Archive for July 2026
Maurice Jamin: Building a Baroque-Meets-Contemporary Fashion
The young Paris-based designer behind Jamin reflects on history, identity, and the balance between creativity and commerce Maurice Jamin is part of a new generation of designers shaping independent fashion through personal narratives and constructed visual worlds. At just 22, the Paris-based creative has already built a label that merges baroque references, military codes, and…
Read MoreOliver Tolentino, Designer of “Eco-couture”
Spotlight on eco- fashion by Oliver Tolentino, featured in IRK’s print issue Touché in “Letters from Nature.” Oliver Tolentino, an acclaimed Filipino-American fashion designer, has built his name around “eco-couture” and red-carpet creations. Based in Beverly Hills, California, he modernizes traditional Philippine fabrics into high-fashion gowns and suits.Such as piña (pineapple fiber), abaca, and water-lily…
Read MorePopstar Tea Space
Popstar Tea Space: A Creative Hub in the Heart of Brno In Brno, Czech Republic, Popstar Tea Space brings together three interconnected Czech brands and serves as their shared operational headquarters and production hub: the music label Mike Roft, the creative collective Rychlí Kluci, and the lifestyle beverage brand Popstar Tea. Moreover, music production, digital…
Read MoreThe Performance of Vanishing: Hollywood’s New Thin Obsession
For decades, women have heard the same instructions. Be this. Wear that. Eat less. Today, we like to think we’ve moved past it. But have we really, or are we just trapped in the performance of vanishing? « That’s not very ladylike » « You’d be prettier if you acted more feminine. » « That’s not attractive on a girl. »…
Read MoreClément Cogitore Chases a Ghost Island in Paris
At Galerie Nathalie Obadia, the French artist turns a forgotten volcanic island into a meditation on memory, power, and disappearance French artist and filmmaker Clément Cogitore opens Ferdinandea, his first solo exhibition with Galerie Nathalie Obadia, on September 5, 2026. The show runs through October 31 at the gallery’s Paris space, 3 rue du Cloître…
Read MoreHouse of MARJÓN – The African Apple of Fashion
House of MARJÓN transforms ancestral African knowledge into futuristic forms shaped by spirituality, memory, sacred geometry, and uncompromising craftsmanship. Through House of MARJÓN, Abdulazeez Sani Ibrahim does far more than create striking objects. Born in northern Nigeria, the artist and founder of the house has spent years developing a universe where art, African cultural heritage,…
Read MoreRégine Sarallier: Art, A Quest for Life
At 87, the painter reflects on six decades of creative freedom Born in 1939, Régine Sarallier still commands the space of her Parisian studio in the 15th arrondissement, a sanctuary where she has flourished for the past 25 years. This atelier now serves as the serene final chapter of a prolific career, yet her artistic…
Read MoreMathilde Wittock: Design Has a New Material
A Brussels-based biodesigner, Mathilde Wittock, is slicing industrial waste, growing plant roots, and engineering absolute silence. In Brussels, a Belgian designer is completely redefining how we experience our everyday spaces. Mathilde Wittock studied material research at London’s prestigious Central Saint Martins school. However, she does not create her pieces from clean or traditional components. Instead,…
Read More20 Washington: An Icon Reborn
How Minoru Yamasaki’s 20 Washington Masterpiece Found a Second Life, and Why Its Next Chapter May Be Its Most Public Yet The first thing people do when they arrive at 20 Washington is look up. Not because anyone tells them to. They simply do. They step beneath the monumental white portico, passing between soaring quartz-faced…
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