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Bang & Olufsen: BeoSound 35
Since 1955 masters of audio Bang & Olufsen have been pioneers in the use of aluminium in their product design. The latest product to benefit from this experience is their new high-end wireless speaker and all-in-one multiroom music system – the BeoSound 35. Formed from an extruded aluminium profile, the Beosound 35 is one of…
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Dunhill Spring/Summer ’16 Campaign
In a typically classic and subtly innovative manner English brand Dunhill have released the images for their Spring/Summer ’16 campaign. Shot by esteemed photographer Peter Lindbergh the visuals are housed within the district of London’s, Belgravia Eaton Square. Architecturally this offers a timeless ideal that sets the tone for the campaign. Featuring stylistic nods to…
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Street Style: Sepp Werkmeister captures New York in the ’60s
Best known as a leading Jazz photographer throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, Sepp Werkmeister‘s work was – in the main – a reflection of the thriving Jazz scene of the times. Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, and Ella Fitzgerald were just some of his subjects as he travelled from concert to festival capturing these…
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Drink: Johnnie Walker Blue Label at Galvin at Windows
Good drink is all about company, mood and most notably setting. The latter of which can allow you to be transported to a world that elevates the drink at hand. Taking this concept, almost, literally is Johnnie Walker Blue label with their bespoke cocktail for the launch of the film ‘The Gentleman’s Wager II’. The…
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TEN: ManvsMachine x Nike
There are few in the world of design more adept at creating fluid animations and 3D graphics than Design & Motion Studio ManvsMachine. Recently acquired by Landor [1. Landor are the world’s leading strategic brand consulting and design firm ~ landor.com] to be part of their strategic brand consulting portfolio, ManvsMachine was founded in London…
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Auction: 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Aerodinamico
Mention the name Ferrari, and the optimist in me likes to think that rather than one of the current crop of concept-come-reality-£1000-per-day-car-hire Ferraris, something more like the car pictured above would come to mind: the Ferrari 400 Superamerica Aerodynamico. If I’m correct then you’ll be pleased to hear that one such vehicle (pictured below) is…
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The Gift of Time: Punkt. MP01
It is the time of year when many requests will be made for gifts to improve – at least in perception – their daily existence. But ask many what the greatest gift they can receive is and they will tell you “more time”. Time is getting away from us at an alarming rate, and this…
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Gucci x Comme des Garcons Scarves
A silk scarf in itself is a lavish accessory; ostentatious and elegant. In fact French parfumeur Blaise Mautin used silk scarves as a tool to further augment the fragrant reach of the bespoke scents he created for his clients; as the scarf blows in the air, so the fragrance is further wafted amongst those lucky…
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Shinola x Muhammad Ali Center
The truth is, everything Muhammad Ali did was great, and most of it in a good sense. I say most as Ali had many traits – as his ex-wives would testify to – that won him plaudits from his admirers as much as admonition. Ironically by highlighting this relatable human failing, Ali just augments his…
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Origami Inspired Car by Lexus
Well seeing as it’s National Poetry Day; “Made by machine and man of card, Shaped like its petrol counterpart, Sectioned and distinct in every direction, Some say origami, others say perfection.” What is it? The answer is the new Origami inspired Car from Lexus. Fresh from the high of their innovative hoverboard Lexus are back…