Michelin trained chef Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel of The Food Initiative set up Street Kitchen in Autumn 2011, creating the first street food business to serve restaurant quality ‘fast food’ using 100% UK sourced sustainable and organic ingredients. Today, they opened their third site on Shoreditch High Street following the success of their other...
I recently came across the trailer for a documentary entitled Sign Painters. The film which is being independently funded, takes a look at the dying / lost art of sign painting. According to the website: There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs...
Meanwhile in Stoke Newington opened in December 2012 as a collaborative project between Meanwhile Space and East London Furniture, supported by Hackney Council. Transforming a former furniture shop on Stoke Newington High Street, the project has created a space which gives Hackney creatives and entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their work, as well as access to affordable...
The White Sea is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. In february it is not uncommon for the average temperature in this polar climet to sit at a chilly –15 °C. However under the surface of the freezing water live a number of spectacular jellyfish. Diver Alexander...
We love this simple yet impactful project by graphic designer Jose Guizar. Guizar describes his Windows on New York project as “an ode to architecture and part a self-challenge to never stop looking up.”
A few months ago in select locations in the US, Starbucks rolled out a coffee so rare that only 450 individually numbered, half-pound bags of beans exist. As you would expect this coffee doesn’t come cheap at $6 for a 12- ounce cup. The coffee known as Costa Rica Tarrazú Geisha, is part of Starbucks...
This weekend one of our favourite up and coming designers, Heart & Noble, will finally be publicly launching their first fine/conceptual jewellery line – The Cable Tie Collection, in the renowned Wolf & Badger Flagship in Notting Hill. Comprised of both Sterling Silver and 9ct Yellow Gold pieces, the collection offers designs ranging from the...
I’ll sheepishly have to admit that – despite being a Tate member – my pre-knowledge of the works of Roy Lichteinstein was fairly limited as I visited Tate Modern’s homage to the artist. His brightly coloured and dotted cartoonesque paintings featuring lovelorn women, consumer goods and some Disney characters were pretty much the limit...
Some our passions include architecture and books, so when the two come together we pay attention. On 6 March 2013 the decision makers of Oslo gave the go-ahead on the new Deichman Main Library, a project which will see Oslo’s public library relocate from its current location to the neighbourhood of Bjørvika. Previously a...
Gin, that most quintessentially English of drinks, is one which we laud ourselves as giving to the world. A drink that gave rise to an image of debauched drunkeness in the days of Hogarth, sophistication in the cocktail age and has been louche anywhere in-between. Incidentally, as with much that we laud as a great...
As someone who grew speaking a language that’s only spoken by 5 million give or take a few, the importance of languages and how essential they can be in both work and education soon became apparent. As my wanderlust grew, I soon realised that Norwegian, with its many quirks, would not get me far...
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Mar 8, 2013 • Before we go any further, let’s get one thing straight. Maniac is what’s known as a slasher film. Think horror, think thriller and think lots of blood and murder. I don’t blame you if you click away now. For those with a stronger stomach, read on. Maniac is a remake of the 1980’s cult...
