Toilets are important in our daily lives, demonstrated by the fact we spend three years of our lives in them. From private homes to trendy restaurants, more attention is now being paid to this precious little room.
The Design Parade Festival permits students to present their innovations to the World. Since the 1920's, the villa de Noailles continuously promotes avant-garde art. And animated film Logorama attracts the eye like a commercial.
How can two coloured lenses give their owner the killer look? Beyond offering the eyes protection from sun beams and camera flashes, sunglasses have developped into ubiquitous fashion statements.
In this edition: the legend Placido Domingo embodies Cyrano, rabbit bins by Paul Smith, galleries in Iraq, Ibsen the painter, and the garden's international festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire.
We follow a landscape gardener who specialises in urban gardens on a tour of a green terrace in Paris - a corner of paradise for urban dwellers harassed by noise and pollution.
A fashionable and aesthetically pleasing plant, bamboo has become an ubiquitous component of garden decoration and interior design. Practical, eco-friendly and sturdy, bamboo comes in all shapes and serves all kinds of purposes.
They are inspired by new wave stylists such as the Masstige movement or designer Heidi Slimane - and are living in a technological hub. A new young generation of designers are ready and eager to fly on their own.
In the hands of former accountant Luc Dognin, leather acquires a new lease of life. Every one of his bags is handmade, while his best-selling creation the "balluchon" has even appeared in the series "Sex and the city".
Interior design is now becoming ecologically friendly. Not only can plants be used to brighten up rooms; they can also help clean up the air. And here, at Vertilignes, they are even used to decorate the walls.
