Wish I was there
Food corner
Despite being thursday, I was rather grandly cooking from this John Pawson / Annie Bell recipe book last night. Photographed inside JP’s own iconic house and including shots of Monsieur hanging around in khaki slacks and a white shirt, the book is meant to be an everyday guide, but I usually dig it out when I need […]
Keeping it Rhyl
Loving this, a concept for rebranding the Welsh seaside town of Rhyl produced by Proud Creative, at the invitation of Icon Magazine. The design studio took references for shape and colour from postcards of the town’s heyday and its position on the map to create a simple portfolio of prints to feature on leaflets, buildings […]
Jabba (about) the hut
I always liked the idea of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow living in houses across Central Park from each other. But how about this? Two huts, one his, one hers, on either side of a lake. I love the branch and foxglove motifs that build up the structure of the hut in layers. These pictures […]
W London library
I’m tempted to swing by Leicester Sq to check out the new library at the W London hotel, which opened a few weeks ago. Journalist Damian Barr curated the collection of 100 books by asking 10 writers to recommended 10 books each – all are inscribed with a handwritten introduction by the authors, explaining why […]