La Manufacture Cogolin has designed for some of the most famous people on the planet – and dressed Versailles and the Vatican they're three of the most admired icons to have shaped design history – but they also have the same taste for interiors The uniting thread: La Manufacture Cogolin the French rug and fabric atelier who has designed pieces for the most recognized homes (and people) on the planet 'La Manufacture Cogolin has had the privilege of working on exceptional projects often for high-profile clients – in our early days for the Art Déco cruise ships like the France and the Normandy and decorators such as Da Silva Bruhns we worked for well-known personalities such as the Agnelli family or fashion designers such as Hubert de Givenchy or Karl Lagerfeld,' comments the managing and creative director Sarah Henry the atelier remains just as sought-after among celebrities – often the result of working alongside top interior designers who count the famous among their clients 'It’s quite flattering for our production team to know that their work is going into the home of someone that they have seen in the press that someone who could literally purchase pretty much anything is willing to wait to have a custom-made piece woven in our atelier Knowing where the rug is going helps the team to take special care in creating each rug – the process is less anonymous and feels more human,' Henry says 'Every time we work with a designer on a collaborative collection or a custom project we learn something about what we can achieve with our own production we often receive requests that are different from what we typically make that sometimes push the limits of our savoir-faire and sometimes quite simply change a detail in a way that we just hadn’t thought of that can create a big difference in the how a rug will look Having an outside perspective is always interesting and definitely influences the evolution of our production techniques over time.' La Manufacture Cogolin has dressed the most prestigious properties globally – from Versailles these properties have contributed to the atelier’s legacy Design expertise in your inbox – from inspiring decorating ideas and beautiful celebrity homes to practical gardening advice and shopping round-ups 'We most often work with designers and decorators on projects and they come to us knowing that there is a guarantee of quality We have a unique way of weaving – on 19th-century Jacquard hand looms – a quite particular approach to color and materials and a certain culture influenced by 100 years of working with well-known artists Our design team has an art background and decades of experience in rug design and production so we are at ease interpreting a client’s vision in woven textiles taking care to respect the original design intent,' Henry comments 'It can be quite impressive to see our completed project list but the most important thing for us is to know that our client really loves their rug and appreciates how special and unique it is.' they presented the first of several new collections that will launch over the next 18th months 'Paysages is inspired by abstract landscapes oriented towards a beach villa environment but the designs could also be at home in an urban apartment,' Henry says 'We are also working on a “winter” fabric collection as a follow-up to our Bord de mer fabric collection and we have started working on a couple of collaborative collections that are still top secret for now.' The first book ever written on La Manufacture Cogolin dives deeper into what has made the atelier special for a century. It's a coffee table essential (especially when paired on top of your favorite rug and has interviewed the likes of Drew Barrymore She lives in a London apartment with her antique typewriter and an eclectic espresso cup collection and dreams of a Kelly Wearstler-designed home Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The Albon rug is one of seven in Parmentier's complete Nord/Sud collection. The rugs, which display an elevated pile, were worth any additional efforts. But that's not to say that the French factories of La Manufacture Cogolin aren't still at the heart of the matter for the designer. As Parmentier concludes, "Everybody in the south of France should visit the factory—heartbreak guaranteed." Mahdavi created six different patterns that can be assembled into a single composition visible backgrounds and unexpected colour combinations also bring a striking modernity to this conventionally bohemian archetype Each design in ‘Jardin Intéreieur’ boasts a bold quality that simultaneously exudes Mahdavi’s signature for mixing sumptuous textures and graphic patterns ‘I’ve used rugs by La Manufacture Cogolin in several projects because of their unique weave These rugs have real personality,’ says the Paris-based Mahdavi escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox Pei-Ru Keh is a former US Editor at Wallpaper* Pei-Ru held various titles at Wallpaper* between 2007 and 2023 beauty and lifestyle happenings in the United States Pei-Ru took a key role in championing diversity and representation within Wallpaper's content pillars actively seeking out stories that reflect a wide range of perspectives She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children The leading authority for the Architecture & Design community Recharge in a Restored Spanish Farmhouse in Menorca Words: Annie Block Photography: Mark Cocksedge Sketch, the London dining and art destination founded by Mourad Mazouz, celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. Over the two decades, its spaces have been designed and redesigned by such luminaries as Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, Yinka Shonibare, and Interior Design Hall of Famer India Mahdavi Sketch also participates in the annual London Design Festival creating temporary immersive installations titled “Crafted Wonder,” transformed three rooms into boundary-pushing where French rug maker La Manufacture Cogolin covered the floor and arches with a golden pattern derived from 1930’s gouache drawings by the late fashion illustrator Christian Bérard The mode shifted to this century in the bar: Multi­dis­ci­pli­nary British artist Julian Carter forged what he calls a “three-dimensional line drawing” from steel rods Czech glass manu­fac­turer Lasvit presented a special gold version of its Herbarium chandelier by Mária Čulenová Hostinova to complement the lush botanical setting From a chair upholstered in woven camouflage nets to a new take on the flowerpot see 12 highlights from the London Design Festival 2022 Shahed Saleem explores the architecture of migrant and post-migrant communities in particular their relationship to multiculturalism and belonging At this year’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven the city-wide exhibition’s focus was on a hopeful future shaped by inventive design From an amorphic stained glass sculpture to a pink egg-cluster cabinet see the highlights from Odunpazarı Modern Museum’s exhibit “Creatures of Comfort.” From richly layered interiors to dystopian provocations in botanical gardens these installations captured the spirit of storytelling at Milan Design Week 2025 Experience Reddymade’s immersive installation for India’s Architecture & Design Film Festival Mumbai showcasing the world’s largest paint library Tuesday World Subscribers only In Zurich the leaf blower war or the anti-'woke' backlash World Subscribers only Germany's Friedrich Merz is embracing pragmatism World Subscribers only Trump-Carney meeting: Canada seeks reconciliation World Subscribers only Friedrich Merz bets on two private sector converts to revive the German economy and reform the state World Subscribers only Founder of Sant'Egidio community fears next pope could undo Francis's legacy Opinion Subscribers only 'Russian gas and Europe is an old story that ended badly Economy Subscribers only Europe's steel industry flattened by crisis World Subscribers only How European countries plan to fund defense efforts France Subscribers only Macron announces citizens' convention on school schedules France Subscribers only 21 charged over French prison attacks as investigation narrows in on drug traffickers France Subscribers only French mosque stabber was driven by 'morbid fascination,' prosecutor says France Subscribers only At the trial of Kim Kardashian's robbers Videos World expos: From Paris 1855 to Osaka 2025 Videos How the Trump administration is attacking scientific research in the US Videos Tesla cars set on fire in Las Vegas as calls to boycott Musk's company grow worldwide Videos Can France's nuclear deterrent protect Europe Opinion Subscribers only 'The American dream is dying' Opinion Subscribers only John Bolton: 'The term chaos is commonly used to describe the top of the Defense Department' Opinion Subscribers only 'It is pointless to imagine a significant wave of American academics leaving' Magazine Subscribers only Tracking down the pianos taken from French Jews during the Nazi Occupation Magazine Subscribers only Eve Rodsky the American helping couples balance the mental load Magazine Subscribers only Desecration or more glory Joan Didion's private diaries are revealed Magazine Subscribers only For Jewish cartoonist Joann Sfar 2025."> Pixels Subscribers only Golden Owl solution is revealed but leaves players of 31-year hunt disappointed Pixels Subscribers only Secrets of decades-long Golden Owl treasure hunt to be revealed Lifestyle Inside Chanel's French leather workshops Culture Subscribers only The marvelous bronzes of Angkor on display at the Musée Guimet in Paris Scenes of bitter disappointment among supporters in the south of France party fails to qualify for the second round By Sofia Fischer in an atmosphere more akin to the end of the party Shortly before 8 p.m., while waiting for the results, a hundred or so "fans" had gathered in front of the establishment, opening bottles of rosé and refusing to believe the rumors of defeat. Families, retirees, and the very young could be seen looking for each other in the small crowd shouting "Gen Z!" The first slap in the face was national: 4.25% across the country the figures displayed in big letters on a TV the first cries were heard: "People are crazy For every single one of us to wear the veil Some held on to the hope of seeing their hero enter the Assemblée Nationale in a constituency that had in some districts given him a score three times higher than at the national level during the first round of the presidential election on April 10 who announced the elimination of their protégé to the incredulous activists the far-right candidate did not gain the 12.5% needed to qualify for the second round He found himself behind the Macronist Sereine Mauborgne (28.51%) and the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) candidate A voter in a beige shirt turned to his family: "I don't know what to say to the journalists we're on our asses here." "This is not possible," said Stéphane a 51-year-old who works at the port of Toulon two young women sitting mournfully on a bench "This start-up nation is only selling wind and Young people looked at the scene through their windows "People wearing turbans are going to be celebrating all over the place," said Gisèle She said she spent the last years of her working life walking 19 kilometers to get to the factory where she worked nights Other supporters tried to calm her down: "Watch the insults the cameras record everything and journalists love it!" Rachida Dati and Christophe Castaner react to Eric Zemmour's results in the France Televisions studio BRUNO LEVY / DIVERGENCE POUR « LE MONDE » People were looking for culprits everywhere It was rumored that only 800 votes separated Mr Zemmour said it himself: if the whole Var department had voted like Mr thought the fault lay "with the people who saw the good weather and went to the beach." was angry at "the golden youth of St Tropez these bourgeois kids who didn't come and vote let them vote for whoever they want but let them come and vote!" The real estate developer said he had only seen "old people" go to the polls all day and was angry This former Sarkozyist was won over by the "character" of Eric Zemmour galvanizing" man: "Those in their bubble who don't vote have no right to complain later." Others held the Haut-Var back-country responsible The districts away from the coast had preferred the RN to Reconquête and we pay the price of this unnatural division," said a woman who identified herself as Laëtitia Suddenly the sound system that had been installed seemed like overkill hoping that their candidate would come out of the restaurant where he had taken refuge Zemmour's wife Mylène Chichportich tried to console him by stroking his hair young women exchanged numbers and promised to meet again A "Gen Z" teenager huddled in his mother's arms Laëtitia tried to stay positive: "Whatever happens Sofia Fischer Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr; the publisher may only be liable for the French version Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez mais en les utilisant à des moments différents Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe. Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article Pour plus d’informations, merci de contacter notre service commercial. I decide very quickly and trust my intuition.” Since Mahdavi made that particularly intuitive choice The Gallery at Sketch has become a reference point within the interior design community furniture is now more ubiquitous than ever “I am very inspired by craftsmanship,” says Mahdavi of the recently released collection. “It has always been part of my work. When La Manufacture Cogolin asked me to design this collection, Jardin Intérieur, I was honored to have the opportunity.” The enthusiasm was mutual. “These carpets perfectly translate the complete understanding that India has of our production techniques, including the way we mix and match colors,” says Sarah Henry, managing director of La Manufacture Cogolin. For her own part, Mahdavi had a clear vision of the colorscape she wanted to create. “I chose colors that breathe life and reflect nature,” Mahdavi says of the carpets. “Bright colors on the floor bring light, energy, and joy to a room.” However, as is true in any space, this continues well above the floor. “The most beautiful way to use color in an interior is to use it everywhere without moderation,” Mahdavi says. This begs the question, would Mahdavi classify herself as a color maximalist, as much of her work implies? “I like saturation. . . . And it's true that I'm rather maximalist,” she concedes. “I like working with layers, and I like when colors start having a conversation—when they insult each other.” It's that type of unique thinking that others may find difficult to replicate. But as Mahdavi points out, “The danger with color is to be afraid of it.” For many, that's exactly what happens. So to mitigate this risk, Mahdavi suggests using a minimum of three colors in every room. Not that Mahdavi is picking favorites. "I don’t make a hierarchy between colors, I like everything,” she says. “t's mostly about finding the right tone that's associated with a material or another color. Today, for example, I am in love with milky orange.” Above, take an exclusive first look at India Mahdavi's new collection for La Manufacture Cogolin, in showrooms through 2018. this small southern town has a certain Provençal charm a public library and a narrow strip of beach Yet an intangible air of disappointment hangs over Cogolin Its poverty rate is well above the national average Many of those with jobs belong to the army of workers who repaint mow and cook at the villas and yachts of nearby Saint-Tropez In 2014 the town elected a mayor from the xenophobic National Front (FN) with 53% of the vote This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Fractured” Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents Taiwanese are growing more doubtful that they can fend off their hostile neighbour The Trump administration’s fickleness is adding to the island’s anxieties As other countries age, they will need African youth Their huge endowments are not easy to cash in The Ivy League sees little point in fighting the federal government in court Registered in England and Wales. No. 236383 | Registered office: The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HT | VAT Reg No: GB 340 436 876 director of I Am Love (2009) and Call Me by Your Name (2017) has taken on interior design – a long-time dream pursued (mostly) quietly over the last few years Guadagnino officially came out of the shadows during Milano Design Week last month with a solo exhibition for Fuorisalone the two-room installation's geometric wood wall panels and La Manufacture Cogolin carpets were lit by original and archival sconce designs The focal point in each salon – a fireplace – explained the presentation's warm if slightly unseasonal name: "By the Fire." Guadagino is not known to shy away from explorations of interiors and intimacies and old friend – of his and of ours – Carlo Antonelli called to scrutinize the intentions behind this expanding design practice Carlo Antonelli: In addition to everything else you do you've recently thrown yourself into interior and product design What gives you the right to literally invite yourself into other people's houses?Luca Guadagnino: In what sense?CA: Let’s see and you can only feed once you enter the house I always thought that the greatest vampire stories were the ones where people ultimately give in to being.CA: Okay who are the victims then?LG: They're not victims; they're accomplices who like the idea of something deep and unprecedented on an aesthetic level.CA: And what venom are you injecting them with through the bite?LG: A sweet poison of craftsmanship and pursuit of form.CA: What gives you the right to an opinion Opinionated people are usually so categorical in the exercise of their ideas always like to change my mind and cultivate doubt – or at least for example – even beyond the vampire metaphor – you listen deeply to what this person desires And you must translate that desire into something that becomes a place You cannot be categorical.CA: You sound so commercial right now because if you are being categorical you aren’t listening to anyone CA: Let's say that the door was opened for you but instead of being new to vampirism you had been practicing to be a vampire since you were born I mean the field of design.LG: I’ve always loved the idea of this actually.CA: Since when?LG: Since I used to move the furniture around in my mother's house when I was a kid.CA: In Ethiopia or in Palermo?LG: I remember doing it in Palermo when I was about 7 or 8 years old.CA: And you were redesigning the house.LG: Yes I was doing that all the time.CA: Does anything from your childhood in Ethiopia factor in The different scale and structures of living?LG: My experience in Ethiopia is of a petty bourgeois part of a family that had moved there because my eccentric father wanted to travel the world it was different from what a petit bourgeois family lifestyle in Italy might have looked like in those years But it had nothing to do with some exotic colonial fantasy Maybe the vastness was relevant to my conception of space or maybe the light there was relevant to my idea of the function of light in space But the same conversation about light followed us to Sicily because it was about light in hot climates – about what needs to be closed and shielded at what times and opened and enjoyed at others.CA: Is that a light that has been turned on in your cinema?LG: I am absolutely convinced of that yes.CA: So it is a southern light – as Callois put it le démon du midi?LG: It is a southern light definitely.CA: People have been known to talk about your authoritative personality Do you agree that this is the case in the film world and would you say it happens in the design world as well?LG: Who talks about me as an authoritarian personality? I have heard a lot of people describe me in a lot of ways but I have never heard myself described as an authoritarian person ever.CA: What have you heard?LG: I may have heard that I am a commanding person but that is unfortunately the nature of the work I do.CA: It's the literal meaning of "director," after all.LG: And how can you make a film if you don't direct but ...CA: What about in your design approach?LG: In design projects I really like to stimulate ideas in my collaborators and make them autonomous.CA: The other thing people say about you is that you are a crazy visionary.LG: Eh you must understand what it means to be called a “crazy visionary.” That is the crazy visionary is a person who imagines worlds that are disconnected from a typical sense of reality – worlds that are impossible Or do we mean quote-unquote "crazy visionary" in the sense of practicing utopia or of practicing possibility in impossibility the things that I want to do and have the vision to do CA: Is there anything you have been unable to do out of everything you had dreamed of doing as a child?LG: Honestly I have basically done and am doing everything I always wanted to do as a child five-year plans into place.CA: There’s a club night in Rome at Angelo Mai called Merende which has a sign when you walk in that reads "Come and get what you deserve: everything."LG: I think that’s exactly right – but this slogan is a refrain you have to sing not in a key of consumption but rather in a key that deflects precisely that into a critical subversion.CA: Might we say that what you’re currently working on is more… decorative?LG: I don't think so We’re working with space; we’re shaping space We’re not called upon simply to decorate a space Several projects have begun with the radical redecoration of a space but that has always just been a starting point The concept of "handmade” is something that will never go away It is classic.CA: Do you think there is something exquisitely erotic about the way you design environments?LG: I like the idea that it can be considered an eroticism – on one hand it’s austere and on the other there is a sense of voluptuous and unexpected pleasures I’m reminded of the character in that wonderful Barbet Schroeder film Maîtresse starring Bulle Ogier – whose character certainly had a beautiful very bourgeois apartment.CA: So what did you do during Salone More gate-crashing?LG: We did not invite ourselves to FuoriSalone We had been chatting with our friend Antonio Tabarelli whose gallery Spazio RT is on Via Fatebenefratelli And during one of our flâneur chats – having a flâneur chat is one of the things I love to do the most – Antonio suggested that that maybe the time had come to share some of what we had made I'm in Boston right now shooting a film it was a perfect opportunity to be there without having to be there.CA: What are you shooting?LG: I'm making a film about the tennis world It’s called Challengers.CA: And what did you make at Spazio RT?LG: We occupied it We channeled the memory of a historic installation by the great Carlo Scarpa paying homage to him in a kind of remake – which is something else I love to do for this kind of reactivation of an exhibition space à la Scarpa two living rooms with fireplaces as centerpieces – one ceramic the other of stoneware logs – that are completely anti-historical practices We created wall panels conceived according to our own practice and we asked the amazing art director Nigel Peake to design our rugs which we reworked in collaboration with the Cogolin manufacture – easily the greatest rug maker in existence.CA: Had you worked with Nigel before in film?LG: I started working with Nigel in the space of architecture but then I summoned him to do the typography and graphic work on my television series We Are Who We Are an artist who I love very much and with whom I share a very powerful A biographical bond unites us because we both migrated from the south to the north – I from Palermo to Milan That background has given us an almost familial bond and so has our common passion for ceramics and with ceramics he has made some of the most beautiful things CA: Was the idea or the hope to sell everything?LG: More than selling everything the hope is that some of these pieces would become rare iconic forms in important houses.CA: Are you sure this isn’t about the riches of Croesus?LG: You mean The practice of interior design and architecture does not produce that kind of wealth right now It makes us rich in doing the things that we let's make a list of the things you have in planning right now.LG: With the studio the offices of a large film agency in Los Angeles We have completed a historic home in the Piemonte countryside and are about to start on a two-story apartment in Palermo We are also developing some specific objects for some great artisans working in glass carpet weaving – among other things.CA: For FontanaArte for example.LG: For our first collaboration with our friends at FontanaArte we designed a wall sconce representative both of our aesthetic and of FontanaArte's signature designs the piece will be the point of departure from which to generate an entire line ¬– sconces floor lamps and chandeliers – for FontanaArte We are calling it "Frenesi."CA: What defines “Frenesi” A ribbon?LG: It is an undulating streak that makes one think of the pleasures experienced in one's life.CA: Excuse me?LG: It must make one think of the pleasures one has experienced in one's life Because when vertical strictness is broken by a sensual ripple it makes me –CA: It makes you think of the past?LG: It recalls the pleasures that you may have experienced and maybe those pleasures you want to experience becomes it makes for a very sensual object.CA: What happens when one of your lamps enters a house Are you thinking of filmmaking or are the two activities separate?LG: They are completely separate.CA: How many things can you think about at once?LG: Several I've figured out how to compartmentalize time – in the last few years and I’ve started practicing a compartmentalization of time and attention down to the second Then I resume the thing I was doing beforehand.CA: Meaning?LG: If I'm doing an interview with you maybe while you're asking me a question and I'm listening I can have a thought about something I have to do later at the same time I think I've developed this ability to multitask CA: But how many levels do you think that has That's the way I am.CA: Who did you learn it from you have been developing it over time!LG: You know Now I want to be someone who gets things done the practice of utopia is the practice of making the impossible possible And that's the only thing I'm interested in.CA: Then it’s over You haven’t asked me about the cinema I've seen recently This would have little to do with the practice of interior design but yesterday I went to a movie theater that was bursting like an egg to see the new Tom Cruise vehicle Maverick and I was struck by the movie And above all by the participation of the audience which was completely and absolutely thrilled the cinemas in Italy are all still empty.LG: I do know Italy is a special case though; the US is not Maverick has a very strong nostalgia – meaning it has the same nostalgia that was already felt within the first Top Gun in addition to nostalgia for the first Top Gun itself I have to say that this is perhaps the most poisonous thing you can put into place If you want to talk about things I don’t like doing what I don't like to do is to give the nostalgia effect.CA: Let’s look ahead then I got a proposal from my Hollywood agency to participate in Mohammed bin Salman's visionary massive idea to create a city from scratch called “Neom.” Architects and filmmakers from all over the world were being asked to contribute their ideas to create neighborhoods my immediate response to the agency was: “Are you sure you guys want your clients to cooperate with a regime like this?” A few weeks after that the great journalist Khashoggi disappeared and then it turned out he was chopped up at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.CA: Who are the architects you are working with and what are the criteria for working with them Other than not being in the service of an authoritarian regime?LG: I work with a number of architects There's a wonderful team in the studio of people to whom I hope – and I think they would attest to this – I've given the freedom to express what they feel compelled to express They are not simply “doers,” they are people who inspired me and who I love each and every one of them.CA: Do you know that one of them responded anonymously that he hates you?LG: It’s not true that he said that Streetwear’s Secret History: A Journey with LUCA BENINI from the Last Days of Italian Disco to the Launch of Archivio Slam Jam Between an Ipanema bikini and an over-decorated cake built together with Gebrüder Thonet Vienna An international reference in the world of interior architecture India Mahdavi creates interiors for individuals and is equally well known for her eponymous furniture collection She has won numerous awards and is regularly listed among the top 100 international architecture and design talents India Mahdavi (see here) and La Manufacture Cogolin (see here) continues with three new color-ways for her Jardin Intérieur collection, after last expanding the collection with five additional color variations in 2018 The architect and interior designer showcases three new pastel shades — beige soft green and lilac — which soften her signature The newly unveiled additions are on display in the Paris showroom of La Manufacture Cogolin for the Paris Design Week from September 7th — 17th which defines the boundary in space and wraps around itself before chasing its path leaving two ‘loops’ in its wake The sinuous ‘curls’ that flank the seats push the limits of their material — India Mahdavi calls for the curved beech wood to double its efforts, exaggerating its beauty and roundness. the LOOP chair — also available as a banquette — will also enrich the spaces of her study and Parisian showroom to showcase her creative flair during Paris Design Week project title: Jardin Intérieur, LOOP armchair designer: India Mahdavi | @indiamahdavi event: Paris Design Week | @parisdesignweek Jardin Interieur manufacturer: La Manufacture Cogolin | @lamanufacturecogolinofficiel LOOP armchair manufacturer: Gebrüder Thonet Vienna | @gebruder_thonet_vienna AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style 2015A rug from India Mahdavi’s new collection.Save this storySaveSave this storySaveLemon-yellow and Pepto Bismol–pink Such are the unexpected color combinations that dazzle when rendered in luscious velvet or shiny lacquer in India Mahdavi’s punchy interiors projects The Paris-based designer’s bold color theory extends to her latest endeavor: a collection of rugs with the French textile producer Manufacture Cogolin Hand-dyed and -knotted in the small village of Cogolin the series is a modern riff on the traditional kilim using geometric patterns to form striking compositions of hue and shape With various pile heights—in sumptuous velvet no less—and a saturated palette of eggplant feels like a contemporary flourish of foliage underfoot Manufacture Cogolin, 30 rue des Saints-Peres, Paris; manufacturecogolin.com AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSlide 1 of 8,In a small village in Provence the storied custom-rug maker Cogolin brings the magical designs of a Modernist artist back to life Clockwise from left: a Cecil Beaton photograph of the painter fashion illustrator and set designer Christian Bérard who designed rugs for La Manufacture Cogolin in the ’30s; the Agape rug from Idylle the new collection of hand-knotted wool carpets based on Bérard’s gouaches; on the Phila rug a Bérard gouache and a catalog from the artist’s 1950 exhibit at Paris’s Musée National d’Art Moderne; Jouvence Share full articleCogolin’s Contemporary Rugs From the ArchivesA hidden gem of a textile company in the South of France unveils a new collection DULUTH — Clergy are picking up the pieces after a break-in Tuesday morning left St Mary Star of the Sea Church without its namesake statue Police responded after a man broke into the facility at roughly 10 a.m according to Duluth Police Department spokesperson Mattie Hjelseth Police negotiated with the suspect for hours before eventually arresting him and transporting him to a local hospital for evaluation The News Tribune generally does not name suspects until they have been formally charged the church’s high altar and free-standing altar were damaged during the break-in and a statue of the Virgin Mary on the high altar was destroyed was founded in 1883 and has used the same building since 1906 Gogolin said the church is working to repair and replace what it can and said he was thankful no one was hurt in the process “We pray for the man who broke into the church as well as the police officers and firefighters who assisted in resolving the situation,” Gogolin wrote in the statement we will offer prayers of reparation for what took place.” Confessions have been temporarily moved to the Duluth Cathedral A sculpted model of the Modulor human form that stands at the requisite 1.83 m in height and an enlarged replica of the symbolic Main Ouverte (open hand)-both in a wood that echoes the architect's getaway in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Dieter Rams: Less but Better exhibtion payed homage to the German designer and was a combined effort of Yves Couchaux Grégory Mesrié and Yves Mietton radios and calculators are among Dieter Ram's iconic and recognisable objects displayed at D'Days The booth has a 'sound' corner in which radios The different models are painted in pastel blue Carpet manufacturer Cogolin has enlisted India Mahdavi to create a range of dynamic floor coverings geometric patterning cover nearly every surface of the store which has been furnished with greenery to produce an 'interior garden' effect interior architects Nicolas Daul and Julien Demanche revealed their custom terrazzo for Petit h the experimental design studio conceived by Hermès Terrazzo became popular in Renaissance Venice as a resourceful way to use up leftover marble fragments from high-end projects visitors can view the before-and-after-how locks fastenings and pearlescent buttons ended up bedded and polished into this stunning customized terrazzo Molteni & C Dada has recreated a mini version of the Jasper Morrison-curated exhibition it presented in Milan which includes original models of Aldo Rossi's 'Carteggio' cabinet and Giò Ponti's 'D.154.2' armchair Cassina's presentation was a tribute to Le Corbusier Ora Ito constructed a panelled scenography to frame and animate the Italian brands various re-editions of iconic furniture designs LC1 through LC4 which Le Corbusier conceived with Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand Victoria Woodcock selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter “Howard was always interested in collaborating,” says Antony Peattie of his late partner “He found painting so lonely and loved to get out of the studio.” The result was a diverse range of work spanning prints and fabric designs to a glass mosaic mural for a London swimming pool Hodgkin’s paintings have been translated into the form of rugs “Howard used to say that he wanted reproductions to bear the same relationship to the painting as a seed packet does to a flower,” says Peattie looking at one of two paintings that have been adapted by British rug-maker Christopher Farr founded by husband-and-wife team Fabian Berglund and Liza Laserow-Berglund together with Fabian’s brother It has opened its first store in Stockholm with collections by Danish contemporary artist Carsten Beck British design duo Campbell-Rey and New York-based architect and interior designer Giancarlo Valle where a carpet-making industry was ignited by Mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century Bringing Persian know-how into the country in order to cover his palace floors he kick-started a thriving industry that dwindled in the 19th century but flourished afresh following India’s independence in 1947 The paintings have very spontaneous brushstrokes but rug-making is a methodical process that takes months Nand Kishore Chaudhary joined the rug-making fray in 1978 employed nine artisans in his hometown of Churu and began to weave traditionally hand-knotted rugs making handmade carpets only in India but now has a network of about 40,000 artisans – more than 90 per cent of whom are women and who mostly work from their homes,” says director Yogesh Chaudhary of his father’s pioneering social-business model which has earned him the nickname “Gandhi of the carpet industry” As well as continuing his father’s work with the Jaipur Rug Foundation in “providing job opportunities that uplift rural India” Chaudhary has broadened the company’s design scope from “99 per cent traditional floral carpets” to encompass a more modern aesthetic “We established ourselves as the first Indian company known for design as well as production,” he explains Kahhal Looms x Louis Barthélemy hand-knotted wool rug Floor_Story with Eley Kishimoto hand-tufted flash loop Tai Ping hybrid-tufted wool Angelo II rug by Fabrice Juan “Whenever Jocelyn designed anything – whether it was an enormous wall sconce for London’s Fishmongers’ Hall or a piece of jewellery – she would create incredible full-size paintings,” says Ken Mannering managing director of Jocelyn Burton Studio The imagery – from a 2m-long sterling-silver tulip centrepiece commissioned by the Chelsea Arts Club to the ammonite shell motif found in much of her work – has been translated into all-silk rugs (from £10,650) “On some we’ve used Persian weaving techniques and Tibetan ones on the simpler designs,” says Chaudhary of a process that was far from simple “We did about 20 versions of some before we got them right.”  Garance Vallée’s cut-away detail rugs fit together like a puzzle the new Hodgkin pieces were also “quite a process” “The paintings have very spontaneous brushstrokes technical process that happens over weeks and months.” The strident blue marks of Indian Sea (2016-17) were followed by weavers near to Varanasi using traditional hand-knotting techniques which has “colour variation in the yarn and allowed us lots of movement” The large (2.5m x 3m) rug also rises in pile-height at the edges mimicking the way the artwork incorporates a painted-over frame and is produced in a limited edition of 10 (£18,000) Nordic Knots wool Grand By Garance rugs in Moss and Leo smaller rug for the brand’s more accessible Editions produced in partnership with Howard Hodgkin Home this was the more problematic one,” says Strang of the design (1.2m x 1.8m “The first sample looked very much like a piece of bacon… and that was not the look we were going for!” When Nordic Knots began working on its latest project with French artist and architect Garance Vallée with an unusual request: “to make holes in the rugs” explains co-founder Berglund of the three new designs – all different shapes and colours with cut-away details – which “fit together like a puzzle [from £895 each] and together they add up to a large 3m x 4m rug.” Laserow-Berglund adds: “It opens a door onto Garance’s world significant aesthetic.” Vallée’s universe of stylistic sinuous shapes takes the form of scenography for Nike’s flagship store in Paris “I thought about the rug as an architectural piece and the shapes reference modernist and art deco design channels,” she says “I wanted it to be very different from just putting a drawing on a blank square.”  La Manufacture Cogolin wool and silk By The Fire installation by Studio Luca Guadagnino POA While Nordic Knots embraces giving its collaborators free creative rein to “do something a little bit different” the approach does also raise some questions from a commercial angle “A yellow rug with a hole in two places… How many people are going to want that in their living room?”  graphic tribute to Tutankhamun (from £3,610) Jan Kath and Amber Rankin all take an artistic as well as artisan approach to rug-making Jaipur rugs Jocelyn Burton silk Secretum rug Floor_Story with Eley Kishimoto hand-knotted Tibetan wool Graphic Fairytale rug © Francis AmiandLa Manufacture Cogolin wool they are made with mechanical tufting technology Inspired by the offcut pieces that weavers often pattern with their own designs and words they become messages from the makers – featuring names Supporting the artisans as well as the designers is an important element of this rug renaissance Brands work alongside initiatives such as GoodWeave to ensure standards (no child or bonded labour Christopher Farr works with Fairtrade organisation Label STEP which supports school and training projects in rural knotting regions across India my future plan is to go beyond the ticking boxes,” says Bourne SEARCHThe global authority in superyachting After an extensive refit at the Perini Navi shipyard Andrew Johansson almost reaches 50 knots on board the Vripack-designed Magnum 60 Furia Just as supercars like the Lamborghini Aventador and Ferrari F40 were pin-ups for automotive buffs in the 1980s, Magnum Marine speedboats got pulses racing in the marine sphere So when the opportunity arose for one owner to acquire a 2002-built Magnum 60 Furia – promoted as the “fastest yacht of this size in the world” by the Florida-based builder – it was too tempting to resist “We were in the market for a bigger boat,” the owner says. “I looked for something new but didn’t find anything that I was ready to go ahead with, which is why we restored this.” Named Hammer, the boat has now completed a year-long refit at Perini Navi The thick fibreglass boat was gutted and restored but with a fresh new design making this 18.3-metre a highly individual creation Moored in Cogolin marina, it will be used regularly as the owner spends four months of the year in nearby Saint-Tropez. It adds to his fleet of boats based in Europe and America, which includes 18.3-metre sailing boat Spectre and 25.5-metre classic Kizbel Hammer is the second Magnum to have been revived by the owner I always loved boats and thought I’d like to have a Magnum I think the brand is great and the Magnum 60 is the most seaworthy boat in a big sea because of its hull shape: it is incredible Only eight or nine Furia were made I think and it was a boat I felt I could get my teeth into and redesign.” “I achieved 49 knots once since the restoration,” says captain Pierre-Yves Hemard as we create a pleasing rooster tail, “but I don’t try any more because you can feel the strain it puts on the engines to get there. But as you can see, it is very easy to reach 40 knots.” I can’t help but think about Miami Vice and the TV shows like it that made this type of boat famous. “It really is amazing compared to the other boats I’ve been on,” continues Hemard. “With Hammer you really don’t need to be too concerned about the wind or swell. If the owner wants me to go out with 25 knots of wind, I don’t mind because I know the boat can handle it.” Thanks to this owner and team, this Magnum 60 Furia will live on for many years. And with a healthy fleet to play with, it seems likely there will be more projects to come. The Magnum 60 Furia was launched in 2001, designed by Magnum Marine’s CEO Katrin Theodoli. It is said to be the most successful of the Magnum models. The opportunity to breathe new life into a Furia was an exciting proposal for the designers at Vripack. So how does a design studio go about conceiving a new look for such an iconic speedboat? “These are the boats you fall in love with when you start drawing; they’re the powerboats of my childhood,” explains Marnix Hoekstra of Vripack. “We started the process by collating images and details for inspiration, and as the ideas began to flow it quickly became obvious that we were on the same page as the owners about the vision for the project.” The result is a re-energised design that meets the owner’s brief with strong detailing and lighting design to cater for any time of day. SubscribeSign up to our newslettersSign up to BOAT International email newsletters to get the latest superyacht news Boat International Media Ltd © 2008 - 2025 Content presented under the "BOAT Presents" logo is an advertising feature and Boat International Limited has been paid to include this content With her layered and innovative style, Nicole Fuller—the daughter of an artist (as well as the wife of one)—is known for her confident use of color and sculptural furniture That’s why every room she conjures becomes a unique masterpiece “Being an interior designer and art adviser I often design around an artwork and continue its story throughout the space,” says Fuller is romantic and beautiful—perfect for a bedroom He’s a color master and often inspires the palettes I create We actually met when I started buying his art for my clients I was drawn to his pieces before I ever knew he would be my friend Together but Apart (2019) by Alexander Yulish. Unique Crystal Cluster illuminated sculpture by Jeff Zimmerman; r-and-company.com Relic Vessel series by Marc Fish; toddmerrillstudio.com Jardin Intérieur rug by India Mahdavi for La Manufacture Cogolin; manufacturecogolin.com Benitier bench by Mauro Mori; ateliercourbet.com Oval Tube cabinet by Christophe Côme; cristinagrajalesinc.com Recommended: Sara Story Designs a Fantasy Room Inspired by the Work of Neo Rauch Stella 01 bed by Nicole Fuller for Savoir, upholstered in Perle No. 4 mohair fabric by Pierre Frey; savoirbeds.com, pierrefrey.com Scarabe side chair by Laura Kirar; maisongerard.com A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2019 Late Fall issue in the section “The Artful Home: Love Notes.” Subscribe to the magazine. © 2023 Hudson One Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy 2023Jacquard fabrics by La Manufacture Cogolin include Bonne Terrasse and Tahiti.Photography courtesy of La Manufacture CogolinSave this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links Most designers work with lush jacquard fabrics at some point in their careers jacquards have remained popular since their invention in the early 1800s The term jacquard doesn’t refer to a specific material, print, or pattern, but rather a method of creating raised motifs in fabric by using a particular type of loom—the jacquard loom. While most fabrics are woven before colors and designs are added jacquard prints and patterns are woven directly into the fabric as it’s being made what makes jacquard upholstery unique is that the complex patterns are an integral part of the fabric itself are less likely to warp or fade over time compared to designs that are simply printed onto cotton fabric Sarah Henry, executive director of Paris-based luxury textile brand La Manufacture Cogolin explains that this method results in a fabric that is “higher quality and much more special than [one that is] printed.” Another special characteristic of jacquard fabric is that it “can blend graphic patterns with textures jacquard can be created from almost any type of fabric from luxurious silks and organic linens to simple cotton textiles a new chair from Ginori 1735’s Domus collection features a jacquard fabric produced with Rubelli an architecture and design firm based in New York City but what’s great is that the technique adds texture to solid fabrics making them essential for modern interiors.” a linen-cotton blend jacquard featuring sketch-like brush strokes arranged in crisscrossing angles “Unique graphic patterns feel more modern to me than old-school damask jacquards”—that is double-sided jacquards woven with threads of contrasting luster—“but both can work in modern spaces if the use is limited My advice would be to not overdo it!” he says this jacquard textile by La Manufacture Cogolin lets in just enough light to reveal the construction of its weave which is much faster than making the hand-knotted rugs that we had been producing up to that point This switch permitted the company to remain economically viable while most of the French textile industry disappeared.” the jacquard loom was one of the most impactful inventions in history It essentially automated the more efficient production of sturdy elaborately patterned fabrics—what we now call jacquard fabrics—and forever changed the way we decorate ourselves and our world Get a year of unlimited access for $25 $20 per month Long before the invention of the jacquard loom traders from East Asia were believed to have brought drawlooms to Italy’s silk-working centers during the Middle Ages Though the drawloom allowed the raising and lowering of individual warp threads to incorporate different color weft threads (a feature necessary for producing visible patterns in the fabric) the process required intense concentration and nuanced labor as well as multiple weavers (a minimum of two people) working in collaboration including a “drawboy” to manually lift and lower the warp threads throughout the weaving process Before the invention of the jacquard loom (sometimes called the jacquard machine or jacquard mechanism) around 1800 the European method of weaving patterns and colors into fabrics (to create what’s called brocade) was a time-consuming The finished fabric was also very expensive because the decorative work was primarily done by hand patterned fabrics were available only to the wealthiest members of European society: Elegant brocades in vibrant colors could only be found in the wardrobes of kings and queens or featured in ballroom curtains and palatial decor In fact, for a long time, most fabrics—even those without elaborate patterns and multiple colors—were created by hand (and thus very expensive). When English inventor Edmund Cartwright patented a new mechanized power loom in 1785—a key step in the Industrial Revolution’s transformation of the weaving industry—the process of creating fabrics for basic clothing and decor needs soon became quicker industrialized looms were focused on mass production of simple rather than ones that were elaborately decorated French silk weaver Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the jacquard loom which details the 200-year evolution of Jacquard’s ideas—from their earliest origins to their impacts on society today Essinger states that Jacquard sought to “revolutionize the speed with which the silk weavers of his home town could create the most beautiful decorated silk fabrics the world had ever seen.” But first “He had to invent a completely new kind of machine: a loom that was capable of being programmed,” Essinger writes Achieving this would require replacing the second weaver who raised and lowered warp threads to create patterns But instead of creating a different loom to accommodate each possible pattern someone might want to weave into fabric he considered the potential of creating an automated weaving machine that could be altered according to the different designs potential buyers might desire Jacquard acquired his first loom patent for the design in 1800 which he entered into an exhibition of industrial products the following year (the second annual Exposition des Produits de L’industrie Française) Jacquard’s loom as we know it wasn’t fully conceived until a few years later In response to a prompt for the invention of an automated device to weave fishing nets Jacquard created a loom that did just that which he showed at the next Paris exposition in 1802 The success of that second invention brought Jacquard support and exposure to a series of similar inventions that would ultimately inspire him to perfect the jacquard loom By 1804 the jacquard loom as we know it had been patented and declared public property Jacquard earned a lifetime pension and royalty on loom sales who visited Jacquard in Lyon to see the invention for himself A weaver operates a jacquard power loom in the 1960s It isn’t simply that Jacquard’s invention has yielded many covetable fabrics since its inception What made the loom so valuable—and revolutionary—was its apparently limitless design flexibility Weavers can “program” the loom via interchangeable punch cards each featuring small holes that serve as instructions for creating specific patterns The process works much like a player piano: Cards fed into the jacquard mechanism at the top of the loom control which warp threads are raised throughout the weaving process allowing for easy and accurate replication of almost any pattern imaginable The creative possibilities enabled by Jacquard’s machine are still being explored in upholstery fabric and fashion design today Jacquard looms use the patterns punched on a card to automatically weave complex fabric designs But perhaps even more fascinating are the loom’s long-lasting impacts on other industries: The punch card system Jacquard introduced in 1804 later served as a major source of inspiration for British polymath Charles Babbage who invented the world’s first mechanical computer in the 1820s Essinger recounts how Babbage was fascinated by the “adorable contrivance which at once gave an almost boundless extent to the art of weaving” and sought to purchase a particular sample of jacquard silk he’d seen on exhibition in London: a detailed portrait of Jacquard himself Aware of the innovative punch card concept that made the loom so adaptable he wanted to examine the sample in the hopes of applying it to a totally different field: mathematical calculation “Babbage saw that just as Jacquard’s loom employed punched cards to control the action of small circular metal rods which in turn governed the action of individual warp threads he himself could use the same principle to control the positions of small circular metal rods that would govern the settings of cogwheels carrying out various functions in his calculating machine,” Essinger explains Many historians contend that the jacquard loom led directly to the advent of computer programming thanks to its revolutionary use of binary code (hole vs not punched) to facilitate communication between human and machine Converting Jacquard’s ideas to the realm of mathematics Babbage used the punch card principle to design an early mechanical calculator in the 1820s which he called the “difference engine.” He continued to develop his ideas inspired by Jacquard eventually creating what’s considered the first modern computer design just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.” It was Lovelace who proposed expanding the concept even further suggesting that the machine might not only manipulate numbers and calculate quantities but may be adapted to represent all kinds of data in the future—an early description of what we now call computer programming Babbage’s and Lovelace’s predictions were never fully realized in their lifetimes laid the foundations for some of the most fundamental developments in modern computing It’s a marvelous example of how the past is woven The results of Jacquard’s ambition to invent a simpler weaving method have expanded exponentially over the centuries changing not only the way we dress and decorate our homes Sign up for The Source newsletter our essential read for design professionals 20 Interior Styling Secrets from AD Stylists Off to Milan Design Week? Get AD PRO’s Essential Guide to Salone del Mobile 2025 4 Designers’ Tips for a Longer-Living, More Resilient Garden AD PRO’s 2025 Outdoor Forecast Is Here 14 Gardens Every Design Lover Must See in Person 35 Chic Walk-In Closet Ideas From the AD Archive The AD PRO Directory Expands to Include Builders and Contractors—Applications Now Open AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSlide 1 of 12,The director Luca Guadagnino’s exquisitely art-directed movies have become something of an obsession among interior designers But his ultimate set is his own apartment in a 17th-century palazzo outside of Milan. In the dining room John Gould prints over a Florence Knoll sofa in Loro Piana cashmere 19th-century church candlesticks mounted as lamps and a La Manufacture Cogolin rug Share full articleInside Luca Guadagnino’s HomeThe director’s exquisitely art-directed movies have become something of an obsession among interior designers But his ultimate set is own apartment outside of Milan delivered directly from The Superyacht Group's editors and market analysts Stay at the forefront of the superyacht industry with SuperyachtNewsweek Please select exactly what you would like to receive from us by ticking the boxes below: within the first week of a home renovation the sticky old fitted carpet would be in the skip Rare indeed was the aspirational homeowner who could tell her twist from her cut pile Wall-to-wall carpet was for Wetherspoons or the Palace of Westminster perhaps a dhurrie — if we were feeling flush that hand-knotted silk affair by Allegra Hicks Rugs have been the coveted floor covering for three decades but in the age of rising energy bills and Seventies nostalgia with many homeowners hitting that point in life when they appreciate a spot of noise dampening there’s a growing wistfulness for wall-to-wall By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy The design studio of Academy Award-nominated director Luca Guadagnino has unveiled a collection of furniture inside an installation that takes its cues from the work of Italian architectural icon Carlo Scarpa. On show during this year’s Milan Design Week the ‘Accanto al Fuoco’ show is centred around two living room mockups inside the Spazio RT gallery fireplaces and wood panelling designed by Studio Luca Guadagnino and produced by Spazio RT carpets produced by La Manufacture Cogolin and ceramics by Italian American artist Francesco Simeti The studio has also paired vintage furniture pieces alongside the new collections – in a bid to create an aesthetic that is inspired by Scarpa’s work There are few designers who won’t turn to Tai Ping when looking to create a one-of-a-kind carpet or rug to complement a design scheme The custom handmade and woven carpet manufacturer has won international acclaim for its innovative designs and superior quality the House of Tai Ping now has 14 showrooms across Europe and creates bespoke rugs and floor coverings for every sphere of the residential and hospitality markets globally It has since also introduced two celebrated carpet manufacturers is an American manufacturer founded by Edward Fields in 1935 At a time when flooring was seen as simply functional Fields revolutionised the industry by elevating carpet production to an art form Edward Fields rugs and carpets can be found in architectural landmarks and notable private residences such as the White House and the Glass House by Philip Johnson Both brands are a fitting addition to the House of Tai Ping which was built on a promise to preserve the artistry of handmade carpets and continually delivers creativity and quality in its designs All the carpets and rugs are custom designed for each boat and rendered in the finest New Zealand wool and silks Tai Ping offers a comprehensive concierge service overseeing the process from design and sampling The latest collection from Edward Fields for House of Tai Ping is the perfect example of this Reverence is a series of floor coverings created in collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist and furniture designer Fernando Mastrangelo and inspired by the typographic contours of landscapes from the travertine terraces in Yellowstone National Park to the salt flats in Utah from blended silk and wool yarns to shag with low-pile contrasts the carpets have been meticulously handcrafted to create contrast in texture and depth as well as having a beautiful ombre effect in a colour palette of neutrals It is a perfect example of how far House of Tai Ping will go to create the most one-of-a-kind creations House of Tai Ping recently acquired a new manufacturing facility in Xiamen the Paris-based architects behind the Louis Vuitton factory in Venice the workshop features state-of-the-art functionality world-class design and impressive sustainability initiatives the company produces handmade rugs and carpets for Tai Ping’s global residential and also showcases the highly technical skills and processes of custom rug making Visit houseoftaiping.com This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Kids Tour will be back in Monaco this Sunday in the heart of the Christmas Village after a fourteenth stop on Wednesday in Cogolin The Kids Tour has come a long way since its very first stop  on the Fontvieille harbour before the match against Olympique Lyonnais After Cap d’Ail, La Turbie and Breil-sur-Roya the Kids Tour truck headed for the Georges Galfard stadium in Cogolin on Wednesday for its 14th stop the convoy will be in the Christmas Village throughout the day with surprises in store for all the young Monegasque supporters 2017Save this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors Makeup by Berta Camal for Artists and Company original architectural details are front and center in Westerly’s ground-floor hallway Red bamboo chairs cushioned in a Fortuny print A vintage Karl Springer linen-wrapped cocktail table sits on a rug by Stark The sets of Luca Guadagnino films like Call Me by Your Name or I Am Love set in the exquisite Necchi Campiglio Villa in Milan play an exceptional role in the storytelling Every object in the homes of his characters add to the story in ways that widen the cinematic scope of the film So it’s no surprise that Guadagnino’s interior collections too have a narrative of their own he gives AD the low-down on Studio Luca Guadagnino’s latest outing at Salone del Mobile in June this year that showcased their installation “Accanto al Fuoco/By the Fire” The centrepiece is a furrowed fireplace crafted from a grey-blue ornamental stone called “ceppo di gre” which is said to be found in only one cave in Italy Around it are puzzle-piece coffee tables designed in-house; carpets from La Manufacture Cogolin; a 1957 Digamma reclining armchair by Gavina paired with an ottoman from Guadagnino’s personal collection; and glass sconces by the film- maker for FontanaArte arranged into a pair of mirrored living rooms was to evoke memories of a “lost bourgeoisie and bridging that with our present times” through the physical space of the living rooms one of which has a fireplace built in ceramic it was also an opportunity to reflect on his practice where some of the pieces on display had already been created “We realized that all these elements were coming together to form the living room,” he says adding that “boxing them together into the shape of the living rooms—as Stefano pointed out—was a great way to pay homage to Carlo Scarpa” the Italian architect who is a chief source of inspiration for the design studio The three-dimensionality of interiors and architecture excite Guadagnino allowing him to play with materiality and the senses our approach will be different; it’ll be forward-looking,” Guadagnino says—a reminder of how he seems to time-travel with ease through the spaces he creates GQ India | VOGUE India | Condé Nast Traveller India arrived at Fortress Louisbourg on the La Mutine The Marquis was no stranger to Nova Scotia as he had previously crossed the Atlantic waters in 1746 as a navigator with the ill-fated Duc d’Anville expedition Subscribe now to access this story and more: Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience The men had come to Louisbourg to “make observations to correct existing maps and charts…” At the time Louisbourg was a prominent port in the world of French commence they oversaw the construction on the ramparts of the King’s Bastion of the first astronomical observatory in North America to research the exactitude of the various methods for determining longitude at Louisbourg They also charted the coasts of Ile Royale and mainland Nova Scotia There is no evidence that the observatory survived after they returned to France in September 1751 Chabert de Cogolin would publish the results of his astronomical findings in 1753 in Paris the French Royal Academy of Sciences recognized the significance of Louisbourg as an important location for astronomical observations in New France and recommended Chabert’s work as a navigational model for future navigators Joseph-Bernard…” Dictionary of Canadian Biography and the Despair of Louisbourg’s Last Decade 13 August 1830 – A new name for Upper Horton (often called Mud Creek) was declared by Nova Scotia’s Postmaster-General It is said that the name came about when DeWolf was asked by a mail carrier what a new post office in Upper Horton should be called the Town of Wolfville was incorporated in 1893 Perry Bowles became the town’s first mayor overseeing a council of six aldermen was dedicated on this day when the city welcomed His Royal Highness Prince Arthur and the first royal Governor General of Canada Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) had delivered the title deeds for a 95-acre parcel of land that he had owned in the community of Jollimore The land had been associated for many years with Fleming and the simple rustic Victorian cottage and barn on the Dingle Road that he maintained It also was where Fleming later died at 88 in 1915 Fleming lived in Halifax during the 1860s before moving to Ottawa He later became a regular summer resident in Halifax enjoying the cooler breezes of the Atlantic and a quieter pace with his family away from the heat and political machinations of Ottawa Fleming had also proposed the construction of a tower on the land to commemorate 150 years of representative government since 1758 an Act of Government established the Sir Sandford Fleming Park (often referred to as The Dingle Park) with the planned Memorial Tower as a defining feature the local Canadian Club began fund-raising efforts to cover the construction costs of the tower Designed by Sidney Dumaresq and Andrew Cobb the Memorial Tower was constructed between 1908 and 1912 Donations were received from throughout the British Commonwealth and several plaques and stones from all the Canadian provinces were received and placed along the interior walls of the tower 15 August 1844 – The ‘Old Burying Ground’ in Halifax (also known as St located at the corner of Barrington Street and Spring Garden Road was closed to internment after almost one hundred years of operation Founded in 1749 as the town’s first burial ground it was originally non-denominational and for several decades was one of the only burial places for Halifax residents In 1793 the cemetery was turned over to the St some 12,000 people were interred in the Old Burial Ground In 1991 it was designated Canada’s first national historic cemetery Today there are only some 1,200 headstones some having been lost and many others being buried with no headstone The Old Burying Ground Foundation was established in 1987 to raise funds for maintaining restoring and promoting the grounds as a peaceful space in downtown Halifax repairs and improvements require considerable financial resources For more information see: https://oldburyingground.ca/foundation/ 20 August 1915 – Nova Scotian-born Benjamin Jackson Jackson’s parents had escaped slavery in the United States and came to Nova Scotia as refugees from the War of 1812 Jackson had become a sailor on vessels that sailed from Hantsport which at the time was a major shipbuilding centre and port He also married in 1859 to Rachel Carter of nearby Windsor Plains and they would have two daughters Navy and was assigned to the USS Richmond as captain of a gun crew involved in blockading the Mississippi River He participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864 and was credited with saving many lives during his service he received an honourable discharge in June 1865 and received a Civil War Campaign Medal he sailed on ships owned by Ezra Churchill a prominent ship-builder and merchant of Hantsport he later operated a small farm selling local produce and well known in both Hants and Kings counties one of Jackson’s great-great-grandaughters unveiled a commemorative gravestone dedicated to Ben Jackson in the Stoney Hill Cemetery in a ceremony that included a number of U.S Civil War reenactment soldiers from the 20th Maine Reenactment Infantry Regiment as well as members of the Royal Canadian Legion and numerous dignitaries 22 August 1861 – A Highland Society was organized at Antigonish to preserve the culture dress and games of the Highland Scot ancestors The first such celebration took place later in the fall on St the inaugural Antigonish Highland Games festival took place on 16 October 1863 Encompassing not just the Town of Antigonish but the whole region of northeastern Nova Scotia Highland Fling competitions and traditional Scottish heavy events Later the Games were held in August after the hay was cut Further activities were added in 1868 to include hurdle races when the 78th Highlanders were garrisoned at the Citadel in Halifax they travelled on the new rail line to New Glasgow and then marched the final 65 kilometres to Antigonish with their gear in pulled wagons to take part in the games Their participation would also mark the first occasion for a piped band to play at the Games The Games are now considered the longest-running games of its kind held outside Scotland 24 August 1946 – Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) he was the Chief of the British Imperial General Staff Montgomery commanded the British Eight Army during the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy and he later commanded all Allied ground forces during the Battle of Normandy from D-Day on 6 June 1944 until 1 September 1944 Montgomery accepted the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath he became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany and then later was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1946-1948) His last posting before his retirement in 1958 was as NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Montgomery inspected The Princess Louise Fusiliers (PLF) militia unit based in Halifax The PLF had served as part of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division in the Italian Campaign and later in North West Europe Campaign His previous columns can be found at: bit.ly/430kGwv He can be reached at leo.deveau@eastlink.ca Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page The British Virgin Islands is an explorer's dream with more than 60 isles and cays to discover Expert-backed tips and a step-by-step breakdown to ward off these pests We tried it: Filtrete Smart Tower and the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool Formaldehyde HP09 transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), 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