Bibendum chair The rotund Bibendum armchair was inspired by the tubular steel experiments of Marcel Breuer at the Bauhaus and the name of the chair originates from the character created by Michelin to sell the tires. It was created in the late 1910s for an apartment of Madame Mathieu Lévy, a highly successful milliner, in Rue de Lota in Paris. Eileen Gray, Irish designer and pioneer of the Modern movement in architecture, was commissioned...

Is winter your favorite season? Do you like skiing and spending time in snow-filled mountains? Even if you answered both questions “no”, you wouldn’t resist going to the French Alps if you were the owner of Chalet Béranger, the most recent project of talented French interior architect and designer Noé Duchaufour Lawrance. Just completed in December 2011, this three-storey log cabin is located in St. Martin de Belleville, a village...

Maison&Objet in Paris is the first big design trade show of the year, taking place in January, and as such seen as one of the major influencers on new trends and tendencies. In search of new talents, we focused on the new French exhibitors at Maison& Objet, who might be the driving forces of the “French lifestyle” in the future. Here they are: Cyrille Morin impressed us with his glass art creations that carry a doze of poetic...

Hubert le Gall is a French designer, decorator, and sculptor, originally from Lyon but now living in Paris in a bright atelier at the base of Montmartre that once belonged to the artist Pierre Bonnard. He started his career in an insurance company, after studying management and accounting, but soon became aware of his creative potential that he demonstrated by becoming a painter. After selling portraits for some time, he decided to turn to...

The Gourdon Collection: exceptional Art Deco pieces sold end of March 2011 by Christies in Paris. Admirers of Art Deco will certainly memorize the exclusive sale that took place in the end of March 2011 in Parisian Palais de Tokyo, when Christie’s auctioned the fine collection of Chateau de Gourdon. This sale caught a lot of attention and was compared to the sale of the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge in February...

With its various editions (Paris, London, New York*), the PAD (Pavilion of Art and Design) is one of the world’s largest art and design fairs. The one taking place in Paris this WE is absolutely gorgeous. If you like interior design and decorative arts, run to the Esplanade des Feuillants, Tuileries, Paris 1st District. Every day from 11am to 8pm until Sunday April 3rd. DESIGN The PAD is undoubtedly the world’s largest design fair with...