of the City of London. This autumn, the Turkish artist Ayşe Erkmen produces an impressive installation for the Barbican, highlighting the craftsmanship and painting theatrical staging. The gallery […]

October 21

Larissa Sansour : political dialogue with borrowing from the pop culture

Larissa Sansour A political dialogue with borrowing from the pop culture Larissa Sansour was born in Jerusalem and studied Fine Art in Copenhagen, London and New York. Her work is interdisciplinary, immersed in the current political dialogue and borrowing heavily from the language of film and pop culture. By using video, photography, experimental documentary and […]

October 21

Larissa Sansour at Lawrie Shabibi gallery, Dubai’s Al-Quoz

Lawrie Shabibi presents “Science Faction”, a solo exhibition by Larissa Sansour Opening Reception Monday 9 September, 2013, 7-9pm Exhibition until 12 November, 2013 Lawrie Shabibi is excited to announce Science Faction a solo exhibition by Larissa Sansour that premieres the Nation Estate series in the Middle East. Originally developed for the Lacoste Elysée Prize 2011, Nation Estate became […]

October 16

Faisal Samra : the political control over the visual production broadcast by the medias

Faisal Samra Photography / installation   “The principle is simple. If someone has a gun and they point it at you, either you steal theirs or you get one yourself. That’s what I believe. So with this body of work I bought a gun. Now we are equal.” Faisal Samra is of Saudi origin, but […]

September 09

WK INTERACT

WK INTERACT   WK INTERACT is an artist of French origin who lives and works in New York for over twenty years. His work should be understood as a relationship with the street that he invests as support but also as an inspiration. WK INTERACT is not a simple graffiti artist that represents designs on […]

September 04

Jairo Acosta Silva

Jairo Acosta Silva Art Photography Jairo Acosta Silva was born in Medellin, Colombia. He’s graduated in a Master of Fine Arts, technologist and systemization of data Hardware Maintenance Technician. He’s also an Administrative Assistant cultural system of the Library of the University of Antioquia, and was involved in the creation of literature and art Read […]

August 25

Jewellery couture : Sarina Suriano

Sarina Suriano Jewellery Designer Sarina Suriano was born in Sydney, Australia, she’s graduated from an Industrial Design degree at The University of Technology of Sydney and continues her specialization in Milan in Italy, then in London, then combines the technical know-how of product design with her passion for fashion. She first creates a jewelry line […]

August 24

Gus Wüstemann

Modern and Minimalist Gus Wüstemann   The architect Gus Wüstemann is born in Zurich where he was educated. He is first a snowborder professional and then a model working around the world as United States, Australia and India for example. In 1995, he is a graduate of the ETH Zurich and starts his professional experience […]

August 14

South Africa : Haldane Martin

Haldane Martin South African Furniture Designer Haldane Martin is a creator designer South African origin, born in Johannesburg and graduated in industrial design at Cape Technikon in 1992. In 2002 he created his own contemporary furniture company in Cape Town, where he first created 31 unique products whose designs have make him won numerous awards […]

August 09

Sicilian Architect : Antonino Cardillo

Antonino Cardillo An impressive style Antonino Cardillo is an architect from Sicily. He followed his studies at the Architecture School of Palermo and he is now recognized by all the major international Architect Directory Wallpaper magazine as one of the top 30 architects world. He teaches in London at the Chelsea College of Art and […]

August 05

Euro-Asian modern style : Annette Chu

Annette Chu Modern interior Design   Annette Chu grows up in China and Hong Kong and came for studing in Europe, first in Cambridge at the Architectural Association School where she was graduated and then she goes to work in Brussels where she has her first experience of realisation architect project with a theater for […]

August 01

Makemei, Aerial regards and forms

Aerial regards and forms Makemei Design The Makemei group based in London since 2009, is a partnership between Camiel Weijenberg (Dutch) and Phua Talenia Gajardo (Chilean-Singaporean). After training both as architects, interior and furniture designers close to the biggest names such as Zaha Hadid, Wilkinson Eyre gold Llewelyn Davies Yeang, Tsao-Mckown, they create their own […]

July 28

Sustainable Design : Eugenio Menjìvar

Eugenio Menjivar is a designer from Salvador, inspiring by his carpenter father from who he developps his passion for the design of movable objects. During his first steps in life, he made various odd jobs that each time brought him an additional experience in his path. Suffering from a lack of financial budget, he perceives […]

July 26

Futurism by Maarten De Ceulaer

Maarten De Ceulaer The emergent creation of furniture designer Maarten De Ceulaer is a young Belgian creator, who after having been graduate from Hogeschool Sint-Lukas in Brussels turned to furniture design. Principle of elaboration based on a principle not only visual, but also emotional, the aim being to heckle the public, to show him other […]

July 22

Australian Artist Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck human being caught in a moment of everyday Very interesting course, Ron Mueck, Australian artist, debuted his career as a puppets manufacturer for Australian TV shows. Thereafter he created his own company in London for agency advertisements. Those prototypes who was used as realistic figures for advertising photographs to reproduce extras characters, was […]