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ANDERSEN A2 — Aesthetically EV
The first surprise for me was that Andersen were in fact a British brand. Given the distinctly Danish sounding name and the purposely simple yet timelessly elegant Bang & Olufsen-esque aesthetic of the chargers, I had inwardly assumed that they were a Danish brand. I say my first surprise, as it was not the last…
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Thinkpiece — My Black Story
I wouldn’t say that I’ve been a victim of racism—to do so would belittle the true sufferings of the black community—but I have experienced racism of varying degrees on many occasions in my life. I’ve had one unprovoked physical altercation, but in the main the racism I’ve experienced falls into the categories I would describe…
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Florentine Kitchen Knives
It’s no coincidence that Florentine Kitchen Knives are able to invoke an almost borderless aesthetic that somehow exemplifies very specific cultures across the globe. Florentine Kitchen Knives is the brainchild Tomer Botner – an industrial designer who spent 10 years in the restaurant industry ruminating on how he could apply his very practical mastery of…
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao + Architecture MasterPrize Awards
This year, Frank Gehry’s acclaimed Guggenheim Museum building in Bilbao hosted the honourable Architecture MasterPrize Awards (AMP). One of the most synonymous contemporary buildings of the 20th Century, the location was superbly fitting with the genre of awards itself. Famed for his other buildings including the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris and the Walt Disney…
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Life without mirrors — Leica SL2
Given the brand’s history and prestige in the photography sector, any camera that Leica release sets wallets twitching worldwide — their most recent launch is no exception. Building on the success of the Leica SL in 2015, the brand has now introduced the Leica SL2; the only mirrorless camera to be designed and crafted in…
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Water — Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2019
The Leica Oskar Barnack Award celebrates photography that captures the relationship between man and his environment. Afterall, it was for this very reason that the Leica camera came about in the first place; the ambition to make a camera that was compact enough to enable you to capture images on your travels. “In my view,…
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Ode to the Rainbow
Like great artists of old, talented car designers manage to make vehicles that are often more lauded in reflection then they were at the time of their conception. One such motor is the Ferrari 308 GT Bertone Rainbow. Originally unveiled at the 1976 Turin Motor Show as a concept, the car unfortunately never actually made…
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JOEL MEYEROWITZ | The Everyday Chaos of Ordinary Life
Good photographers have the ability see special moments in the mundane, while great photographers manage to capture them, immortalising them in the 2D format and enabling others to eternally share in a moment that at the time, was fleeting. Such is the skill of Joel Meyerowitz, an icon of contemporary photography often regarded as a…
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DRIVEN | Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge Edition 2019
I’ve heard it said on multiple occasions that “Past behaviour is the best predictor of future behaviour” and while I do not wholeheartedly subscribe to that notion — the English weather being my case and point — I do believe it is the case with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. As their model range is concise, every…
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DESIGN | Nike presents the Tiempo Legend 8
Think back to 2004… Football was in the middle of its commercial superiority when Nike released its infamous TV spot featuring the Brazil and Portugal national teams. Sporting icons like the “original” and “new” Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Luis Figo and cameos from Francesco Totti and Eric Cantona, the featurette explored the flair of both sides.…
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DESIGN | The Rolls-Royce Champagne Chest
The “problem” with being a brand like Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, is that everyone expects everything you make to be the best. The standard isn’t even comparable against what is, but also what could be; not “is it better than…” and more “is it that much better than…”. A good problem to have in some respects.…
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DRIVEN | DS3 Crossback
What’s in a name? That’s the question facing DS Automobiles as they embark on a new story having launched as an all new automotive brand in 2015. The name will be familiar to many, having been associated with the Citroën marque for the very popular DS 3 model, and it is perhaps that success that…
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Where to? | Central Hotel Ljubljana
It was the first time I’d been to Slovenia, and hence it was the first time I’d been to Ljubljana; the quaint capital city that is more a village in feel — and I mean that as a compliment. The friendly people with warm smiles, coupled with the small size of the city centre make for…
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SERAC | With the world in mind
There is something to be noted with the industries current fascination with sustainability. Those within the circle will know that the conversation is nothing new, yet it can only be a positive that the topic is being widely discussed and welcomed by brands new and old. However, there remains a key problem in truly enabling…
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