It’s been said that first impressions are everything. Now more than ever, designers across the globe are taking bolder, more imaginative approaches to their branding strategies — there’s a new sense of wonder in packaging that almost puts the product second to its shell. At the drawing board, it’s out with the “Plain Jane”; the …
It’s a sweltering day in the middle of July and Michael “Pinball” Clemons is looking out for his fellow man: he’s offered me a T-shirt. It’s hot. Really hot. The temperature inches towards 35 and with the humidity it feels well over 40. The heat is so intense cookies are baking in cars and, in …
A stay at this 18th-century castle in Burgundy reveals French gardens, regal furnishings and five-star service Such is the rarified world of Sonia de Truchis and her husband Aymeric de Truchis de Varennes, owners and operators of Château de Varennes, in operation only four years but recently named by CNN as one of the Top …
“I have to be able to read in people what they can’t really see in themselves” — Heather Segreti It was 2009, and Carlo and Dora Baldassarra were weathering a brainstorm. The couple was in the midst of dreaming up the design concept for their custom 10,000-square-foot home in Kleinburg, Ont. They were craving something …
When Staffan Ahrenberg strolled through the streets of central Paris on one fateful sun-drenched afternoon, Picasso was far from his mind. But through a serendipitous discovery of Cahiers d’Art, a once-celebrated publisher and gallery, the eminent Spanish artist is now at the forefront of thought. With the goal of returning Cahiers d’Art to its past …
When HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan’s two-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, her family was hit with not one but two unwelcome realities — the first being that her son’s life was at stake, and the second being that, given the poor state of cancer care in her home country, he wasn’t going to …
Sitting at an antique table in Casa Loma’s original, turn-of-the-century coach house, the founders of Renaissance Fine Homes reflect on their passion for preserving the past. “We may not have a storied history like England or Italy but, if we don’t start protecting it now, we’re never going to have that story,” says Matthew Garnet, …
With two new notable creations at famous hotels in Las Vegas and Quebec City, famed architectural designer David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group are again playing to great reviews Raised in a family that embraced the theatre — his mother was a dancer and choreographer — David Rockwell, founder and CEO of international award-winning cross-disciplinary …
— these extraordinary estates seem to have sprung from the pages of history books and fairy tales HISTORIC ESTATE: Los Angeles | 108 Fremont Place $8.5 million USD Minutes away from world-famous Rodeo Drive and within the guard-gated community of Fremont Place waits a treasure trove of historic beauty. The designer of this classic 1920s-era …
Zlatko Starkovski gives Toronto a first-class ticket to entertainment Q: What experience do you hope people take from a night at Muzik? A: I want our guests, from the moment they arrive, to forget where they are and just take in the sights that surround them. At first glance, it’s the 1907 architecture that captures …
