February 2016 - Design & Lifestyle Blog

Fendi Casa 2016 Collection Is All About Blue Velvet and Metals| Luxury Furniture

One of the furniture brands I always look forward to checking out their new designs is non other than luxury brand Fendi Casa. This January they presented their latest collection for 2016 and it is all about their new favorite fabric, blue velvet, and beautiful gold and brass metals. Velvet is definitely one of the strongest finishes making a grand comeback recently. Almost all furniture brands were adopting this versatile yet tricky finish. Many attempts are being made to make it more practical, heavy duty, yet silky smooth.

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18 Feb ’1618 Feb ’16

Maison et Objet 2016 Highlights | Slideshow

January 22, 2016 was the beginning of Maison & Objet, a bi-annual design exhibition that takes place in France. I hadn’t been there in a while so I thought I would go and check it out this time.

It was less crowded than usual but still I was able to enjoy every single part of it. I will post detailed images of some of my favorite brands in separate posts. For now this post will include a general slideshow of the highlights of the show. Hope you enjoy them.

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Kuwait Architecture Is Nominated in Two Categories | Vote

For the 7th consecutive year, Archdaily are tasking their readers with the responsibility of recognizing and rewarding the projects that are making an impact in the profession with ArchDaily’s 2016 Building of the Year Awards. By voting, you are part of an unbiased, distributed network of jurors and peers that has elevated the most relevant projects over the past six years. Over the next two weeks, your collective intelligence will filter over 3,000 projects down to just 14 stand-outs – the best in each category on ArchDaily.

This year, fortunately for Kuwait, two projects made the nominations, Al Shaheed Park ( Public Architecture) and Ali Mohammed T. Al Ghanim Clinic (Health care Architecture).

Please vote on the following links, you can use your facebook login detils so it is very easy.

http://boty.archdaily.com/us/2016/candidates/98165/al-shaheed-park-ricardo-camacho

http://boty.archdaily.com/us/2016/candidates/98246/ali-mohammed-t-al-ghanim-clinic-agi-architects

5 Feb ’1619 Feb ’16

L’EMPREINTE DU GESTE Exhibition in Paris | Events and Exhibitions

Musée des arts décoratifs in Paris is holding an exhibition sponsored by Vacheron Constantin from March 29- April 3, 2016.

During this event you will be able to check out the creative work of Judith Bourdin (here) and Florie Dupont (here), in addition to artist Mathias Kiss (here) and director Jerome de Gerlache (here) whom you can meet by appointment.

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