You must have heard of Lake Como in Italy, particularly if you swoon over George Clooney, and know that he has a stunning house there which was used as one of the locations for the movie Ocean’s Twelve. Well, George is a man of fine taste, and Lake Como is the pefect setting for another …
Work meetings can be excruciatingly boring. Let’s not even talk about uncomfortable chairs that you have to sit on for long periods of time until your boss finally decides that your back is stiff enough, and your attention has definitely slipped away. Imagine if you had the Swing Table, designed by Christopher Duffy of Duffy …
Tapas, pintxos, vermouth, Antoni Gaudí, sandy beaches, La Sagrada Familia church, Picasso, the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc… These are all things that you must do / try / taste/ see in “the capital of cool” Barcelona, Spain. Should you decide to visit Barcelona, you will, of course, need accommodation. In keeping with the cool theme …
Jay Leno’s Garage is a place where every car enthusiast would love to visit. Hell, I’d like to live there. Filled with about 200 vehicles in mint condition, it is a place where everyone would find something to love. And a reason for envy. The latest addition to this temple of automotive industry is a …
Endurance, individuality and sophistication are the main qualities of Schofield Black Lamp Carbon Watch, a recent novelty in the fast-developing horology market. To spite the popular trends in the world of consumerist-oriented digital wristwatches, UK-based Schofield Watch Company decided to release a limited edition of manually winding timepieces comprising 101 watches, each of them named …
Mature Your Own Whisky Kit by Firebox is a great product that enables you to … well, the name is pretty self explanatory. What makes this thing so great is the fact that aging your own drink is made very simple, but still leaves some of the fun parts of the process. The kit consists …
As a Baselworld 2014 pre release, Omega announced the return of the 1969 classic Speedmaster, the famous watch brand worn by U.S. astronauts on the first mission to the Moon. The new and improved version of the Moonwatch, Speedmaster Mark II 2014 will certainly make an enviable addition to a connoisseur’s watch collection. Although it …
Slow travelling is coming back in fashion, and by slow we mean taking your time to get to your destination, no rush, no stress, no worry. So, how about travelling by train? You don’t need to arrive several hours early, wait in long lines to check-in, take off your shoes to be checked, or have …
Fairy tales are rarely used for inspiration in contemporary furniture design. Unless you are Christopher Duffy, a design graduate from the University of Brighton and the brainchild behind design studio Duffy London. One of his latest design successes is the Flying Carpet Coffee Table, inspired by ‘Aladdin’ and his magic carpet. The table is toying …
If we told you that a group of Swedish designers invented self-cleaning tableware, you would probably think that we are pulling your leg. Trust us, we are not. A Swedish design studio called Tomorrow Machine, based in Stockholm and Paris, has created a self-cleaning plate and a cup made from organic compound cellulose with super-hydrophobic coating …