Casa Italia: When Design Learns to Feel
At Galerie Bonaparte, Italian design reveals its sensual intelligence. Paris has a rare gift: the ability to reinvent Italy, courtyard after courtyard, address after…
Layers of Freedom: Inside CNN199’s 360° World
Brussels has always been a city of quiet revolutions. Between its Art Nouveau facades and EU power corridors runs another current—raw, urban, and defiantly…
The Philips i9000 Prestige: The future of grooming, in the palm of your hand
At GUS, we love when technology doesn’t just simplify life — it elevates it. The Philips i9000 Prestige is one of those rare objects…
Objects with a Heartbeat: Shirley Villavicencio Pizango’s Living Art
Shirley Villavicencio Pizango doesn’t paint to please — she paints to feel. Her portraits thrum with life: bold, sensual, defiantly human. Faces emerge in…
Joli: The Quiet Pulse of Design
Forget cold geometry. Pulse, the new collection from Belgian design house Joli, is what happens when precision learns to move. Designed by Mathias De…
The Scent of Stillness: How Iittala Is Teaching the World to Feel Again
In the hush of Nordic light, design becomes something you feel before you see. Finland’s Iittala has always understood this — the quiet tension…
Bell & Ross BR-X3: The Edge of Time
Time isn’t just measured anymore — it’s mastered. For today’s modern man, precision is a form of elegance, and performance a quiet expression of…
Casarialto’s Circus: The Lightness of Being
There’s a quiet kind of theater in the way light hits a glass. A reflection, a shimmer, a fleeting spark — ephemeral, yet hypnotic….
Whispers of Wood and Warmth: Autumn Reawakening at La Cheneaudière
There’s a moment, somewhere between the last golden leaves of autumn and the first breath of winter, when the body begins to crave refuge….
The New Eames Era: When Timeless Design Learns to Breathe Again
Some designs don’t age — they evolve. This October, Swiss design house Vitra unveils its renewed Eames Collection, a reminder that true icons don’t…
Scotch & Soda Lets It Rain — A Love Letter to Amsterdam
Rain is not a nuisance in Amsterdam — it’s a rhythm, a muse, a mirror of the city’s soul. The Dutch know it well:…
Inside Molitor’s Jardin d’Hiver: Paris’s New Botanical Hideaway
Paris has no shortage of grand hotels, but very few dare to reinvent the ritual of dining with such sensual flair. The legendary Hôtel…
A Taste of Now: Lallier, The Champagne That Captures the Moment
Instead of another predictable toast, a new mood is rising in Champagne — less spectacle, more substance. Forget the sabered bottles and glittering reels:…
Curves Ahead: Why Modular Sofas Are the New Passport to Global Living
There’s a quiet revolution happening in the living rooms of cosmopolitan men — a shift from rigid, cookie-cutter furniture to pieces that are as…
Slimana: Marrakech Above the Medina
Slimana rises from the heart of Marrakech’s Medina like a secret whispered above the rooftops. More than a restaurant, it is an encounter —…
East of West, West of East: Why Asia NOW 2025 Is the Art Fair Rewriting the Map
Art fairs come and go, but Asia NOW arrives like a spark — five days at the Monnaie de Paris (October 22–26, 2025) where…
Oslo’s Kontrast: Where Gastronomy Gets Its Edge
Forget the clichés of Nordic cuisine — this isn’t about stark minimalism or a joyless devotion to purity. At Kontrast, Oslo’s two-Michelin-starred and Green…
Beyond the Slopes: Why the Southern Alps Are Winter’s Most Seductive Escape
Forget the clichés of Alpine winter: sterile chalets, overpriced fondue, and pistes packed shoulder to shoulder. In the Southern Alps, winter feels different —…
Asphalt Pâté, Knotweed Cocktails & Floating Futures: When Design Dares to Repair
What does it mean to live well in an age where cities suffocate under asphalt, seas rise, and borders blur? At the Grand-Hornu in…
Heavy Metal, Soft Touch: Paul Cocksedge’s Dance with Steel and Stone
Walk into Paul Cocksedge’s Critical Mass exhibition in Brussels, and you are instantly confronted by paradox. A table made from a CorTen steel plate…