Tag: interior design
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Must-see highlights from PAD London Design + Art 2023
Europe’s chicest design fair returns to London for its 15th edition, having celebrated its 25th anniversary in Paris earlier this year A packed and confident PAD returned to London this week, bringing what the design fair’s founder and CEO Patrick Perrin describes as “a place of boundless inspiration, dedicated to creativity, quality, learning and discovery”…
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6 Modernist glass houses with incredible design and architecture
From South America to Northern Europe, here are six extraordinary residences with pioneering use of glass by Modernist architects such as John Lautner and Philip Johnson and their contemporary successors, curated from Glass Houses by Phaidon One of the most dazzling aspects of Modernist architecture is its extensive use of glass – an innovation unlocked by…
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How Yabu Pushelberg conquered the design world with cinematic beauty
Legendary Canadian designers Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu, founders of the Toronto and New York-based Yabu Pushelberg studio, speak to Cultural Union about their unmistakable aesthetic and the design philosophy that continues to drive them To understand why Yabu Pushelberg are held in such high esteem, just step into La Samaritaine in Paris, where the…
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Zephalto and Joseph Dirand create a spacecraft with stellar interior design
Zephalto CEO Vincent Farret d’Astiès has enlisted French super-designer Joseph Dirand to collaborate on their extraordinary stratospheric space travel capsule, Céleste Imagine kicking back on the sofa after dinner – Michelin-starred – in a room inspired by Palais Bulles, and gazing out over the curvature of the earth from the very edge of space. Such…
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How creative director Jacu Strauss built a hotel empire on art and design
Jacu Strauss, creative director of the Lore Group, speaks to Cultural Union about designing their global portfolio of hotels, searching the world for vintage gems – and tangling with the Beauty Committee. Jacu Strauss may just have the best job in the world. As creative director of the Lore Group, he oversees all things design…
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Inside The Astor – a historic £35m London penthouse overlooking Big Ben
Interior designers Goddard Littlefair and developers St Edward debut an extraordinary 10,000-square-foot riverside apartment at 9 Millbank in London Being shown around The Astor by its interior designers Jo Littlefair and Martin Goddard of Goddard Littlefair is akin to being shown around the Magic Kingdom by Walt Disney himself. For anyone interested in property and…
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Concrete Jungle: 6 must-see architectural jewels of Tropical Modernism
From Bali to Brazil, Tropical Modernism and its pioneers such as Paulo Mendes da Rocha have led to an evolving tradition of tropical architecture. A new book by gestalten, Concrete Jungle, explores its enduring appeal. “The tropics have never been one place. Tropical Modernism has never been one thing,” says architect Michael Snyder in a…
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10 must-see highlights from PAD Paris Design + Art 2023
An ebullient PAD Paris returned to the French capital this week for its 25th anniversary, emphatically asserting its place at the forefront of the world’s contemporary and modern design fairs. Outside, the Jardin des Tuileries basked in what felt like the first day of summer; inside, the fair exuded a similarly elevated atmosphere – busier and…
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How Moderne Gallery pioneered the revival of the Studio Craft Movement
Philadelphia’s Moderne Gallery has become synonymous with the Studio Craft Movement and its leading names such as George Nakashima, Sam Maloof and Wharton Esherick. Cultural Union speaks to Moderne’s founder Robert Aibel and his son, gallery co-director Joshua Aibel, to discover the origins of this decades-long association. “I always found these objects powerful,” says Joshua…
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Enter the immersive, design-rich world of London’s Mandrake Hotel
Interior designer Tala Fustok and her art collector and hotelier brother Rami Fustok have created a sensuous city sanctuary at the Mandrake. If you happen to be walking up Newman Street in London’s Fitzrovia, you’ll pass an understated charcoal shopfront with no hint of what lies beyond. The door leads into a dark tunnel; musky scents…
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3 galleries that dazzled at London’s 2023 Collect Fair
The world’s leading international fair for contemporary craft and design returned to London’s Somerset House last week for its 19th edition. Collect inhabits a singular space in the art and design world. One of the few international fairs to focus almost exclusively on contemporary objets, it remains intimate in feel, yet wears its global stature…
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Tala Fustok brings glamour and edge to her interior design
London-based designer Tala Fustok has brought her singular vision to interiors from the Mandrake Hotel in London to Bleecker Street in New York and Hôtel de Crillon in Paris. She talks to Cultural Union about her design philosophy, process and influences. In just over six years, Tala Fustok has emerged as a highly original voice…
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8 essential highlights from BRAFA 2023
BRAFA has made an emphatic return to Brussels for its 68th edition, taking back its traditional January slot and re-asserting itself as one of the world’s great art and design fairs. The approach to BRAFA’s new home at Brussels Expo is something of a palate cleanser, sitting as it does in the gaze of the…
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Amy Lau on the beauty of Brutalist design
It’s a freezing day in New York when Amy Lau sits down with Cultural Union, just hours before she’s leaving for a tropical Hawaii beset by volcanic eruptions. We’d expect nothing less from the glamorous designer, who so effortlessly blends the ice-cool and the dramatic in the interiors she creates for her clients around the…
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7 must-see highlights from New York’s 2023 Winter Show
Cultural Union rounds up the highlights from New York’s premier art and design fair, returning to the Park Avenue Armory for its 69th edition. Founded in the 1950s and the undisputed grande dame of America’s art and design events, The Winter Show returned this week to the Park Avenue Armory, its home for all but…
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10 incredible dining rooms by leading interior designers
What did the Greeks and Romans do lying down and dogs do standing up? Eating – and we’re increasingly doing it in the dining room.
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15 incredible bathrooms by top interior designers
Of all the rooms, the bathroom has been on the greatest journey. For thousands of years and in nearly every culture, bathing was a communal affair. Roman baths, Turkish hammams, Japanese onsens: they were all places where the community would get together, socialise, cleanse and recharge. The bathroom’s move into our homes has been a…
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In Paris, a historic 61-room mansion puts its treasures under the hammer
On an island in the heart of Paris stands a private residence with a history that reads like a roll-call of the City of Light itself.
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10 beautiful summer spaces by the world’s top interior designers
It takes more than a turn of the aircon dial to create a cool oasis. Summer is a time of heightened senses, and the best interior designers can harness this, creating a visual and sensual refuge from the heat and delirium outside. From Kelly Wearstler – whose Malibu beach house is a masterclass of mid-century…
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8 home offices and studies with stunning interior design
We roundup some of the most beautiful home offices and studies that have crossed our desk in the past year from the world’s leading interior designers and stylists The home office or study might be a place to work – but it’s also a place of refuge, creativity and contemplation. For those fortunate enough, it’s an…