Step Inside the Shipping Container-Turned-Kitchen at Nashville’s 404 Hotel
With just five large rooms and “invisible service,” the new 404 Hotel in Nashville is a high-design hideaway just a few blocks away from… Read More
Speedy Graphic Design for Barcelona’s New Ham on Wheels
Ham on Wheels, Barcelona’s newest fancy fast-food outlet, is getting some extra buzz from the stellar job local design studio Forma &… Read More
A Sweet Label for Sour Beer
We’re excited to see another great packaging design project from one of our favorite young up-and-comers, Mackenzie Freemire. The Chicago-based graphic design… Read More
Not Your Grandmother’s Baklava
Yes, there’s a little old lady on the label, but these tins of baklava are anything but old-school. While the recipe for the traditional Greek… Read More
The Ergonomic and Exceptionally Handsome Handmade Cookware That’s Making Our Kitchen Dreams Come True
We’ve seen a lot of new cookware sets that promise beauty and functionality, and, with few exceptions, many of those products manage to… Read More
How Fabrica’s New Tableware Breaks Language Barriers
What does a multiethnic culinary experience actually mean? We’ll be the first to admit that it can be tough to make sense of questions… Read More
Smartbites: Candy Created by a Designer
High-design hard candies aren’t exactly a new phenomenon—Papa Bubble’s artistic molten sugar sweets swept Europe, Asia, and then the U.S. back in 2008—but despite… Read More
How Fake Wax Food is Made
Anyone who loves the work of Yasujiro Ozu, the famous filmmaker I often describe to the (shocking amount of) people who’ve never heard… Read More
Go Ahead, Drink Coffee from Pantone’s Marsala Mugs—if You Want a Truly Boring Cup
The effect that color has on our perception of taste is pretty well documented, but the psychological impact that our tableware has on… Read More
A Melbourne Prison Gets a New Life as a Comely Cafe
Residents living five miles outside of Melbourne, Australia, are no longer next-door neighbors to Pentridge Prison, but Pentridge Village, which is getting something of… Read More
