James Clar emerged in Dubai as a prominent figure in the contemporary art scene, building his reputation as a creative master of neon light and technology. Now based in Brooklyn, New York, the artists’ star…
Yearly Archives
2016
With a founder who shuns the public eye and a practically non-existent marketing structure, Montale Paris is as mysterious as its east-meets-west scents. Brimming with oriental influence, the Parisian shop transports even the most jaded…
Massimo Bottura is no ordinary chef. As anyone who has watched him tell scared-looking contestants on MasterChef that he wants “to eat their emotions on a plate” will know, he approaches things differently. Over the…
With so many social media stars turning fashion designer it’s hard to filter the good from the bad. Dubai-based Mariam Yehia caught our attention for all the right reasons. Wearing a fitted purple Lakers tank…
Timelessly flattering with an understated simplicity, Orlebar Brown trunks helped redefine how a man could dress at the beach when they launched in 2007. Now they’re doing it again, this time with a smart new…
Arab tourism to Geneva is ever rising but for the vast majority of our region’s travellers the choice of hotel revolves around the international chains. In honour of the unorthodox, we ventured off this beaten…
Gabriel & Guillaume is an ephemeral gallery of decorative arts that’s got eclecticism at its very core. Started by a Lebanese woman and a Frenchman, neither of whom are trained designers, it’s an unconventional business…
When architect Nabil Gholam first saw Villa Z, an old abandoned house damaged by years of civil war and military occupation, it was far from love at first sight. From an architectural perspective, it was…
Founded in 1950, Vitra has made an art form of collaborating with the world’s best designers to create groundbreaking, iconic furniture and now they have a new gabled brick structure to house their 7,000-plus furniture…
Sanlorenzo’s latest yacht, the 460Exp does not, as you might expect, take her name from her length – the 460 actually refers to her displacement (all 460 gross tonnes of it) and the Exp is…