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Boca do Lobo‘s designs are made for a variety of interior design projects while keeping a sense of a curated selection and an exquisite range of selected materials and finishes. Lapiaz Collection marks the identity of the brand with contemporary handcrafted high-end furniture inspired by Nature. These pieces take exceptional craftsmanship and design to a new realm. Let’s meet them!

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Lapiaz Collection is where Nature’s sculptural shapes are eternalized through handcraft, with unique artisanal techniques and an outstanding blend of superb materials such as brass, wood veneer, lacquer, high gloss varnish and glass.

LAPIAZ SIDEBOARD

Finding beauty in the most unexpected places, this contemporary design piece is inspired by authentic karst formations. An extremely versatile furniture piece that can elevate, literally, every room in your contemporary home. You can use it to complete a dining room (and, obviously, use it for storage), but you can also use it to amaze your guests right when they enter your home. It also can upgrade your living room decor or simply turn your hallway into the most luxurious one.

LAPIAZ CONSOLE

Its organic features are achieved through the manual fitting of polished brass, and a sharp finish in polished stainless steel that portrays a perfect mirror. The modern console table is like a design hero. It’s one of your home’s first impressions when new guests take their first step inside. Like the sideboard, it can function in other rooms, like a buffet in a dining room or even a desk if you need to work from home.

LAPIAZ CABINET

Different-shaped doors and drawers open to a distinct poplar root wood veneer interior. Cabinets are one of the most practical – yet often overlooked – pieces of furniture a modern home can have. By creating storage, modern cabinets can also stand out by their design, complementing and adding identity to rooms.

LAPIAZ DINING TABLE

The Lapiaz dining table symbolizes generations of gatherings and decisions, both in times of celebration and tension. Your dining table plays a big role. It’s a gathering spot, late-night teas and connecting over food. But, how interesting can look this dining table be in an entryway? Try new options in this new year!

LAPIAZ MIRROR

The organic features of this large mirror are achieved through the manual fitting of golden polished brass and finishes in polished stainless steel. Mirrors are considered reflective pieces. Therefore, whether they’re coating the walls or strategically placed in corners, they can work well in combination with art, lighting, and other ornamental elements. Mirrors make great accents, they can be quite versatile, fitting seamlessly into both traditional and modern interior design.

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LAPIAZ CENTER TABLE

A functional artwork conceived in three modules for unexpected combinations. Born from cold and freshly cracked to show off the world’s rich, golden interior. A center table is a piece of furniture that usually occupies the center of a living room, but may also be placed in other areas of the home. Adding this piece is a great way to add style to your living space.

LAPIAZ TABLE LAMP

This table lamp features a cylindrical stainless steel base with an organic feature achieved through the manual fitting of golden brass. A highly desirable classical lighting piece perfect for modern luxury bedrooms. Table lamps are the interior designer’s “secret weapon”: they can be lovely ornaments, but with a bit of thought you can use their light to give a room atmosphere and really bring it to life.

LAPIAZ HEADBOARD

 The organic features of this upholstered headboard are achieved through the manual fitting of gold-polished brass into the velvet structure. Headboards can provide extra support, prevent wall damage, and elevate your bedroom decor. Today, headboards serve more of a decorative role than a functional one. This one is one of the most stylish ones, right?

LAPIAZ NIGHTSTAND

This high-end luxury bedroom furniture piece features unique details achieved through the skill of our talented artisans, ensuring that it’s stands-out in any modern bedroom setting. Nightstands are the most underrated part of bedroom furniture set. You can use them to hold items near your bedside, charge your phone, provide light for reading, and tie together the whole look of your room!

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In line with the belief that creativity is a powerful vector for changing mindsets, Kering organizes a mentorship encounter aimed at 15 young female creators who will be selected based on their applications (details on the process below). On January 10, 2023, in Shanghai, the mentees will have the opportunity to spend a half-day discussion and inspiration session with three established artists from different fields: soprano Huang Ying, contemporary ink wash artist Peng Wei and contemporary dancer and choreographer Duan Ni.

This program aims to set up a platform for the next generation of female creators emerging in their fields of art to express themselves and learn from experts’ experience and insights. The afternoon will allow them to delve on topics around the creative process, such as inspiration, boosting creativity, career planning, as well as art’s values for society and individuals.

Please follow the Women In Motion WeChat Official Account and fill-in the key word “Mentorship Program” to apply. Application will be closed on December 5th, 2022.

The mentorship program will select 15 young female creators aged under 35 who are talented, and actively engaged in their creative careers. Selection criteria includes academic background, active years, creativity of works and professional achievements. Creative fields include but are not limited to visual arts, performing arts (dance, theater), film arts, music (classical and contemporary), literature, architecture and design.

In 2015, Kering launched Women In Motion at the Festival de Cannes with the ambition of highlighting women in cinema, both in front of and behind the camera. The program has since expanded in a major way to photography, but also to art, design, choreography and music, across multiple partnerships and initiatives over the world (Arles and Kyotographie Photography Festivals, the Women In Motion at Westbund project, etc.).

Since 2021, thanks to the WeChat subscription account, Women In Motion expands beyond seasonal events to offer a permanent content platform to tell inspiring stories of female creativity across film, music, dance, painting, architecture, literature, and new art.

The mentors

From left to right: Peng Wei, Huang Ying, Duan Ni

Huang Ying: A renowned lyric coloratura soprano and opera artist, Huang Ying is the first Chinese vocalist to perform the leading lady in an opera movie. She has been acclaimed by featuring film Madame Butterfly. Since then, she has appeared in opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Cologne Opera House, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels Belgium, Royal Danish Opera and China National Center of Performing Arts.

Peng Wei: A contemporary ink artist, Peng Wei is widely celebrated for expanding and subverting the classical Chinese ink painting tradition by bringing traditional and historical practice into dialogue with contemporary international art practices. Conjuring extraordinary realities by layering personal narratives across time, geography, and tradition, her work interrogates cultural identity, intellectual belonging, and issues of gender and sexuality. Since 2000, she has completed numerous series of work, which are executed across artistic mediums, such as painting, installation, video, and photography, grounded on the format and materiality of Chinese ink painting tradition.

Duan Ni: A dancer and choreographer, Duan Ni is the first Chinese modern dance dancer invited by international companies. Duan Ni embraced all the ideas and styles with her body’s inclusiveness, and she formed her own body language and traits. She has studied at the Modern Dance Choreography Department of Beijing Dance Academy (Guangdong branch), led by dance education pioneer Madame Yang Meiqi, and used to dance with Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theatre, Akram Khan Company in London, and Shen Wei Dance Arts in New York. In 2008, she joined TAO Dance Theater as the Founding Dancer and Artistic Director of the company. In 2021, she participated to the first edition of the Women In Motion at West Bund project, to celebrate women’s creativity in dance and choreography

About Women In Motion

Kering’s commitment to women is at the heart of the Group’s priorities and extends, through Women In Motion, to the field of arts and culture, where gender inequalities are still glaring, even though creation is one of the most powerful vectors for change.

In 2015, Kering launched Women In Motion at the Festival de Cannes with the ambition of highlighting women in cinema, both in front of and behind the camera. The program has since expanded in a major way to photography, but also to art, design, choreography and music. Through its Awards, the program recognizes inspirational figures and young female talent, while its Talks and Podcasts provide an opportunity for leading personalities to share their views on the representation of women in their profession.

For the past eight years, Women In Motion has been a platform of choice that contributes to changing mind sets and thinking on the place of women – and the recognition they receive – in the arts and culture.

About Kering

A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods and Jewelry: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin, as well as Kering Eyewear. By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow’s Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. We capture these beliefs in our signature: “Empowering Imagination”.

Contacts

Roger HE + 86 (21) 6185 3528 roger.he@kering.com

Yun JIANG + 86 (21) 6185 3683 yun.jiang@kering.com

Shenghao ZHANG + 86 (10) 5775 5711 shenghao.zhang@fleishman.com

Gucci today announces that Alessandro Michele is stepping down as Creative Director of Gucci. Alessandro Michele has been at the creative helm of the House since January 21st, 2015, and has played a fundamental part in making the brand what it is today through his groundbreaking creativity, while staying true to the renowned codes of the House.

Marco Bizzarri, President and CEO of Gucci said: “I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet Alessandro at the end of 2014, since then we have had the pleasure to work closely together as Gucci has charted its successful path over these last eight years. I would like to thank him for his 20 years of commitment to Gucci and for his vision, devotion, and unconditional love for this unique House during his tenure as Creative Director.”

François-Henri Pinault, Chairman & CEO of Kering, said: “The road that Gucci and Alessandro walked together over the past years is unique and will remain as an outstanding moment in the history of the House. I am grateful to Alessandro for bringing so much of himself in this adventure. His passion, his imagination, his ingenuity and his culture put Gucci center stage, where its place is. I wish him a great next chapter in his creative journey.”

Alessandro Michele said: “There are times when paths part ways because of the different perspectives each one of us may have. Today an extraordinary journey ends for me, lasting more than twenty years, within a company to which I have tirelessly dedicated all my love and creative passion. During this long period Gucci has been my home, my adopted family. To this extended family, to all the individuals who have looked after and supported it, I send my most sincere thanks, my biggest and most heartfelt embrace. Together with them I have wished, dreamed, imagined. Without them, none of what I have built would have been possible. To them goes my most sincerest wish: may you continue to cultivate your dreams, the subtle and intangible matter that makes life worth living. May you continue to nourish yourselves with poetic and inclusive imagery, remaining faithful to your values. May you always live by your passions, propelled by the wind of freedom.”

Gucci’s design office will continue to carry the direction of the House forward until a new creative organization will be announced.

About Kering

A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods and Jewelry : Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin, as well as Kering Eyewear. By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow’s Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. We capture these beliefs in our signature: “Empowering Imagination”. In 2021, Kering had over 42,000 employees and revenue of €17.6 billion.

About Gucci

Founded in Florence, Italy, in 1921, Gucci is one of the world’s leading luxury brands. Following the House’s centenary, Gucci forges ahead into the next hundred years, continuing to redefine luxury while celebrating the creativity, Italian craftsmanship, and innovation at the core of its values.

Gucci is part of the global luxury group Kering, which manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear.

Discover more about Gucci at www.gucci.com.

Since 2017, DARE (Disrupt, Act, Risk to be an Entrepreneur) gives LVMH employees the opportunity to bring their ideas to life and turn them into concrete projects. This global intrapreneurial program encourages all talents to share bolds ideas for new business solutions and offers the most relevant ones an opportunity to be brought to market.

Supported by mentors – CEOs from LVMH Maisons and external entrepreneurs –DARE participants refine their business model, test their prototype and prepare their final pitch. The winning teams are accelerated with startup methodologies within the highest level of the organization.

In just five years, DARE has grown into a community of over 30 000 talents and has supported the launch and acceleration of 52 innovative projects, reaching all LVMH business verticals. These include:

Nona Source, the first online resale platform which re-values deadstock fabrics from the Group’s Fashion & Leather Goods Maisons
Shero, an internal platform of empowerment to inspire talents with tips, coaching and initiatives
The Inclusion Index, an observatory and accelerator of Diversity and Inclusion initiatives within the Group
Heristoria, a recently launched platform that curates and sells iconic millesime pieces from LVMH Maisons
DARE has been at the origin of many projects that echo LVMH’s core values of creativity and innovation & entrepreneurial spirit and excellence.

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Fragrances and music have many shared affinities. When perfume creator Francis Kurkdjian meets conductor and cellist Klaus Mäkelä, the conversation becomes eminently creative. Inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2, the two artists share words, notes and emotions. Their scented and musical exchange is transformed into a moving sensorial experience, culminating in a very special concert.

On December 2, the Philharmonie de Paris featured notes from Klaus Mäkelä’s bow resonating with the scented notes created by Francis Kurkdjian. Backstage, the artists shared their impressions of Bach’s music. For each movement in Cello Suite No. 2, the Finnish cellist sought to translate into words the emotions he felt as a musician. Taking inspiration from these descriptions, the fragrance composer selected notes of patchouli, mandarin, musk and especially iris. “All of these very much smell like D minor, the key of this Suite. It is a very particular sound D Minor,” said Klaus Mäkelä. The alchemy of the musical and olfactory notes spawned new deep and melancholic emotions expressed by the talented musician, who is Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.

Watch a video of Francis Kurkdjian and Klaus Mäkelä talking about their creative process:

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