Creative

Quinta Vale D. Maria: Port glory
For this exceptional limited-edition port, Quinta Vale D. Maria highlighted Portugeuse expertise from harvest and design to the production of the coffret. After completing her studies in agricultural engineering in the early 2000s, Rita Rivotti[…]

Nelly Saunier's featherweight creations
Maître d’art, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and winner of the Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand, Nelly Saunier is a plumassière, a feather artist. In her Paris studio, she deconstructs and reconstructs nature. Plumassière.[…]

Château La Grace Dieu Les Prieurs' first Chardonnay goes artisanal
For Cuvée Elena, its limited-edition 2019 millésime Chardonnay, Château La Grace Dieu Les Prieurs designed a custom magnum bottle. Produced by French glassmaker Waltersperger, the handcrafted bottles will be auctioned off for charity this year.[…]

Exclusive report: 3D printing trends to watch in 2020
There seems no end in sight in the fast-paced development of 3D printing technologies. A new report* published by trade show 3DPrint Lyon (an Infopro Digital event) outlines emerging trends in the sector in France. While luxury remains a tiny[…]

Verallia celebrates winners of annual Design Awards
French glassmaker Verallia has unveiled the winners of its 2020 Design Awards. For the 11th edition of the event, design students' submissions centered on the theme of French Glass (“verre à la francaise”), and also competed for a special prize[…]

Stoelzle serves up Sake concept
Based on the observation that there are a limited range of designs currently available in the Sake market, glassmaker Stoelzle set out to create a new brand concept that reflects Japan’s expressive culture. “We took two elements of Japanese[…]

Chanel’s fragrance coffret favors feathers and crystal
For its new coffret, Beige et les Maisons d’art, Chanel called on French crystal maker Baccarat and feather artisan Maison Lemarié. Beige et les Maisons d’Art is the second of Chanel’s limited-edition coffrets highlighting the work of French[…]

Linea Design: Paper as a second skin
Created by Linéa Design, Human is a project using artisanally made fine art paper for a rendering that embodies both purity and simplicity. Linéa Design developed Human, a “second skin” packaging concept for bottles in partnership with[…]

centdegrés strikes a balance with Data x Design initiative
Design agency centdegrés delved into Chinese culture to mount a visitor experience at the heart of trade show LUXE PACK Shanghai earlier this month. Dubbed Data x Design, the project, described as “a cross between a museum and a lab”,[…]

Autajon Étiquettes’ label design contest puts illusion on center stage
Autajon Étiquettes, French group Autajon’s labels division for the wine and spirits market, announced the winners of its 2020 Wilaaw* competition, which celebrates design in the realm of wine labels. The fourth edition of the competition—whose[…]