Offering a selection of some 300 wines and sporting some of the most beautifully distressed decor we’ve seen in some time, the Pullman in downtown Montreal is impeccably designed by award winning local designer, Bruno Braën. A tapas menu that offers venison tartare, bison burgers and oysters is more than ample enough to spend some serious time sampling the well traveled wine selection that is served by the deeply knowledgeable staff…. each waiter is a trained sommelier! It’s the decor that really knocks us for six though with it’s warehouse chic, exposed concrete walls, retro woods and the perfectly apt wine glass chandelier that acts as the rather fitting centerpiece to this unique little bar.
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Much like a bus (only a more efficient, better looking and stylish one) we wait months, maybe years, for a post on Sweden and then two totally unrelated, yet equally intriguing, stories hit our inbox in quick succession. This may be as far removed from boutique creative accommodation as could be, yet there must be something in the ice-cool Scandinavian air. Much like you wouldn’t expect boutique hotels to be dishing out rooms for nothing, you probably also would not have put money on someone producing sparkling wine from a birch tree. Back in 1785, however, that’s precisely what somebody did, and as you would expect, it didn’t catch on.
It wasn’t until recently, whilst indexing a unique archive containing 300 years worth of reports, essays and articles, that environmental engineer Peter Mosten stumbled across this ancient recipe. Curiosity got the better of him, and after a decade of experimentation Morsten finally achieved his labour of love, Sav™ sparkling elixir. Sav™’s content of natural sugars, calcium, phosphor, magnesium, manganese, zinc and iron mean that drinking, in theory, could be a relatively healthy experience, and whilst we’re not entirely sure that this will stand up as a marketing campaign for the fledgling company, it’s more than enough of an excuse for us. Cheers!
For too long the fortified wine produced in the region of Jerez, southern Spain, has had an image in the UK as an ‘old person’s drink’ and been looked down upon by wine aficionados. Thanks to a marketing charm offensive along with an increasing appreciation of matching wines to foods, sherry is making somewhat of a comeback, and Spanish giant Tio Pepe is right at the heart of this revival.
Ever the purveyors of stylish homewear gadgets, accessories and general cool ’stuffness’, the Italian design giants Alessi (in collaboration with the National Palace Museum Taiwan) are back
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The latest addition to Tom Dixon's iconic mirror balls collection is this astonishingly beautiful 'Mirror Balls on Stand' floor lamp....
A 20-strong female choir decked out in futuristic technicolour capes who sing and scream about drinking and smoking over a post-dubstep clatter... Gaggle are the London based rebel yell we've all been waiting for. Previously mentioned in our midweek newsletter, their debut, 'I Hear Flies', is released today and yes, it's rather brilliant....
We love this cute little illustration from Central Illustration Agency's Chris Brown for Carluccio's
'The Lambeth Palace' is London's "newest, darkest and dirtiest purpose built cinema".... the temporary space set up by street art legend Banksy is showing his new film until March 4th, there's only a very few tickets left, so if you're in town between now and then, we suggest booking them right now....
Independent Dublin based design studio, Superfolk, are launching a new range of products at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, that will pay tribute to Irish heritage... whilst remaining desirably modern.
Loving this high quality print from the ever-impressive Scott Hansen... highly limited to 200 pieces so move quick.
Previously only available in German, Berlin’s Innervisions have released a limited English run of Tobias Rapp’s book, ‘Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno and the Easyjetset’. Investigating the city's love affair with electronic music and the world's descent upon the German capital in search of the ultimate party....
Ether, the Southbank Centre's annual culture-fest of music, art, technology and experimentation is back from 16th - 24th April with the likes of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio, Broadcast and Gil Scott-Heron... the highlight for us has to be the 23rd where mindfuck genius Chris Cunningham performs a live multimedia extravaganza... expect to be disturbed....
Running from 5th - 13th February at the rather brilliant Darkroom, 'An Exhibitional Orgy of Love Hearts' is a celebration of Saint Valentine's in which a host of creative types have been commissioned to create a piece of work based upon the heart.... All pieces will be for sale for £125, with a portion of the profits going to the Haiti Fund
The latest product from magic industry pioneers, theory11, is this rather tasty set of playing cards that commemorate 125 years of design and development by the US Playing Card Company....
Tom Dixon Floor Lamp
Gaggle: ‘I Hear Flies’
Chris Brown for Carluccio’s
Banksy's Cinema
Superfolk
ISO50 'Adrift' Print
Lost and Sound
Ether 10
An Exhibitional Orgy of Love Hearts @ Darkroom
Bicycle 125 Playing Cards
