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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[…]
Green materials shortlisted at LVMH Innovation Awards 2020
Traditionally held during the Vivatech trade show in Paris, the LVMH Innovation Awards were digitally broadcast due to the cancellation of the show's June 2020 edition. From among the 30 finalists, we highlight three start-ups offering novel[…]
Lalique unveils 2020 Hirondelles collector’s edition
The sapphire blue collector’s edition of crystal maker Lalique’s famed Hirondelles flacon celebrates the 100th anniversary of Réné Lalique’s villa in Wingen-sur-Mer in France. Four glassmakers were needed to create the body of the 20ml flacon,[…]
Glencairn’s sapphire-studded decanter
Glenfarclas has launched the latest and final addition to its Pagoda Reserve Series: Pagoda Sapphire Reserve, a 63-year-old single malt whisky housed in a jewel encrusted decanter. Scotland’s Glencairn Crystal crafted the decanter, as it did for[…]
Cire Trudon launches L’Oeuf fragrance diffuser
French candlemaker Cire Trudon has launched L’Oeuf, an egg-shaped cabinets of curiosities-style diffuser made of bisque porcelain and turned wood. “There is a demand for objects that perfume in a passive manner, in other words, without a flame.[…]
Studio Marianne Guély: Paper takes flight
At the head of her eponymous studio, Marianne Guély’s work is a visual delight that reveals the infinite poetry of paper Marianne Guély’s world is familiar to connoisseurs of luxury, although they may not know it. She is the one who transforms[…]
Le Muselet Valentin: a history of expertise
The muselet is gaining in aesthetic and marketing value. Le Muselet Valentin is the only French company to retain this expertise. In its ateliers, this small object becomes a distinctive sign of luxury. Inseparable from champagne, the muselet is[…]
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40%
The percentage of consumers globally who now have a more positive perception of plastic packaging as a result of coronavirus