Famous photographer Chen Man and international luxury brand Dior apologised on Tuesday (Nov 23) for a photograph displayed at a Shanghai exhibition that was heavily criticised. Chen said she was "immature and ignorant." The photo, which went viral in China, features a young freckled woman with heavy makeup around her eyes looking at the camera with a piercing gaze and.
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Watches and Wonders saw a glimpse of the future when IWC CEO Christoph Grainger-Herr and the brand’s legendary watchmaker Kurt Klaus beamed into the Shanghai event from Switzerland as 4K holograms.
The presentation saw Grainger-Herr and Klaus introduce IWC’s 2021 collection and answer questions from buyers in real-time, it also marks the first time the PORTL technology has been used to ‘holoport’ from Europe to Asia. Inventor David Nussbaum demonstrates the device in the video below.
For the remainder of the four-day live event, which came to a close yesterday, guests used the technology to interact with watchmakers at the brand’s HQ in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
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Watches & Wonders Geneva has successfully pulled off its largest digital watch event ever, but the excitement is not over. For the next five days, all eyes are on Shanghai as the city opens the doors at the West Bund Art Centre for the start of Watches & Wonders Shanghai.
It’s a momentous occasion – this is what the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) envisioned a “phygital fair” would be like and it’s promising to be pretty spectacular as visitors and collectors could, for the first time in a long time, immerse themselves within the different booths and universes the brands have presented, as well as more importantly, touch and feel all of the new novelties.
Plymouth College of Art chief executive to step down after 11 years
Prof Andrew Brewerton will retire in July 2021 after overseeing college s rise to becoming degree-awarding HE institution
08:00, 1 APR 2021
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The principal and chief executive of Plymouth College of Art is to step down after 11 years during which it became a major degree-awarding higher education institution.