January - 2016

Toast Living launches HAND collection for drip-filter coffee connoisseurs

Toast Living launches HAND collection for drip-filter coffee connoisseurs

Homeware brand Toast Living has partnered with Hong Kong studio Milk Design to create a five-piece ceramic, glass and copper-coloured homewarerange for coffee lovers. Milk Design's HAND collection features a coffee dripper, glass carafe, wooden-lidded kettle, and trio of mugs in pink, dark blue and light blue. The set's cone-shaped copper-coloured wire dripper has been designed to hold paper filters, and rests neatly in the top of the carafe. Angled spokes keep the filter in

Bandol: Olive-Tree takes centre stage

Bandol: Olive-Tree takes centre stage

Perhaps aptly located on Hollywood road in London’s affluent borough of Chelsea, Bandol is the new sister restaurant to the often celebrity frequented Margaux. This time round, husband and wife team Sylvia Kontek and Vittorio Monge have focused on the South of France for the food, wisely assigning chef Zsolt Ferencz (ex Scott’s) to create a distinctly Mediterranean menu seen best to effect in the choice of seafood dishes from sardines provencal to yellowtail carpaccio and sa

Title: Daily Spoon

Title: Daily Spoon

The past year Stian spent most of his time exploring the unique organic qualities of wood and how adding of a function can beautifully refine a piece of wood. The project consists of 365 unique hand carved spoons made from various types of wood. One carved everyday through a year. By repeating the production of a spoon every day for a longer period of time (365 days), the goal is to challenge and explore a spoons aesthetic and functional qualities. Stian make all the spoons

Brett Anderson & Anthony Dias Blue : Connoisseur's Guide to Collecting Fine Wine

Brett Anderson & Anthony Dias Blue : Connoisseur's Guide to Collecting Fine Wine

Genuine collectors thrive on an invigorating blend of passion and discipline. Their collections are purposefully designed, and exhibit a pronounced sense of order. True collectors do not merely create a cellar and stock it; they carefully select their wines according to their developed interests. Beginners should spend a few years enjoying a wide variety of wines before focusing their acquisitive energies on those regions and producers they like best. Because Bordeaux and Bur

Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay A2

Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay A2

BeoPlay A2 from B&O PLAY by Bang & Olufsen is a powerful and portable Bluetooth speaker with a ground-breaking True360 Omni-directional sound, an unprecedented 24 hours of battery life and a rock-solid aluminum core built for mobility and guaranteeing acoustic stability. Featuring the Bang & Olufsen Signature Sound that was designed to give you honest sound the way the artists intended it and introducing a sound technology that ensures the music experience is impressive no ma

Restaurants : Fairmont Mayakoba, RIVIERA MAYA

Restaurants : Fairmont Mayakoba, RIVIERA MAYA

The luxury Fairmont Mayakoba resort is situated within 240 acres of tropical forest intersected by crystal clear waterways and surrounded by a pristine Caribbean shoreline, 40 miles south of Cancun, near the town of Playa del Carmen, on the Riviera Maya. Known as the "Venice of the Caribbean", the majority of the 401 exquisite rooms and suites at our exclusive AAA 5 Diamond resort feature private entrances, spa style bathrooms and furnished balconies or terraces with views ov

Herdmar : Miguel Flores Soeiro's Malmö cutlery

Herdmar : Miguel Flores Soeiro's Malmö cutlery

Portuguese designer Miguel Flores Soeiro has shaped items in this cutlery set by twisting the stainless steel pieces where the handle meets the functional end. Designed for Portuguese tableware brand Herdmar, Miguel Flores Soeiro's Malmö cutlery range is typified by the twist detail on the knives, forks and spoons. The forms are reminiscent of Santiago Calatrava's contorted Malmö Tower, so the set is named after the Swedish city where the building is located. Handles are bent

Uber Cool : Nika Zupanc

Uber Cool : Nika Zupanc

Precisely measured eclecticism and the intentional search for feminine archetypal elements are the parameters Nika Zupanc uses in her work, although in a notably reserved and occasionally slightly painful manner. Within the exhibition I will buy flowers myself, Zupanc tackles the established attributes which are this time especially inspired by the stories of some of the most famous female literary heroines. Her display space thus opens up through a sequence of spicy comment

Simple functionality Copper kettle by Analogue Life

Simple functionality Copper kettle by Analogue Life

Analogue Life : Elegant design, simple functionality and quality craftsmanship come together in this copper kettle by Azmaya. Copper conducts heat efficiently, so water is brought to the boiling point quickly. The kettle is light weight yet durable, and with care will provide many years of service. Note: The exterior surface of each kettle is protected with a wax coating when new. As the coating wears off the kettle will start to darken.

totte-plate : Sense of security as a tool by Nendo Design

totte-plate : Sense of security as a tool by Nendo Design

Japanese studio Nendo presents cooking utensils such as pots and frying pans have handles, but tableware such as plates and bowls do not. We have designed plates and bowls with handles, ‘totte’ in Japanese, giving them new functions: they are easier to carry, they can be hanged and stored with hooks, and are easier to hold when the plates and bowls are hot. Not only has this resulted in new ways of using them but provided them with a strong “sense of security as a tool”. The

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