Aldo Sperber ’s exhibition during November 3rd to 30th in La Maison des Photographes, Paris.
Molteni & C. will launch a new seating collection by Jean Nouvel at Maison & Objet in Paris.
David Serero wants you to know, first of all, that it was not a hoax. It was not, as many claim, a publicity stunt. And it was certainly not an April Fool’s joke. “We do have this tradition also,” the Paris-based architect told me in an email. “But our project was released three weeks before. Isn’t that a little early?”
For those three weeks, whatever it was unfurled through the design world like gigantic Kevlar petals rippling open atop one of the most iconic structures on the planet. By late March it was common knowledge that Serero Architects’ winning idea had claimed victory in an open competition to temporarily remodel the public reception and access areas for the 120th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower.