• Inside the Method and Madness of Midleton Distillery

    Inside the Method and Madness of Midleton Distillery

    The world of Whisky – or whiskey as they say in Ireland – is a very exciting place currently with many leading brands and age old distilleries looking to transform the very meaning of the word into something that’s more reflective of the current climate. It seems no distillery is safe from this need to…

  • First Look | Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV

    First Look | Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV

    The latest addition to the Alfa Romeo family, a new Sports Utility Vehicle made its début today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, in Quadrifoglio guise: launched under the name Stelvio, it is the brand’s first SUV in over a century of history. Aiming to become the benchmark for the segment, the new model encapsulates…

  • Hekerua Bay Residence by Archimedia

    Hekerua Bay Residence by Archimedia

    Despite the Hekerua Bay residence being located in New Zealand, the ethos behind the design actually comes from Mediterranean culture and to be more precise, Cypriot heritage.   A collaboration between the agency Archimedia and a client, the open property is located above a rocky cove on an elevated promontory at the western entrance to…

  • Rivamare | A new Icon by Riva

    Rivamare | A new Icon by Riva

    Founded in 1842, Riva are one of the best-known producers of luxury fiberglass yachts in the world; an accolade that is apparent in their latest model – Rivamare. The new Riva is a design icon that threatens to rewrite the rulebook of yacht design. Born from the collaboration between Officina Italiana Design, the firm headed…

  • Taxonomy of Design | Aesop ION

    Taxonomy of Design | Aesop ION

    The epitome of ‘Glocalisation’, Aesop’s international expansion could almost be considered subterfuge, the way they ‘quietly’ integrate themselves into established retail districts all over the world. It would be wrong to say that these spaces were obscurely submerged within their retail communities, but their method of integration, connecting the store design with local history, always references such…

  • The Milestone Hotel x London Cocktail Week

    The Milestone Hotel x London Cocktail Week

    London Cocktail Week, who would have thought it, a whole week dedicated to cocktails. One could argue that seeing as “London Cocktail Weekend” inadvertently takes place on a ritualistic weekly basis, there is little requirement for a dedicated week. Then again some might argue the opposite is true; so popular and diverse is the art form of…

  • SUMMER 2016 | Maserati x Porto Cervo

    SUMMER 2016 | Maserati x Porto Cervo

    The idea that a brand can be translated into a location seems farfetched, but that truly was the case with Maserati, the place being Porto Cervo in Sardinia. Imagine a Monaco-esque escape, with the beauty of Ravello and the Island beaches of the Maldives, and you’re getting pretty close. It was here that Maserati decided…

  • The Mountain Way | HOTEL TANNENHOF

    The Mountain Way | HOTEL TANNENHOF

    As I stand on my balcony, I’m overwhelmed by the vision of endless jagged mountain peaks erupting from the earth, like a sea of daggers; vast, vibrant green oceans of pine trees spewed all around, and the snaking path of the ski runs, now glowing with luscious green grass. I’m deep in the Tyrolean Alps…

  • Travelling tips (if you have a yacht)

    Travelling tips (if you have a yacht)

    Think of James Bond’s gadgets and it does not come much bigger than a yacht. A luxury yacht is the ultimate style icon, be it from sailing a 54-foot yacht up Venice’s Grand Canal as in the movie remake of Casino Royale, to navigating through the British Virgin Islands or coasting around the Cote d’Azur.…

  • Ford GT x Le Mans: Destined to win?

    Ford GT x Le Mans: Destined to win?

    As I growled down the M1 and pondered the 500 mile trip that lay ahead to Le Mans, I couldn’t help but catch the ‘occasional’ glance-come-stare from passers by – but then of course there would be, I was driving a Ford Mustang after all, a sight not overly common in the UK. But it…

  • HEM House by Sanuki Daisuke Architects

    HEM House by Sanuki Daisuke Architects

    For those that have visited Vietnam, you may have seen the ‘capillary like’ winding narrow alleys that separate the blocks of buildings; in Vietnamese towns, some of these alleys can even converge to a width of less than 1m. This contained space is conducive to the vivacious culture that pervades Vietnam; the narrow alleys in…

  • HomeAway | The Whitley Coach House

    HomeAway | The Whitley Coach House

    One very interesting thing about travel is the range of people that you encounter; diverse and disparate they as much form a part of the journey as the location itself. Don’t worry, I shall explain. My first encounter with HomeAway was actually a recent one, when I heard the announcement that they were creating a…

  • A Taste of English Cricket

    A Taste of English Cricket

    The nature of the longer form of Cricket means that professional players spend a substantial amount of time abroad, and if not abroad, away from home. As such the players play dietary roulette, with the crux of their meals depending on the continental cuisine of the country in which they happen to be competing. I…

  • Thinkpiece: The difference between Magazines & Blogs

    Thinkpiece: The difference between Magazines & Blogs

    When we launched the first issue of JOSHUA’s Magazine, I remember the amazement and wonderment that we encountered, people asking “How did you do it?” and I do have to confess in retrospect, I at times wonder myself, with the knowledge gap that I only now realise had existed at the time. But by magazine…