Earlier this week we had the honour of attending the Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition. The show ran from May 27th – June 7th, the first week alone saw over 25,000 people visit the Saatchi Gallery which hosted the event marking the 175th anniversary of the Patek Phillipe brand. The exhibition gave the opportunity for owners of the luxury time pieces or newbies alike to learn more about the heritage, artisanship and craftsmanship involved
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Safa Şahin, an avant-garde shoe designer from Turkey, makes this entry of the Want List. The talented craftsman and designer graduated at the Turkish Shoemakers Industrialists Institute Foundation (TSIIF) in the Department of Shoedesign in 2008. When you look at one of his creations it is clear that Safa's ideas know no boundaries and he is inspired by a multitude of things such as geology, entomology and botany. One may even consider Safa's designs
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It feels like in every single aspect of life, there is a tendency for people to expect from you to produce something original, to be original, to demonstrate originality, and to think outside of the box. The phrase “to think outside of the box” seems so overused that it has lost its semantic value; it just shows that the person saying it has done the least “outside of the box” thinking for coming up
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The Victoria & Albert museum is to host the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition. The exhibition starts on the 14th of March of this year and will be hosted at the South Kensington museum until the 2nd of August. It is considered the biggest yet exhibition of the designer’s work in Europe and it will highlight his vision and innovative nature through dramatic staging and a recreation of his impressive runways. The pieces exhibited will
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