tigmi journal
An exploration of our inspired world of design. Meet the creatives, artisans, partners and design icons that we work with and who form our design inspiration and muses.
Tête-à-tête The Legacy of Craig Ruddy
Before the untimely loss of our friend, revered Australian artist Craig Ruddy at the start of this year, Tigmi had been in conversation with Craig about featuring some of his prolific work as p [...]
Coup de Coeur Idleness awaits at La Tartane
"For this project, we wanted to create a real family vacation home—a fresh, cheerful, lively place. On the Riviera, there are many luxury establis [...]
Coup de Coeur An exuberant escape in Comporta Portugal
“My ideas come from gut feelings – first about locus genii, then architectural structure. From there I can start layering and stor [...]
Coup de Coeur Abandoned Italian Palaces
'Letting the light filter through the darkness', a masters interpretation of architectural design in the 20th century. What is it that is so enc [...]
Coup de Coeur An escape in the South of France by India Mahdavi
“He wanted light and colour and freshness,” India Mahdavi says. “I think that’s why he chose me.” Founding her design studio in 20 [...]
Coup de Coeur Villa Goupil by Jacques Couëlle
“The architecture of Jacques Couëlle is a celebration of the earth. In the evening, when the day gradually slips out of our eyes and escapes, the houses of Jacques Couëlle again enter the [...]
Coup de Coeur Stahl House by Pierre Koenig
“It’s our home. We were all so comfortable growing up here. It did not feel like we were in the pressure of Los Angeles. It’s a quiet and peaceful spot.” — Bruce Stahl "They s [...]
Coup de Coeur 'Pescetrullo' by Gaetano Pesce
“The house is an actual portrait of the Venetian couple that commissioned me to make it, so it bears a likeness to their faces.” — Gaetano Pesce "My house expresses simple con [...]
Coup de Coeur Villa RA by MORQ
“It is typical of a Mediterranean dwelling, where the understanding of a relationship with the place has a central role in the conception and expression of its outcome.” — MORQ [...]
Coup de Coeur Fernando Higuera 'Rascainfierno'
“This idea saved my life thirty-odd years ago, when my friend Francisco Nieva read my tarot, and saw me in three years buried underground with a cypress above me. Four times in a row [...]
Coup de Coeur Maison Verley the 'Plant House'
“There is a very great freedom of family life, the freedom to meet or to be isolated, to be together or each for himself.” - Pierre Székély “We had to be able t [...]
Coup de Coeur Georges Adilon
“The exterior is the result of what has been designed inside.” An extraordinary creator and author of abundant work, French architect Georges Adilon was co [...]
Coup de Coeur Les Maisons Sculptures de Jacques Couelle
“My houses are living beings, they have a nervous system, a stomach, intestines, a heart” - Jacques Couelle As a tribute to nature, French architect Jacques Couelle built [...]
Coup de Coeur Casa Tabarelli
“An open, free, very spacious house, in which nature, sun and light enter.” In the North of Italy, not far from the Austrian border stands a forgotten [...]
Coup de Coeur Hotel Le Sud
"The spirit of the South is here both revisited and modernized, without ostentation or caricature." — Stephanie Lizée Located in Juan Les Pins, nestled idyllic [...]
Coup de Coeur Casa das Canoas - The family house of Oscar Niemeyer
"Straight angles do not attract me. Neither does the straight, hard, inflexible lines drawn by men. I am attracted to the free, sensuous curves I observe in [...]
Coup de Coeur Reflection
Welcome to the launch of Coup de Coeur - which literally means ‘a blow to the heart’. We hope it will serve as an inspirational portal where we will be transporting you to [...]