Dec 24, 2024 · The team shares this year’s highlights. Expect conversations with designers Maria Bruun and Farah Marafie, and architectural historian, Iain Borden. Also, we…

Jan 6, 2025 · Despite being only 27 years old, Edgar Jayet is fast becoming a name to watch on the design circuit. The Paris-born interior architect and designer founded his eponymous studio in 2021 while still attending prestigious French design institution École Camondo.

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6 days ago · The Niwar Collection of upholstered furniture was created by Phantom Hands, a furniture maker based in India. Co-founder Deepak Srinath joins to discuss the…

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Dec 23, 2024 · A new ballet based on the life and writing of Oscar Wilde. We find out about ‘Oscar’, a ballet based on the life and work of Oscar Wilde. Plus: artist Sophie Matisse tells us about designing chess sets, and writer and translator Bruna …

Tight-fitting timeline: 1914 Alexander MacRae, a Scot, establishes hosiery company Fortitude in Sydney; it moves into swimwear and changes its name to Speedo. 1928 MacRae designs racerback costume. 1961 Speedos as we know them today are born when Peter Travis designs the Y-front model. 1972 Speedos go mainstream in the US when Mark Spitz wins gold in Munich wearing a pair decorated with the ...

Dorothée Meilichzon and her team “I made the choice to focus on hospitality because I’ve always enjoyed thinking about the narratives around projects,” says Dorothée Meilichzon, whose colourful design studio is nestled in a Haussmann building in Paris’s 10th arrondissement.

Dec 28, 2024 · Frankfurt Book Fair, Cheerio Publishing and British food. Monocle’s Amy Van Den Berg meets the creative director of the Frankfurt Book Fair to get a read on the mood ahead of the industry’s largest event.