.Countless ranges of colors, styles and materials for this Italian publisher whose factory is located near Como, in the north of Italy. Furnishing fabrics or wall coverings, artisans and textile specialists come together to create products of unique quality. Dedar is also Hermès’ partner for the production and distribution of their furnishing fabrics and wallpapers.
Jean Prouve, Andre Borderie, Jean Maneval, Pierre Guariche, mathieu Mategot, Jean Royere, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Serge Mouille, Charlotte Perriand : Philippe and Mathieu Jousse really show the best of architect furniture. For more than twenty five years, Philippe Jousse has contributed to the recognition of those designers, all forerunners in the design of their time and who have somehow revolutionized shape and material.
Every product is made with a mix of high-quality and concentrated ingredients : essences of plants very much sought-after (tea tree, bitter orange, tangerine, coriander, geranium) with delicate and refined perfumes. There are no animal ingredients and the synthetic preservatives are reduced to the minimum and are replaced by vegetable products. We also like the way products are presented : in simple and opaque bottles, in order to preserve them from ultraviolet rays and to preserve their integrity.
Everything started with Pierre-François Lubin, who created his Maison de Parfumerie (Perfume shop) in 1798, to give to “Incroyables” (the Incredible Dandies) and to “Merveilleuses” (the fine ladies) (our ancestors!) perfumed ribbons, masks for balls and face powder, but most of all, his famous “eau vivifiante”(invigorating-bracing water) which became “L’Eau de Lubin” (Lubin’s Water). Lubin’s fame reached empress Joséphine and Pauline Bonaparte, and he became their favorite before becoming the one of Marie Hélène de Bourbon and of all European sovereigns. One century later, in the Roaring twenties, a new perfume is created every year. The Art Deco perfume bottles are designed by Julien Viard and Maurice Depinoix and the luxurious editions are made of Baccarat Crystal.
Lubin’s perfumes are the symbol of French elegance, particularly in the United-States, and until 1975 success has continued before the brand felt into oblivion with the massive appearance on the market of perfumes made by top fashion designers. In 1999, Gilles Thévenin, director of creation at Guerlain at that time, decides to give a new life to Lubin, which still represents to him the quintessence of French luxury. It is a titanic project but, fortunately, he has a great part of the 450 scents created by the brand and he decides, with Olivia Giacobetti’s help (one of the famous noses of French perfumery, remember En Passant at Frédéric Malle) to put some of them back on the market, alternating with the creations of new fragrances.
Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois were the first ones to dedicate personal exhibitions to Alain Bublex, Gilles Barbier or Paul MacCarthy in France and they are now on display all around the world. Among those whose works are defended by the gallery, there are really well known artists but also younger artists : Boris Achour, Pilar Albarracin, Matthew Antezzo, Julien Bismuth, Richard Jackson, Adam Janes, Jeff Mills, Joachim Mogarra, Jacques Villeglé, Virginie Yassef …
Hervé Loevenbruck fell in love with Saint-Germain-des-Prés . In his gallery he displays many young hopefuls from the French and European contemporary world : Philippe Mayaux, Bruno Peinado, Fabien Giraud, Raphaël Siboni, Virginie Barré, the Irishwoman Blaise Drummond, the Norwegian Gardar Eide Einarsson, the Swiss Cristian Andersen and the Austrian Werner Reiterer, but also already well known artists as the Hungarian Gabor Ösz or Alina Szapoznikow from Poland.
Publishers specialized in art, fashion and decoration, Martine and Prosper Assouline decided in 2005 to open a bookshop that combines Culture and Luxury, books and objects. We can find there exclusive accessories, curios, personalized gifts … they have opened a new bookshop with the same concept in NYC, at the Plaza Hotel.
This museum is situated in the apartment, in the studio and in the garden where Eugène Delacroix lived until his death in 1853. You will see some beautiful paintings such as the portrait of his faithful Jenny and the gorgeous Madeleine dans le desert that Beaudelaire adored.
Académies, a school, a style, known and imitated in the whole world ; The Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts is the heiress to a long history, started with the foundation of the Royal Académies of painting and sculpture in 1648 by Louis XIV, then of architecture in 1671. This institution is one of the latest to house under the same roof a modern education intended for the formation of future artists and collections made of 450 000 works of art, accumulated during its three hundred and fifty years of existence, which are also presented in exhibitions inside the school.
Located next to the Emporio Armani boutique, in a minimalist and chic decor, you can enjoy a delicious risotto here all day long, or simply a real Italian coffee. But for foodies, Massimo Mori’s cuisine is also worth taking the time to have lunch or dinner there.
The jewelry of Marie Poniatowski, the creator of STONE is modern, accessible and easy to wear. Light and infinitely poetic, her precious jewels are similar to the ornaments of the Victorian era that she loves so much.
The diamond, dazzling without being ostentatious, often treated in micro cut, reigns supreme. Gold is fashioned like spidery lace. The dormeuses, these earrings typical of refined 19th century adornments and formed by an element suspended on a curved gold rod, became the emblem of the House.
Its pendants, rings and bracelets are inspired by travel souvenirs, architectural elements and fragments of nature, so stylized that they transform into contemporary motifs. The presence of dark gold and black diamonds gives some of her jewels a dark beauty, accentuated by motifs from the world of music. Between rock and romanticism, some suit both girls and boys.
An essential gallery for lovers of modern art and the avant-gardes of the early twentieth century. If it is a reference gallery for the pictorial work of Le Corbusier, whose pictorial work it has contributed to the rediscovery by devoting a number of exhibitions to him, the Galerie Zlotowski has also extended its field of action to the middle 60s with artists like Jean Arp, Victor Brauner, Pol Bury, Sonia Delaunay, Jean Dubuffet, Simon Hantaï, Paul Klee, Fernand Léger or Kurt Schwitters.
Permanently presented artists : Willi Baumeister, Ella Bergmann-Michel, Sonia Delaunay, Jean Dubuffet, Albert Gleizes, Simon Hantaï, Auguste Herbin, Sheila Hicks, Le Corbusier, Fernand Léger, Sol LeWitt, Stéphane Mandelbaum, Eugene James Martin, Robert Michel, László Moholy-Nagy, Vera Molnar, François Morellet, Robert Motherwell, Georges Noël, Amédée Ozenfant, Serge Poliakoff, Kurt Schwitters, Antoni Tàpies, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Georges Valmier, Victor Vasarely, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
