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Guido Terreni, managing director of Bulgari Horlogerie, discusses life after the Octo, the Finissimo's new platinum incarnation and how the maison balances high jewellery against high complication in its ever-evolving watch collections.
Michael Hansmeyer's milled columns and grotto resist easy description. Generated by algorithms and printed in three dimensions, his grotto bears 260 million facets, some a tenth of a millimetre, shifting as you approach.
Although medical research suggests it may harm our health, almost everything around us is designed for sitting. So studio RAAAF joined visual artist Barbara Visser to devise an edgy work landscape that abolishes the traditional desk and chair.
Dylanlex necklaces draw their raw appeal from a vintage look, blending ethnic styling with Art Deco. Crafted from aged brass, copper, bronze and mixed metals, then hand-laid with Swarovski crystals, they trade colour for pure metallic sheen.
Today's design-savvy superyacht owners want more than the mother ship alone. Smaller chase boats now accompany them, engineered with outstanding sea-keeping and performance profiles to rival offshore race winners, with no compromises on amenities or style.
Developers once champed at the bit to break ground on Oman's integrated resort towns. Despite the global financial crisis and the Arab Spring, two of the Sultanate's most ambitious projects are still plodding on.
The beauty industry is shifting from an anti-ageing fixation towards holistic wellness. With insight from trend forecasters The Future Laboratory, from Big Data haircare to make-up-matching apps, we chart where innovation is heading next.
The Arab world has weathered many false starts, from Dubai's 2009 debt collapse to the Arab Spring and the disruptive rise of Isil and falling oil prices. Yet the region's appetite for trade and investment endures.
Over eight hectic days, Baselworld 2015 drew 150,000 insiders, collectors and journalists to see 1,400 watchmakers and jewellers exhibit across a Herzog & de Meuron space the size of twenty football pitches. The grandeur astonishes.
Resembling enormous containers stacked like tipping books, Arena is a striking addition to Jeddah's Al Nahdah roadside. That was precisely the intention, says general manager Hussein Madi, for a gym that preaches and practises doing things differently.
For Summer 2015, Dior Homme's creative director draws on a 1950s letter by Christian Dior, weaving handwritten text, bold colour and graphic line through the formal codes of the masculine wardrobe.
Greeted with a reviving bear hug from resident host Julian Bennett, our writer arrives intrigued by Salmontini's London debut. Admiring the Dubai original's effortless blend of style and substance, she wonders whether the capital can match it.