by Roxane Ziegler | Jun 3, 2024 | ART, innovation, Madrid, Museum, Sorolla
The Royal Academy of the Arts in London, hosted the collection of the New York Hispanic Society Museum of America from January to April of last year (2023), in an exhibition titled ‘Spain and the Hispanic World’. The show displayed treasures ranging from masterpieces...
by Roxane Ziegler | Apr 29, 2024 | archeology, architecture, Athens, Culture, design, MARBLE, Museum
The Parthenon Marbles : At a time when a number of European museums and collectors are returning art and artefacts to their countries of origin, the British Museum in London has consistently refused to repatriate the Parthenon Marbles to Athens. Shrouded...
by Roxane Ziegler | May 16, 2021 | Bio, Elsa Peretti, Fashion
Elsa Peretti This weekend with much anticipation, I viewed Netflix’s new miniseries Halston, which portrays the life of Roy Halston Frowick. Halston was the fashion icon and creator of the first American luxury brand, synonymous of the seventies and the glamorous era...
by Roxane Ziegler | Mar 14, 2021 | CONCEPT STORE, retail
Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich playfully ties a knot in Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche’s iconic escalators, Paris February 2018 From corner store to concept store, retail has taken many forms yet the ingredients for success remain the same. Pre-pandemic, from...
by Roxane Ziegler | Feb 6, 2021 | decoration, decorative home accessories, designers, home accessories, interior design, Interiors, lifestyle, Slim Aarons, style, styling, trend
Grandmillenial or granny chic – a new style trend There is a new wave in the realm of home decorating these days which some call familiarly granny chic. Step back minimalist aficionados and boho chic devotees, the Grandmillennials (word made from the contraction...
by Roxane Ziegler | Jan 3, 2021 | accessories, Brigitte Bardot, decor, decorative home accessories, design, design museum, designer, France, Furniture, sixties
Tam Tam In the landscape of plastic furniture design, the hourglass shaped Tam Tam stool is one of the most iconic. Designed in 1968 by French designer Henry Massonnet, this stool is still today one of the cheapest and the oldest design seats on the market. Costing a...
by Roxane Ziegler | Oct 27, 2020 | Concept, lifestyle
Sunbathing , Palm Beach Florida 1955, Slim Aaarons – Getty Images Gallery Niksen : how to de-stress the Dutch way Pandemic aside, we all are aware of how life has become increasingly stressful. Running from one appointment to another, feeling guilty because the...
by Roxane Ziegler | Oct 5, 2020 | Fashion, interior design, maison & objet, Paris, Trends
Trend spotting with Tick My Box The pandemic situation has suspended a number of events worldwide in the field of fashion, sports, music or business but in many cases organizers have come up with creative solutions to deal with our chaotic emotional landscape. The...
by Roxane Ziegler | Sep 20, 2020 | Bio
Terence Conran sitting in his Conran Cone Chair designed in 1953 Designer, entrepreneur and restaurateur who transformed British taste through his passion for the importance of everyday things. The Swinging Sixties in London was flourishing in art, music and fashion....
by Roxane Ziegler | Sep 7, 2020 | Geneva, Museum
MEG A Time Capsule of Humanity – The Ethnography Museum of Geneva There is a little gem of a museum in Geneva, Switzerland that is not very often talked about but really worth mentioning. It’s the MEG – the Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève. The new building which...
