If you’re re-modelling your home or fortunate enough to have bought up a bargain in the property lull, watch this video before you start making plans. British designer Kelly Hoppen pioneered a simple, yet opulent, style over a design career that spans over 30 years, and has been...
LADY GAGA BAN
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Conservative Muslim groups in Indonesia consider Lady Gaga too risque, from the clothes she wears to her lyrics and the lifestyles she promotes. Thousands of fans may be disappointed after Indonesian police denied Lady Gaga a permit to perform. The WSJ‘s Eric Bellman talks to Deborah...
PANTONE HOTEL
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The world colour authority Pantone has opened an affordable design hotel in Brussels. Designed by interior designer Michel Penneman, and architect Olivier Hannaert, the hotel covers seven floors, each displaying an individual colour palette and photographs by Belgian artist Victor Levy. Log...
DESIGN HOTELS: MAM...
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It is not widely known that Francis Ford Coppola has a small group of award-winning hotels. Coppola Resorts is a lifestyle collection of properties in Central America, South America, the Caribbean, America, and Italy. (See Coppola’s Lifestyle Resorts, Feb 22, 2010). In Bernalda, the...
JANE MCADAM FREUD:...
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Jane McAdam Freud, the daughter of the late portrait artist Lucian Freud, and great-granddaughter of psychologist Sigmund Freud, talks to Crane.tv about her life and art. Her current exhibition, Family Matters, focuses on the concept of family which has helped mould her as an artist, and...
COS: BEHIND THE DE...
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Swedish fashion label COS have made their debut in Italy via a deconstructed, maze-like pop-up shop at Salone del Mobile in Milan. Working with set designer Gary Card, designers Karin Gustafsson and Martin Andersson explain their Scandinavian references, and the importance of balance and...
FRIEZE ART FAIR NE...
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Net-a-porter gives a behind-the-scenes peek at this weekend’s Frieze New York Art Fair, above. For all you need to know about where it is, what’s happening, and how to buy tickets, watch the video, below, and log on to www.friezenewyork.com THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media The...
STORY: THE FUTURE ...
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Story is a space in lower Manhattan that has the point of view of a magazine, changes every four to six weeks like a gallery, and sells things like a store. Rachel Shechtman, founder of the new retail concept, talks to Cool Hunting. Log on to www.thisisstory.com for further...
BARCELONA: DESIGN ...
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Designer Gerard Tejero Lopez gives an insider tour of Barcelona design. Video courtesy of Ryan Ducie and W Hotels. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media The Creative Network: www.ldcmediacreative.com For free daily updates on what you need and want to know, click on...
GARDEN DESIGN: AND...
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Andy Sturgeon is an award-winning landscape gardener, and named one of the Top 10 Landscape Designers in the UK by both the Sunday Times and House & Garden Magazine. Crane.tv talks to him about the way he works and his inspirations. Log on to www.andysturgeon.com THE PULSE is produced by...
OUT OF FOCUS
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Out of Focus is the Saatchi Gallery‘s first major photography exhibition since 2001, presenting the work of 38 international artists. Crane.tv visits the studios of artists Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin and Noémie Goudal, and talk with international photographers Mitch...
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Another hotel by Mexico’s award-winning Grupo Habita, the group behind trend-setting properties La Purificadora and Condesa df, the Hotel Habita Monterrey is situated in San Pedro at the foothills of Mexico’s Sierra Madre. Within the curvilinear ’60s style black and white...