Stephan put my attention on another nice product manufactured and designed with care and skilled craftmanship: The Shwood Eyewear: “An experiment born from the limb of a Madrone tree, a rusty pair of cabinet hinges, and lenses from a store around the corner.” As the name says, they create with wood and play with its individuality and uniqueness- they keep the wood manipulation a minimum in order to showcase the medium’s natural and unique splendor. How nice to be inspired by nature to innovate and create such a nice thing. I’m looking forward to mine The Canby…
shwood | all pictures from the website
Video Experiment Skateboard Shades
An insight about the story and production of my favorite sneakers ilmia which were featured in yesterdays TV show Galileo on Pro7. Have a look in the manufacturing process to see with what quality and care they are made…Congrats Christian!
ilmia on prosieben
www.ilmia.com
A cultural walk from the VitraHaus with it’s impressive spaces – to the Fondation Beyeler with an exhibition about Richard Serra and Constantin Brancusi – both with a refined use of lines, proportions and material.
Sorry for the bad quality of the pics – a good reason to visit and see the places yourself..
Always on the lookout for good food and special ingredients I came across the concept of LaVialla. On our way back from Italy we stopped by the Fattoria and filled the car up to the brim with penne, oil, wine and sugo.
LaVialla is a beautiful farm estate about 8km north of Arezzo and is run by three brothers of the Lo Franco family. Their commitment to biodynamic organic sustainable farming is very strict and the project of combining old farming methods with new technology is very state of the art. They use their beautiful estate to show how they produce and want the guests to understand the difference and specialty of their way of farming.
I just had the feeling that everything is a little too much staged and prepared for tourists. But on the other hand, if this concept helps to create a sensibility of sustainable production, then this way of “show production” makes sense and the success proves them right…and not to forget: the products are really good…
A long table, friends, good food and drinks, interesting talks in a nice atmosphere – that is my intention for the TAVOLATA evenings. I’m very happy that Frank gives me the opportunity to welcome my guests at freiwerk, a wonderful design and interior store in the heart of Kreis 3. So yesterday I was able to start my new project with the TAVOLATA UNO having a wonderful evening.
Thanks Christian for the delicious Pasta Bramasole and Bea for the pictures! Grazie a tutti per questa bella serata e fino alla prossima volta…
Casa Bramasole – il Paradiso. No words except: arrivederci e a presto! Booking and information on casainitalia.ch