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Publications
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Hydrogen’s promises
Seven billion euros over ten years: that's the check the French government signed in September 2020 for its hydrogen plan. Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands are also putting billions on the table to develop the industry.(...) ->
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Raising value of biodiversity
It is a well-known fact that global biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, endangering the survival of other species and our own future.(...) ->
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Monsieur Pierre Cardin, genius of design, business and style
The last monument of French couture, patron and businessman out of the ordinary, Pierre Cardin has just passed away at the age of 98. ->
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Arts,innovation and science, 2021"s spearheads
As the pandemic continues to spread around the world, it is forcing humanity to innovate - to do more, better, cheaper, better quality with the same resources. While science(...) ->
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French Gastronomy, a gourmet and heritage passion
In France, cooking is a recipe. The whole world grants it to us: it is the very identity of this art of living that it likes to come and taste at our table. And from Ushuaïa to(...) ->
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Jean Vendome, the French avant-garde jewelry artist
He is the maestro of contemporary art jewelry. Jean Vendome (1930-2017) sublimated fine and precious stones in an impulse that was both baroque and abstract, considering jewelry as a portable sculpture(...) ->
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Methane hydrates, energy of the future?
Clathrates, also called gas or methane hydrates, are icy structures that contain methane, a fuel but also a powerful greenhouse gas. This source of(...) ->
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Digital to rewrite French luxury’s legends
How can we revive the French luxury business when (...) How can we sustainably do without duty-free airport stores, which usually account for 6% of worldwide sales in the sector?(...) ->
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Which circular economy after the Covid-19?
While we are in the heart of the health crisis linked to Covid-19 and the economic crisis is beginning, trying to envisage the "world after" brings some comfort.(...) ->
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When AI beautifies design
With artificial intelligence, the machines will serve us more than we will use them. This is a considerable challenge for designers(...) ->
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Beyond traditions, future's perfumes
Perfume is an ancestral art whose evolution is rather slow despite great technical advances such as the appearance of synthesis at the end of the 19th century. ->
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Can disruptive innovation kill innovation?
For some time now, it seems that innovation has become a religion. A religion that is now only remotely related to the real world. ->
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Bees love AI, IoT and Big Data
Modern agriculture depends on bees. In fact, our entire ecosystem, including the food we eat and the air we breathe, relies on pollinators. ->
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What future for media?
Text remains an excellent means of informing, but it can no longer be unidirectional. To convey a message, one must interact, propose, consult, and not simply (...) ->
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Green hydrogen's time
Hydrogen has long been presented as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Today, as major economies prepare green investments to boost growth (...) ->
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Generative design gives freshness to architecture
On a napkin, tracing paper or CAD black background, much of an architect's work consists of making and redoing lines, shapes, objects and images. Throw away, start over, repeat. Between an initial idea and a final project, the road is (...) ->
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Happy and lucky May Day!
The tradition of lily of the valley - May Day in France - is traced back to the Renaissance, Charles IX having offered it around him in 1561 as a good luck charm. Legend has it that in 1560, Charles IX and his mother Catherine de Médicis (...) ->
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Biocities breathe through digital
In many cases, digital technologies allow us to continue to do everything we invented with the industrial revolution in a more efficient way. (...) ->
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3D printing signs up to fight Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic gripped the global medical supply chain. To overcome these shortages, a multitude of initiatives have been launched to manufacture protective visors or respirator valves using 3D printers. (...) ->
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Art market at a time of social distancing
The way we consume art is undergoing a seismic shift, which could be permanent. While Covid-19 has gained a foothold in more than 185 countries around the world, with nearly 2 million confirmed cases, (...) ->
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Drones to support daily medicine and face emergency
While medical drones are increasingly emerging as the ideal partner for disaster or pandemic relief teams, they provide indispensable help in the daily practice of medicine in remote areas.(...) ->
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IA, the future space of urban planning
Virtual domain technologies offer the opportunity to rethink the experience of space, society and culture. They give us the opportunity to engage with the city of the future, shaping the built environment of the 21st century(...) ->
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The new faces of beauty and cosmetics
2019 was a landmark year for the introduction of the latest technologies in the beauty and cosmetics industry. Major companies(...) ->
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French japonisms
From the second half of the 19th century onwards, Japonism was less an artistic movement than an aesthetic phenomenon that profoundly disrupted artistic creation for several decades(...) ->
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Arts & culture during confinement
Art will save the world," said Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Although it has not yet helped to put an end to the Covid-19 crisis(...) ->
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Electricity awakens car design
Thanks to their technical requirements (aerodynamics, battery reception...), zero-emission models are a breath of fresh air for car designers. Because they will be electric, the cars of tomorrow will not look like those of today. ->
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France, eldorado of Art foundations
As the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art celebrates its thirty-sixth anniversary this year, the spotlight is on corporate foundations and cultural patronage. In a tense budgetary context(...)->
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Water, a global issue
In the 21st century, water has become a political, economic and strategic issue comparable to what oil, for example, has been in recent decades. On Earth, freshwater is abundant but not properly distributed among the different regions of the globe ->
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Timeless elegance of dentelle
Even if there is no precise information about the original dates and places of the dentelle, it is however accepted that it would have been born in the 16th century, in the Venice region, especially in Burano. First named passementerie (1539). ->
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Artketing gives sense to business
Artketing proofs that "brand and art" is not an oxymoron. For Andy Warhol, "Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the... ->
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Apprenticeship (re)becomes trendy
The return to grace of apprenticeship is a strong marker, a symbol of a France that is in the midst of change. And companies of all sizes are finally taking back their place in apprenticeship. ->
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Luxury brands hospitality
While France is the world's leading tourist destination, luxury hotels today face many challenges: increased international and local competition and an increasingly demanding clientele in search of unique experiences. ->
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Pablo Picasso´s magic paintings
In the summer of 1926, Pablo Picasso entered a state of creative trance. As if bewitched, until the spring of 1930, the artist embarked on a series of 150 paintings in which female heads and bodies metamorphose into strange cryptic messages. ->
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The year of culture QATAR-FRANCE 2020
"Building bridges between nations" In collaboration with the Qatar Embassy in Paris, the French Embassy in Doha and the French Institute, the Qatar-France 2020 Year of Culture celebrates the relations between the State of Qatar and the French Republic through a series of events and cultural partnerships between various French and Qatari organizations and institutions. ->
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Paris Opera Ballet, 358 years of excellence
The Royal Academy of Dance, founded in 1662 by Louis XIV and intended for the choreography of "theatrical dance" in which the King and his courtiers took part, was the first germ of today's Paris Opera Ballet. ->
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France Dubai 2020 Pavilion
From 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, the Dubai World Expo 2020 will be held around the theme "Connecting Minds, Building the Future" and with 3 sub-themes(...) ->
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Exhibition at Musée Lalique
« The Invention of Modern Perfumery » Since Antiquity, perfume has seduced men who have multiplied its applications. Incense and myrrh, rose and jasmine, musk and civet... woods, resins, flowers and animal substances are combined according to subtle recipes. ->
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Musical marketing sets the pace
Allegro, bpm, major, minor and crescendo tones are foreign concepts to most consumers. However, their use as a cognitive initiation tool at certain points of sale directly influences their buying behaviour(...) ->
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Paris welcomes haute-couture
The 2020 spring-summer fashion show season opens on January 20th in Paris. Eager to protect its know-how while reinventing the codes of fashion, haute couture remains a singular cultural exception. ->
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Cosmetics turn to natural and organic
With a growth of +18.7% in 2019 in France, natural and organic cosmetics are by far the most dynamic segment of the market. In Europe, sales of natural and organic cosmetics have grown by an average of +7% per year over the last five years and are expected to reach 5 billion euros by 2023. ->
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Design, sure bet for French soft power
In global competition, design is an indispensable lever for the competitiveness of French companies, whatever their size and sector (industry, crafts, services, digital...). They have everything to gain by integrating a design approach into their innovation strategy as early as possible ->
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Future of luxury relies on data and creativity
Rising generation of Millennials, digital revolution, professional influencers, distribution revolution, new brand ecosystems, ultra-luxury sector in full boom, celebrities launching their own brands.. ->
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Positivity is bold choice for the new decade
The most resigned say that nothing changes and that the world is standing still. The most pessimistic say that "it was better before" or even that everything is getting worse ->
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Grace Kelly and Christian Dior
The exhibition presents an exceptional collection of nearly 90 Haute Couture dresses from the Princess' wardrobe kept at the Prince's Palace, celebrating the unforgettable style, signed Dior, of Grace of Monaco. ->
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Raoul Dufy in Quimper
(1877-1953) is one of the most outstanding French artists of the 20th century. Painter, draughtsman, ceramist, creator of fabrics, decorator, he knew, like Gauguin, how to abolish the frontiers between major and minor art. ->
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Concept cars collection
This exhibition, organised jointly by the Château de Compiègne and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, is the sign heralding the revival of the Musée National de la Voiture ->
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Preserving biodiversity, a global duty in 2020
International team of researchers was able to count the abundance of each plant species on the planet and conclude that nearly 40% are... ->
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Pierre Soulages at Le Louvre
"Soulages au Louvre" is an exceptional exhibition that can be appreciated differently depending on the daylight and the presence of the sun. ->
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Vertical forests, new urban lungs
Vertical forests combine the beauty of incorporating more trees and plant life into urban architecture and increasing carbon dioxide absorption and oxygen production. ->
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French jewellery shines brightly
Boosted by the irresistible attraction of customers for French-style luxury, the Parisian high jewellery workshops at Place Vendôme are expanding.
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Building through 3D printing
3D concrete printing uses fewer materials overall than conventional construction methods..
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Resurrecting iconic brands
Some brands have an amazing resilience capacity. Regularly, emblematic revivals prove that it is possible to get them back on track. ->
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AI requires more humanity
In recent months, the progress in AI has been spectacular. Until recently, supercomputers were neither more powerful nor more intelligent than our mobile phones today ->
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French caviar, a gastronomic ambassador
France has become one of the three main producers of sturgeon eggs in the world, thanks to quality farming.
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Car design under IU/UX adrenalin
The automobile is undergoing a profound transformation, even a disruption. We are talking about autonomous cars, cars that are connected to each other.
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Circular economy counts on AI
Over the past two centuries, man has developed an impressive industrial economy that has brought unprecedented prosperity.
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Design fiction for bold innovation
To project oneself into the future, there are a plethora of techniques ranging from creativity to foresight.
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IT & AI, luxury brands’ new bodyguards
The total value of counterfeit products worldwide is expected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2020, partly due to more convincing counterfeit products.
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Flight #Paris JO2024, ready for boarding?
At the heart of the eco-responsible mobility challenges of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the competition for drones taxis has already begun at the international level.
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Native podcasts, new age of sounds
The podcast is a strange sound object: deeply modern, it also has something resolutely ancient because it revives practices that relate to the dawn of time.
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Digital to boost heritage brands
Digital generates a strong return of language and the emergence of storytelling of heritage brands.
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Content curation, a chance for our audiovisual patrimony
Audiovisual archives tell the stories of the lives and cultures of people around the world. They represent an invaluable heritage (...)
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Urgent commitment to save the Amazon rainforest
In recent weeks, the whole planet has been watching the Amazon and more particularly Brazil, which has 60% of the world's largest forest on its territory.
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Marie-Antoinette, the destiny of a Queen
a breathtaking show, made of fire and light. The great pyrotechnic show returns for new dates in 2019 and 2020 in the royal setting of the Jardins de l'Orangerie du Château de Versailles.
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Mr Perfume and Mrs Bottle, the perfect couple
Haute-parfumerie, niche perfume, nose perfume, designer perfume, ... With nearly 3 000 new perfumes launched each year around the world, and as many disappearing, perfumery is saturated with marketing names and communicating concepts.
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DT, OTT, 5G: the new dimensions of tomorrow's TV
Television is undergoing a revolution and exploring new fields as technology and society evolve. Creative models are being explored economically to ensure that services are cost-effective.
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Happy Birthday, Mr Culture!
In France, the Ministry of Culture is 60 years old. Its creation in 1959 by André Malraux was a real turning point, coming to concretize the vision of Jean Zay of a great ministry of the cultural life.
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Footsteps across the world
Hermès endeavours to create objects that withstand the test of time and to forge lasting connections with the surrounding world.
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When AI meets SVOD
Disruptions, revolutions and the quest for distribution: this is the turbulent but exciting future of media. Changes are rapid and the magnitude of the disruption is enormous.
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DT, new fingerprint of luxury
Today, more than 80% of luxury sales are influenced by online. This is a staggering figure, and clearly highlights the important role digital now plays within a luxury purchase.
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Make inclusiveness great again!
"Equality, Diversity and Inclusiveness" has become quite the buzz phrase in the medias which highlight regularly cases of gender or minority bias and sexual harassment, discrimination in the workplace.
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From Enlightenment to cognitive innovation
Essential to ensure the competitiveness of French companies in a globalised economy and a peaceful and confident social environment, innovation is still too often limited to the technological aspect.
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Blockchain ecosystem to boost French competitivity
The blockchain could drive a long cycle of global growth. However, this implies that this technology develops an application ecosystem that spreads to as many people as possible.
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5g: France tackles plastic obesity
Any Bearnaise sauce and french fries with your credit card? Salt, peper, mustard or Ketchup? If the question is a priori absurd, it is in reality more relevant than ever.
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French language, a major asset for creation and innovation
Currently the fifth most widely spoken language in the world, French is expected to be used by more than 700 million people in 2050.
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Discovering the Masters of Art
Created 25 years ago in 1994, the European title of "Master of Art" is a unique device in the world for the transmission of know-how in the arts and crafts...
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L'Usine d'Auteuil, Paris
albert_louis_holding™ supports and promotes the prestigious awarded architectural project "L'Usine d'Auteuil". In 2019, under the leadership of Géraldine Mézières, CEO of Ateliers Dinand...
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The French forest-wood sector, a worldwide champion of innovation in all its dimensions
In France, all players, from forest agencies, design offices to architects and builders, and the many players in the energy transition, the forest-wood sector and the wood construction industry are innovating in all fields. Behind these initiatives, there is a global challenge: will wood be the material used to fight climate change?
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Glass packaging, an eco-friendly source of design and innovation
Glass draws its strength from the earth. Composed essentially of natural minerals (sand, limestone and soda ash), glass is first and foremost an ecological material, which seduces by its purity and nobility. The naturalness of glass is coupled with its stability. It can withstand heat and cold conditions well. Inert and unalterable, glass is exemplary in its resistance to atmospheric or chemical agents. These natural strengths make glass a healthy material, and an ideal response to packaging requirements, both in the luxury and food sectors.
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France's attractiveness reachs the top 5 worldwide
In 2019, France moved up to 5th place (+2) in the top 10 most attractive countries in the next three years*. For the first time since 2002, France is in the top five of the world's most attractive countries. Investor confidence in the French economy has risen sharply.
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Paris 2024, an ecological transition accelerator for France
In parallel with the economic aspects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games organised in Paris in 2024, the Organising Committee (Paris 2024) and the company delivering Olympic works (Solideo) have recently presented their ecological ambitions to the Ministry of Economy at a forum organised by Pexe, the association of environmental companies.
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Biodiversity, a French fight for our planet
By hosting the world's biodiversity experts under the aegis of the United Nations from 29 April to 6 May 2019, France is becoming a champion of nature protection, after that of climate protection.
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French gastronomy, an international cultural influence
Included in Unesco's intangible heritage of humanity in 2010, French gastronomy joins the Pantheon of cultural practices and processes that inspire living communities with a sense of continuity in relation to previous generations and are of crucial importance for France's cultural identity.
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Lily of the Valley – May Day in France
Is traced back to the Renaissance, Charles IX having offered it around him in 1561 as a good luck charm.
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The Palace hotels, flagships of French art of hospitality
Created in France in 2010, the "Palace" classification highlights an exceptional hotel sector that is one of France's most distinctive features. It makes it possible to distinguish
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Animated movies
Success at the box office, shovel recruitments, renowned schools... The animation sector is doing very well in France.
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French innovation ecosystem
French innovation ecosystem to boost creativity and competitivety.
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Olfactory signature
Olfactory signature, the other dimension of architectural design.
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The "Grand Bal Masqué"
Versailles still resonates with the royal celebrations that animated the court in its time. Since its first edition in 2011, the "Grand Bal Masqué" at the Château de Versailles has been celebrating these whimsical and refined nights with an evening that has become a must.
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When culture creates its own brands
The great cultural institutions that make the world dream have the economic potential to create new income. Wealth and growth are not to be found in the concrete but in the abstract.
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Iconic brands become cultural agents
As consumers, we are constantly surrounded by brands that, beyond fulfilling their primary functions, convey a whole system of symbols and values that we use to build our own identity.
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The art crafts, showcase of France
Among craft companies, art crafts occupy a special place.
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France, a first class world player in Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art is an art that disrupts, disturbs, sometimes subverts, and encourages everyone to question the evolution of society, collective culture and the meaning of life.
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French jewellery makes its own digital revolution
It has been a reality for some years now, from which no one escapes: digitalization affects all industries.
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Pushing the limits of architectural design
Drones, virtual reality, robots, lasers, artificial intelligence or 3D printing and digitization, how are these new technologies useful for designing the buildings of tomorrow?
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The bright future of French delicatessen
Fine food is one of the activities for which France shines in the world through the quality and diversity of its products. Fine food producers are committed to following the movement of innovation and...
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How can traditional perfumery reinvent itself?
For traditional perfumery, the future lies in preserving its know-how of excellence and in innovation.
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From research to innovation, the new challenge for cosmetics
The cosmetics industry is not in crisis with a global turnover of 200 billion euros and growth of 4% per year.
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Luxury and innovation
Between know-how and tradition, luxury has made us dream for centuries. But in a world where everything is accelerating, major brands must reinvent themselves to continue to exercise their power of attraction and avoid becoming obsolete.
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French "Art de Vivre"
The French Art of Living is a myriad of elements constituting an obvious and yet elusive tangible and above all intangible heritage, the fine flower of what makes you dream when you think of France and those who live there.
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Luxury needs to combine ethics and sustainable development
Under the pressure of the Millenials, consumers are demanding more product guarantees. What if the future of luxury were to pass through the filter of ethics and favour sustainable development?
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Luxury and French Art of Living: why do they make the whole world dream?
Jewellery, silversmithing, leather goods, clothing, hotels, perfumes, gastronomy, design, luxury and a certain French way of life make tourists and students from all over the world dream and attract them.
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Craftsmanship and Innovation
Craftsmanship is not always synonymous with innovation: This is a comon wrong, the root of which comes from a confusion between innovation and technological progress.
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The excellence of French savoir-faire
Internationally recognized, French craftsmanship combines luxury and ancestral know-how. Let us be proud of our gastronomic, clothing or artistic culture, what are these products 100% made in France that the whole world imitates without ever equaling?
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Footsteps across the World
Film and documentary maker Frédéric Laffont, winner of the Albert Londres award, brings his humanistic perspective to bear as he walks in different Hermès' craftsmen and clients' footsteps, and gives free rein to his camera.
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albert_louis_holding supports UNICEF initiatives.
n 2019, Albert Louis Holding renews its support for Unicef's actions.