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I don’t normally write about hyper-luxury brands but this caught my eye, partly because it’s the rebirth of a brand which closed, like so many others, in the mid 1970’s. Moynat was a luxury luggage brand which became famous for its bespoke travel trunks for the new automobiles.  Their trademark curved bases ensured a perfect fit […]

I love this concept notanotherbill set up by Ned Corbett-Winder last year inspired by a complaint from one of his colleagues that he never received nice post, only bills. All you have to do is subscribe to the notanotherbill service (from one month upwards) and you (or the person you offer a gift subscription to) will receive […]

A big Thank You to all my readers and I wish you a relaxing Christmas and peaceful New Year. I’ll be back in January and look forward to sharing more with you in 2012. Caroline

The Economic Botany Collection held at Kew Gardens began life in 1846 and now holds 85,000 specimens . It illustrates the extent of human use of plants around the world and, although closed to the public, some specimens are on display at the Plants + People exhibition in Kew Gardens. A future project is to […]

This post is all about innovative design, vision and  sustainability and lyricism. I was fortunate enough to tour Rainbow Warrior III, Greenpeace‘s new boat yesterday, built to their specifications so completely bespoke. It is a beauty (I’ve always had trouble calling boats “she” ) with very distinctive A-line masts allowing it to carry almost 13oo […]

Although not officially part of the London Design Festival, Open House celebrates buildings or parts of buildings which we wouldn’t normally be able to visit. These include such iconic institutions such as The Bank of England, Lloyds of London and BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir to The Redundant Architects Recreation Association. Every London borough has something […]