India Mahdavi Lends Her Creative Vision to Pierre Bonnard’s Exhibition at the NGV.India Mahdavi dives into Pierre Bonnard’s paintings, extracting some of his patterns and colours to recreate backdrops, offering an immersive experience of a home to the visitors at NGV’s latest exhibition in partnership with the...
Art Attack: A Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Rodolphe Parente.True to Rodolphe Parente’s signature—and in his own words, his penchant for "making people lose their perception of spaces and volumes"—this Haussmannian apartment on Paris’ Canal Saint Martin flows like sunlight. Rodolphe...
Geometry & Colour Reign Supreme Inside India Madhavi’s Reinvention of Villa Medici in Rome.India Mahdavi’s artistic direction and renovation of the historical rooms at Villa Medici in Rome proposes a new approach to the interiors, where geometry and colour play a fundamental role and contribute to renewing the spirit of the...
Modern Architecture Masterpiece: Villa Cavrois in Croix by Robert Mallet-Stevens.Designed by the French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens in 1932, Villa Cavrois is armed with quite a story. Located in Croix, France, the building has taken many forms, including abandonment, an army barracks, a wedding venue, an exhibition...
Petite and Punchy: Apartment in Paris by Pauline Borgia of L’Atelier Steve.Diminutive in size but not much else, Pauline Borgia has reinvented this Parisian apartment to offer both an oasis from and in tandem with the world just at its doorstep. Designed for an idiosyncratic client with atypical taste, the space...
Forest Marseille: A Solar-Inspired Restaurant by Uchronia.Forest Marseille is true to its name. Less restaurant, more forest, it’s a smorgasbord of Mediterranean colours, shapes and forms that hold a candle to the sun. Designed by Julien Sebban of Paris-based multidisciplinary collective...
Contrasts of Starkness and Maximalism: EP Yaying by Franklin Azzi Architecture.Working with the collaborative duo Franklin Azzi and Serge Reffieux, Chinese ready-to-wear label EP Yaying is now armed with a new blueprint for all their future locations. Taking an old colonial house in Shanghai and renovating it...
Time Capsule: A Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Sandra Benhamou.Sandra Benhamou has a distinct signature: muted colours, natural materials, sharp contrasts. No two rooms are the same, and no idea is ever repeated—for good reason. As a keen connoisseur of art, her curations are a curious mix of flea...
Colourful Bohemia: A Clothing Workshop-Turned-Loft in Paris by Épicène.Despite the initial spatial shortcomings, the quirky geometry and play of cubes are this Parisian loft’s shining stars. Isabelle Heilmann of Épicène was convinced that with a little polishing up and shuffling around, the spaces would...
