Tag: swarovski
The Crystal Dome at Swarovski Kristallwelten // Wattens, Austria.
14th December
This mesmerising space is The Crystal Dome at Swarovski Kristallwelten (Crystal Worlds) – the company’s museum and headquarters located in Wattens in Austria. The Crystal Dome was specifically designed to capture the feeling of being inside a crystal. There are 595 mirrors that cover the dome’s walls, creating a kaleidoscope of shifting shapes, reflections and colours, that gradually reveal hidden works of art…
Curiosity | Gwenaël Nicolas.
1st October
I’ve been curious about Curiosity (boom-boom!) for quite some time now. So I decided to put an end to it and I looked them up… and – wah wah wee wah – what do you know – their work is totally awesome.
Curiosity was established back in 1998 by French-born designer Gwenaël Nicolas. He has created everything from perfume bottles with Issey Miyake to store concepts for Uniqlo and high-concept installations for Lexus…
Swarovski Crystal Palace | Milan 2010.
3rd May
Swarovski Crystal Palace on Zona Tortona was a breathtaking experience that I definitely will not forget in a hurry. Although I did expect to see a series of visually striking installations, the experience of seeing other visitors standing quietly in complete awe in each room was something which added to the experience and a created a collective hypnotic state.
Tokujin Yoshioka, Gwenaël Nicolas, Yves Béhar, Rogier van der Heide and Vincent van Duysen were commissioned to come up with a crystalline reinterpretation of the traditional chandelier…



















