Pierre Yovanovitch Opens a Furniture Showroom, Louis Vuitton Unveils a Chic Home Gadget, and More News
From major business changes to notable product launches, there is always something new in the world of design. In this bi-weekly round-up, AD PRO has everything you need to know.
Awards
Walter Hood receives the highest award in the Architectural League
On Wednesday July 21st, the Architectural League of New York awarded Walter Hood, founder of AD100 company Hood Design Studio, their President’s Medal. Dedicated to exceptional achievements in architecture, urbanism, art, design and the environment, the award is the league’s highest award, with previous awardees including Darren Walker, Ada Louise Huxtable, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown and Renzo Piano. In an online statement, the organization praised Hood as “one of the most influential designers of public space of our time, an artist who sees his work as a cultural practice, creating beauty in everyday environments, uncovering hidden stories, renewing connections, the path to coexistence in all of our diversity and diversity. “
openings
TIWA Select takes over Big plates
For Alex Tieghi-Walker, the founder of the TIWA Select design gallery, 2021 will be the summer of entertainment. Last month, TIWA Select exhibited a range of mezcal mugs at the LA Showcase Sized, all of which were handcrafted by artists such as Jim McDowell and Minjae Kim. Now the gallery owner thinks bigger – in the truest sense of the word, as he and co-curator Fiona McKay record big plates where oversized plates rule. From August 5th to 7th in Stone Ridge, New York, the Big Plates will showcase two to four foot plates produced by artists such as Simone Bodmer-Turner and Deborah Needleman. Instead of showing the exhibition in a typical gallery setting, the curators are relying on nature: a forest next to a barn on McKay’s property in the hinterland is planned as an exhibition space.
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Burberry is introducing a new design concept best reflected in the brand’s new # 1 flagship on Sloane Street in London. 2021 AD100 debut Vincenzo De Cotiis worked with the company on the design, which features checkerboard floors, brightly lit gallery-like displays, and a gridded ceiling reminiscent of the brand’s signature plaid. The new aesthetic will also define three stores yet to open – in Shanghai, Paris and elsewhere in London.
Pierre Yovanovitch opens new Paris showroom
This week, French home decorator and AD100 designer Pierre Yovanovitch opened the doors to his very first furniture showroom. The new space is located next to the company’s headquarters in Paris and features 300 square meters of new and existing Mobilier furniture. In search of a space that truly reflected the brand, Yovanovitch tapped four galleries to curate the artwork hanging on bespoke, bright orange walls at Atelier Mériguet-Carrère. The showroom is only open by appointment.
Dallas design scene is getting more colorful
Designers in the Lone Star State will soon have easier access to Kelly Wearstler’s downright spirited color palette, natural pigments from Roman and Williams, and more from Farrow & Ball’s vast array of paints and wallpapers. The traditional British manufacturer is opening a new showroom in the Dallas Design District, marking the brand’s first retail opening since 2018. A soft launch is planned for retail this month; Showroom doors officially open to the public in September
A party but make it portable. That is the idea behind the new illuminated loudspeaker from Louis Vuitton.
Photo: Courtesy Louis Vuitton
Product launches
Light up your life (or your desk) with the new speaker from Louis Vuittonton
It’s a flying saucer … it’s a cute fashion accessory … it’s the new portable electronic device from Louis Vuitton. The fashion brand has presented the Louis Vuitton Horizon Light Up Speaker, an extremely chic gadget for everyone who only wants the most beautiful things in life. Inspired by the Toupie handbag, the loudspeaker is made of fine leather and metal components and has lights that are synchronized to the music.
The Daisy Bloom pattern, part of the Novogratz Designer Collection for The Shade Store, comes in an appealing shade of sage.
Photo: Courtesy The Shade Store
LoveShackFancy brings its characteristic flowers into the bedroom
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