The second edition of our Checking In series, Lost In A Supermarket’s quest to cover all things we hold most dear (see our review of the gleaming new Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong). In this review we jump continents from Hong Kong’s Ritz — now the highest hotel in the world — to the W Hotel […]
Super Motor Company was founded by Dutch cousins with a passion for speed and love for old motorcycles. After their daredevil era of countless accidents and near-death experiences during their racing days, they decided to create a series of small moped-like bikes, not quite as dangerous as their racers but just as attractive. The Super […]
Dutch bicycle manufacturer VANMOOF has designed perhaps the ultimate urban bike. VANMOOF’s No.5 bicycle counters all the common pitfalls that come with riding your bike around a city into one simple yet innovative design. The highly geometric frame is aluminum (and rust free), integrating a solar powered LED light system that is built inside its […]
The Soleil Anadi is a sportscar based on the Z03 Concept designed by the Dutch firm Ugur Sahin Design a couple years back. The designer based his car on the Corvette C6, and is collaborating with Ohio-based Mallett Cars to bring the 2-door sportscar into very limited production. The Soleil Anadi will be unveiled at […]
Van Hulsteijn is a bicycle company started by a Dutchman named Herman Hulstejien, known in the neighborhood for his overtly wrought curve-framed creations. Mr. Hulstejien found it difficult to even sit in a bar without someone striking up bike talk, so he took his most famous design, the Cyclone, and brought it to limited production. […]
To promote his upcoming American tour, the Dutch electro DJ/producer Bart B More is dropping this aptly titled USA Tour mixtape. Joining the never-ending assault of Dutch DJs invading American shores and record bins, the Utrecht-based artist otherwise known as Bart van der Meer produced one of the bigger tracks of the past summer with “Brap!”, […]
English cobbler Grenson and the Amsterdam boutique Tenue de Nîmes have just released their second collaboration, the Denim Blue boot. The material used on the limited edition boot is fine Expresso Cyclone leather combined with the roughness of British Millerain canvas — the juxtaposition of which embraces the fundamental idea of the collaboration: old meets […]
Parra’s artwork is usually presented in 2D mode, but seeing his super-fat style manifested into 3D format — especially for something as usually mundane as a coffeetable — is rad. The Dutch artist collaborated with the Belgium-based Toykyo for this limited edition furniture, called The Fly New Coffee Table. The Botero-like feet are common for […]