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The Cambridge maker's Virtusos system lets any piano perform alone or improvise duets, while custom offshoot Goldfinch reimagines the instrument as a six-figure, handmade sculpture for the home.
Give your home the same attention you give your wardrobe. Matchesfashion.com now has homeware that’s as pretty as pret-a-porter. Clockwise, from top 1. Pillows, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, 190 USD 2. Gucci tableware, from 165 to 475 USD 3. Espresso cup and saucer, Luke Edward Hall…
Named after Man Ray’s mistress, Kiki De Montparnasse is a NYC-based brand of high-end ‘sensual’ products. And while you could probably imagine the kind of the items they stock (things like lingerie, body oils, ticklers and toys) some, like this 10,000 USD chess set will take you by surp…
Photographer Marc Goodwin goes behind the scenes at the city’s best architecture firms.
Designers usually get all the glory, but it’s the craftsmen behind them who truly turn creative dreams into reality. Every once in a while, when they really break boundaries, these dedicated craftsmen appear in the limelight. It happened a few years ago, when Zaha Hadid wowed the design…
This spectacular console is the creation of Neal Aronowitz, a native of Brooklyn, who studied art and architecture in New York before settling in Oregon. It’s made from Concrete Canvas, a material that was pioneered and patented in the UK and consists of fabric impregnated with cement. …
It’s only been five years since Khaled El Mays launched his own furniture design brand but he’s already garnered an incredible amount of coverage with features in Wallpaper, The Observer, The Financial Times’ How to Spend It and Architectural Digest. The Lebanese designer’s …
The Beirut Design Fair aims to put Lebanese design on the international map and show that creativity is thriving despite the country’s multitude of challenges. Beirut has always been a lively Mediterranean nucleus of innovation but these days it seems there’s a design event almost…
When architect Nabil Gholam first saw Villa Z, an old abandoned house damaged by years of civil war and military occupation, it was far from love at first sight. From an architectural perspective, it was no gem, with a façade covered in rough stone coursing and a red tile roof that seem…
Mansoor Bhatti collects not things but people and their ideas. Through his Dubai-based creative agency Thingsbypeople, he has gathered a roster of international visual artists across photography, fashion, illustration, graffiti art and advertising.
Artistic and fantastical, Brand van Egmond's lamps and chandeliers challenge the very idea of the light fixture. The Dutch duo's whimsical creations, evoking the baroque and the gothic, have earned them commissions all over the world.
Louis Vuitton surprised us this year by collaborating with contemporary designers on a charming debut collection of foldable furniture and accessories, honouring the romantic gentleman adventurer of yesteryear who once called upon the famed trunk-maker.