The auto brand MINI, which has been rolling out its Not Normal campaign with a bunch of odd but smart efforts, has recently made quite a traditional addition to its MINI Lifestyle Collection. The range of branded goods that includes apparel, toys, bicycles, bags, luggage, and other lifestyle accessories, is now broadened with a collection of five sophisticated sport watches. The timepieces are said tocontinue the brand’s tradition of functionality and ease of use.

Perrier-Jouët is taking its art-nouveau visual philosophy further in the new artistic collaboration with London-based photographers Warren du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones, innovators in the image-making and film industry. The creative duo have developed a magic environment in the project entitled An Alluring Journey into Enchanted Nature that captures the spirit of the brand’s heritage and takes the viewers into the half-real world full of anemones, the iconic symbol of Perrier-Jouët.

The Dom Pérignon champagne brand has joined forces with the iconic contemporary artist Jeff Koons to create a limited-edition version of a bottle, a giftbox and a bottle holder in line with his balloon-themed artistic style. For the project, the master has adapted its “Balloon Venus” magenta sculpture, inspired by a paleolithic fertility figurine, the Venus of Willendorf, discovered in Austria and dated back to around 23 000 BC.

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Photo: Jeff Koons with Dom Pérignon chef de cave Richard Geoffroy, demonstrating the case (click to enlarge)