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Usman Riaz

Usman Riaz is an engineer-turned-writer and communications specialist with a zeal for art and culture and a penchant for good design and storytelling. He writes about luxury lifestyle products, experiential immersive travel, and sustainability.
Picture of Usman Riaz

Usman Riaz

Usman Riaz is an engineer-turned-writer and communications specialist with a zeal for art and culture and a penchant for good design and storytelling. He writes about luxury lifestyle products, experiential immersive travel, and sustainability.

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Translate Ikat India

Rethinking Ikat: A Conversation with Translate on their New Odyssey

February 21, 2026 No Comments

Rooted in centuries-old Ikat traditions and shaped by generations of weavers in Pochampalli, Translate’s recent collection, Silk Odyssey, explores silk-on-silk weaving with zari as a contemporary design language. In conversation with LuxuryFacts, the brand reflects on process, scale, variation, and the slow, human labour that transforms heritage craft into modern heirlooms.

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Maison Alcee assembled watch

Maison Alcée is More About the Experience Than Just Ownership

April 10, 2024 No Comments

Winner of the Audacity Prize at the 2023 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève–the Oscars equivalent of the watchmaking world, Maison Alcee’s Persée clocks is a unique collector’s item. Developed as an assemblable timepiece, the Persée is an experience beyond mere ownership and immerses enthusiasts into the timeless art of watchmaking.

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