Despite being in a time when people are talking about smartwatches like the forthcoming Apple Watch, Grovemade has given us something very different while equally as special in my opinion. Made with a wooden face and a clean leather band, the Grovemade Wood Watch is a wonderfully designed piece that is incredibly unique. Take…
MAD Gallery’s artful homage to classic cars and mechanical engineering
The 2015 watch fair season is about to kick off, with the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) opening its doors in Geneva on 19 January. As well as the latest designs from major marques, including Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Audemars Piguet, the week will unfold to reveal the usual flurry of fringe events,…
Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay A9 review
There are few more contentious topics in technology than fashion. For some it is a fundamental prerequisite in anything and everything they buy, for others it is a superfluous luxury symptomatic of an excuse for high prices and a lack of substance. Bang & Olufsen’s staggering BeoPlay A9 is unlikely to convince members of…
A Life on water
When you visit Copenhagen you will come across a lot of different houseboats if you are near Sluseholmen, Ved Slusen, Havneholmen or Islands Brygge. We visited Lisbeth and Laust on their houseboat in the southern part of Copenhagen called “Ved Slusen”. Living on the water has its perks, every morning Lisbeth goes for…
New bikes on the block: Freddie Grubb celebrates cycling and design
Nestled among a quaint parade of Georgian shop fronts on London’s Amwell Street, Freddie Grubb is a new British bicycle brand hoping to shake up London’s saturated bicycle market with its contemporary take on the traditional town bike. ‘The London cycling market is getting pretty saturated with relatively cheap and cheerful bicycles in the mid…
Clarrods Interior Copenhagen
Rustic, homemade goods. Clarrods Interior is a relatively new addition to Copenhagen’s fine collection of decor stores. Aged wood and iron, the cornerstones of good Scandinavian construction, add the «Scandi-edge» to their products; they look like they’d survive the winter. Ideally, the buyer designs their own furniture, as the store is capable of customized…
Land Rover Defender: Celebrating the Legend
As production of the Land Rover Defender draws to a close at the end of 2015, FP Creative is marking the occasion the way we know best – by creating beautiful and informative stories that communicate the rich history, myriad achievements and monumental legacy of the one of the world’s best-loved off-road vehicles. ‘Celebrating…
Rolling with Emilio Pucci
Prowl an urban playground for the brand’s debut skateboard. The jet-set may have returned from holidaying in exotic locales and packed away their kaleidoscopic bikinis, but Emilio Pucci has given outdoor addicts something else to look forward to for fall/winter: the brand’s firstever skateboard. This being the dynamo Italian fashion house that founder and print…
