International Insight: India Mahdavi Head: Ladurée – The Parisian Tearooms Intro: International designer India Mahdavi’s name is a reflection of the stalwart herself, exotic, feminine and dramatic. Her work elicits a chic and universal sensibility capturing her design essence and draws influences from the memories of her gipsy life. From restaurant to a private residence, a furniture piece to an installation, each of her projects, carries a distinctly modern yet familiar quality. Playful and chic are just a few synonyms for her signature style. Text: India Mahdavi Photo: Annik Wetter, Julian Schlosser - Taka production, Trevor Tondro, Sam Frost The avant-garde artistry of renowned Paris-based designer India Madhavi is characterised by a …show more content…
This atmosphere charged with history seduced David Holder and his father Francis Holder, founder of the Holder Group. In 1993, they decided to buy this Parisian institution, and to promote the famous “Maison.” In September 1997, a new prestigious Ladurée address, both a restaurant and a tearoom opened on the Champs-Elysées. Thenceforth, Ladurée became a tearoom, pastry shop, restaurant and chocolate shop, making its way around the world one macaron at a …show more content…
Next, to the legendary Hotel des Bergues, this new spot seems to have popped out of a fairy tale, where Marie Antoinette meets Alice in Wonderland. The patisserie, the salon Mont Rose and the Salon Etoilé echo one another in a subtle game of shades and textures. The bespoke furniture and decorative lighting are a tribute to sweetness: curved & scalloped chairs, twisting candy stick-like tables on a graphic black & white marble floor, blown glass lamps enhancing the grass green walls, meringue-like ceiling lights, ceramic doughnuts curling into the plush
Carol Armstrong begins her essay by pointing out the two main points that come about when discussing A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. These two points are the social context of the painting and its representation of 19th century Paris, and the internal structure of the painting itself with the use of space. She then goes on and addresses what she will be analyzing throughout her essay. She focuses on three main points, the still life of the counter and its commodities, the mirror and its “paintedness”, and the barmaid and her “infra-thin hinge” between the countertop and the mirror.
I wander down the Hall of Mirrors in the French Palace of Versailles. Soon after I am thinking of the converse style, and recall that German Architect Mies van der Rohe has created the most simplistic a...
In the September 2013 issue of Vogue magazine Ralph Lauren Romance A love Story featuring women’s fragrance by Ralph Lauren displays in a series of photographs the stages of falling in love. Analyzing the contents of the photographs the images are presented in a form of puzzles which at first seem jumbled and at the end it materializes as a whole construction of a life that they have built together. In observing the photographs, it depicts the typical conventional manner in which boy meets girl and from there the pictorial images shifts into a series of symbolizing sequences of events involving hero and heroine. The images portrayed in the photograph conjures reminiscences subtleties of conflict in which the man seeks to capture, conquer and secure the admiration of the woman he loves while the woman at last submits to his advances. Love and romance are displayed throughout each frame with marriage at last forming the seal that will bind them together.
First, Cancun has gorgeous hotels. The architecture of one representative hotel is fabulous. Walking into the entrance of the hotel is like walking through a breezeway because there are no doors. Upon entering, the visitor is mesmerized by the colossal tropical floral arrangement that’s so stunning and full of vibrant color that her mouth drops in awe. Soon, she realizes, after the initial shock, that she is walking on marble floors that look like mirrors reflecting rays of dancing light. Indoor waterfalls accompanied with lavish foliage engulf her; every sense is stimulated. Happily greeted and escorted to her hotel room, she is delighted to see that the hotel’s beauty continues throughout every part of it. Posh describes the room exactly. The bathroom floors, counters, and the shower walls are polished stone, native to Mexico. Surprised, she looks over the balcony to see the S-shaped pool with a floating bar and the bar’s roof covered in bamboo. Walking through the hotel lobby, through the fresh gardens, through the pathway to the pool are picture-perfect peacocks flaunting their beauty, and, indeed, they are very beautiful. Every minute detail of the Grand Hotel is designed to give her an unf...
Cohen, Merdith. “An Indulgence for the Visitor: The Public at the Sainte-Chapelle of Paris.” Speculum, Vol. 83, No. 4 (Oct., 2008): pp. 840-883. Print.
Zaha Hadid was raised in a liberal, open-minded family which allowed her to explore new ways of doing things and think critically. She was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1950 to aristocratic parents. Hadid's father played an important role in her creative development. He exposed her to many different cultures while always stressing the importance of her heritage. He demonstrated this through his studies at the London School of Economics and participation in the fight...
“Hindu symbolism and colour meanings dominate Indian culture and society,” in Global Graphics: Gloucester, Massachusetts:Rockpoint Publishers, pp.175-176. Stonjanova, Christina. 2010. “Beyond Tradition and Modernity: The Transnational Universe of Deepa Mehta,” in Brenda Austin-Smith & George Melnyk, Canadian Woman Filmmakers: The Genered Screen. Ontario, Canada: Canada Council for Fine Arts, pp.
been a heightened interest in all Indian things, such as in their art. Expression in the art
While the medium of calligraphy has commonly been ink on paper, contemporary artists continuously stretch and challenge the boundaries this traditional art. Two artists in particular represent such efforts to provide new shape and life to calligraphy: Hassan Massoudy and Mattar bin Lahej. Transforming calligraphy from a static art, Iraqi artist Hassan Massoudy introduces theatrically-inspired form and movement to his letters, while Emirati artist Mattar bin Lahej transitions calligraphy to the third dimension by his sculptures. Despite the visual differences between these two artists’ works, both reflect to re-explore the expressive capacities of the word.
The strategy paid off and the scent quickly became a luxury for the international consumer market almost instantly. In 1912, he opened branches in New York and London, an important move for the company. At the end of World War I, soldiers returned home with gifts for their sweetheart’s, French perfume. This has led to a demand for products in the U.S. Coty.
London Fashion Week which is viewed as an essential event on the British calendar successfully examines Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, capital and fields within the field of fashion. There are various rules and limitation which are set for those entering the boundaries of the fashion show and only key people who are m...
As time has gone on, the Aria has expanded it’s amenities and taken full advantage of the possibilities they provide. The Aria has 20 different restaurants providing guests with many different dining options. The average check of each restaurant varies allowing guests to spend as much or as little as they want. There is also a theater located on the property which once hosted a Cirque du Soleil show. The theater does not currently have a show, but the opportunity is there if the resort wants to take advantage of it in the future. The popular Hakkasan nightclub group opened a property in the Aria called Jewel nightclub. The nightclub hosts guest DJs and allows for people to eat, drink and experience the cliche vision of Las Vegas. The resort also provides a large fine art collection throughout the entire property. They offer complimentary walking tours around the property so guests (and anyone) can be aware of the art that surrounds them. An example of a piece of artwork the resort displays was created by American artist Jenny Holzer. Her piece of art is located in the valet exit in the front of the resort and is one of the first and last things guest see when they come and go from the resort. Finally, The Shops at Aria is a group of 12 shops located on the property. These shops offer a variety of different items which provides guests and non-guests with the opportunity to purchase items they could not purchase at home. All of these amenities were made possible due to the creation of the Aria. This shows that this 4,004 room, mega-resort allowed these new opportunities to arise and be
I became hot and dizzy while standing on a Rouen street, basking in the sun before Monet’s Cathedral. A red tide rose inside my eyeballs. Kati found me clinging to a bench in front of Seurat’s Circus Sideshow and hauled me off to the Ladies’ Room, where she sprinkled cool water on my neck an...
The coffee shop I decided to do my observation was the well known Starbucks just a couple blocks away. The reason I chose this coffee shop was because of it 's style inside, it attracted me. For example, one side of the wall has a glass top, and the lower part of the wall, made of wood and painted in a bright red color, which was one thing that attracted me and stood out. Outside of the shop people can actually see through the glass wall and get to see what’s happening inside of the coffeeshop. By the entrance you see these two red ceiling lamps which were shaped in a flower bud and these two tall green plants. Once you were in, on the right of the shop there was a counter with food and things to put in your drinks such as milk, sugar, chocolate, etc and the colors and how the food was displayed and served was appealing to my eyes. Behind that counter there was a long table with different electronic devices plugged into the wall. On the middle of the those there is a fridge just for ice and when I turned to the other side and I noticed a big menu on the wall. Further more into the shop, there was an area filled with tables, chairs, and sofas. The tables were in different shapes, one was round and the others rectangular, also there was four bamboo baskets and I looked around and noticed that the walls in that area were decorated with paintings.
It 's sleek and compact design, married with 2 jazzy scatterer cushions inject vibrant bursts of colour into this trendy living room. A variety of high impact tones are featured on a smaller scale on each cushion and humble accessories help to balance these colours throughout the space. An exciting zest of yellow on a geometric cushion reflects on a two tone vase whilst a single pink flower is the flower of choice relating to the largest piece of furniture in the room. The shape of its petals can be found on the cushions design contributing to the even proportion of pink eye