Deluxe Pad Senior Haute and Fine Joaillerie editor / contributor.Also contributor to Japanese magazine, Brand Jewelry and published author of 7 hardback books (all published by Thames & Hudson and distributed worldwide).Deluxe Pad is the world leading magazine and newsstand on the private business jet market.
Olivier Dupon
Author & Editor
London
Deluxe Pad Senior Haute and Fine Joaillerie editor / contributor.Also contributor to Japanese magazine, Brand Jewelry and published author of 7 hardback books (all published by Thames & Hudson and distributed worldwide).Deluxe Pad is the world leading magazine and newsstand on the private business jet market.
Olivier Dupon is the author of The New Artisans (2011), The New Jewelers (2012), The New Pâtissiers (2013), Floral Contemporary (2014) and Encore! The New Artisans (2015), all published by Thames & Hudson. Awaiting the publication of his new book on luxury jewelry that will be published in 2016, Dupon attended the Masterpiece London Fair early July and sent his report to the Eye of Jewelry for exclusive insider's feedback.
Adrian Sassoon is one of the world's leading art dealers in the world. According to the TEFAF, the British dealer is the UK's premier gallery for artist-made contemporary decorative art and design, focused on prestigious works of art. Olivier Dupon, author of several books all published by Thames & Hudson, including The New Jewelers (2012) managed to get Sassoon's perspective on jewelry as a piece of art.
Interview by Philippa Stockley: Olivier Dupon has made a name of himself as a champion of contemporary crafts. Here, he offers advice on commissioning pieces for your home.
Christie's Interiors: Objects, arts & ideas - Issue 06
An essential compendium, showcasing hundreds of unusual, stylish, whimsical and desirable crafted objects by more than sixty makers. This is the perfect curated resource for discovering unique and beautiful pieces designed and made by talented artisans from around the world. ‘Many of the handmade objects featured, which represent the work of 60 makers from 19 countries, have a new, youthful, almost raw feel to them’ – World of Interiors.
Cannes Film Festival 2013, cameras flash as Marion Cotillard makes her way onto the red carpet. Her graphic Dior ‘Cruise 2014’ gown paired with a towering updo and stunning Chopard jewels turn heads. The micro-paved earrings and cuffs she wore were from the Green Carpet collection, Chopard’s initiative to implement a transition towards ethically sound jewellery.
Monumental and modern. Intimate and rustic. Living sculptures. Created by thirty-eight of the world’s most renowned designers, these are flowers as you have never seen them before. Once upon a time, flowers were merely beautiful. Now, they can be breathtaking (Rebecca Louise Law's installation of 7,000 roses strung from the Royal Opera House ceiling), mind-bending (Harijanto Setiawan's floral kaleidoscope), or surprising (Azuma Makoto's candy-colored bottled flowers).
Thirty-eight of the finest florists working worldwide today, accompanied by hundreds of full-colour photographs of their inspirational arrangements and decorations. ‘This showstopping book is a wonderfully indulgent treat’ – Saga Magazine. ‘Nearly 300 pages dripping with blossom … floral arrangements to drool over’– House & Garden.
An introduction to forty of the finest pastry chefs in the world plus unique recipes for re-creating their tempting confections at home. While pâtisserie has long been a popular subject, this book goes a step further to showcase the talented and inventive pastry chefs working today. The chefs’ individual styles are explored through informative biographies and portraits of them in action, and these are accompanied by some ninety of their own recipes, many exclusive to the book.
38 of the finest pastry chefs worldwide today, together with samples of their glorious confections. Some of the chefs are up-and-coming, others are well established; all are innovative pioneers in a uniquely appealing creative field. ‘Tantalizing recipes and photographs of lavish creations’ – Four Seasons Magazine.
‘A great resource for editors, buyers and anyone else who is obsessed with jewelry’ – Marina Larroudé, Market Director, Style.com. ‘A brilliant presentation of some of today’s most talented jewelry designers’. ‘A casket full of future classics... The role of this book is to provide the new generation of jewelers with a red carpet so that we can celebrate them in all their well-deserved fame’ Ines de la Fressange.