Lalique
Using careful techniques of pleating and finishing glass passed down over more than a century, Alsatian artisans at Lalique transform crystal into shapes that evoke floating fabric in the Alizé line of light fixtures. The flowing, sculptural shapes diffuse warm and even light or serve as sculptural objects when unlit.
Stellar Works
Layan Design Group, and its principal, Johannes Hart, put the human at the centre of their work—serving the scale, proportions, and needs of the body—whether designing the details of a hotel lobby or intimate objects such as this natural walnut Bruno Lounge Chair for Stellar Works, which gently asks the guest, through its relaxed design, to take a load off.
Louis Vuitton
Tea, lemongrass, jasmine, magnolia, and geranium dance across Louis Vuitton’s Journey to China collection, combining ancient and modern sensibilities. Inspiration springs from ancient Chinese beauty rituals and lunar legend, tea culture, and even the inky minerality of calligraphy.
Breguet
Horologist Abraham-Louis Breguet befriended both sides of the French Revolution, designing a watch for Marie Antoinette while narrowly escaping the guillotine thanks to Jean-Paul Marat. His 1801 patent for the tourbillon, which improves watches’ accuracy, is commemorated 225 years later in wristwatches such as Expérimentale 1.
