tom astrella is a london-based designer. despite still dabbling in product design, tom’s dedication over the last 3 years has been designing footwear for puma‘s high end fashion ranges. he is not just a shoe creator, but also a shoe collector. with about 60 pairs of sneakers in his arsenal, he is still constantly looking for more treasures to squeeze his dainty size 46’s into!
vera berg and petra kather are a fashion label. they launched berg & kather during their studies. vera graduated this year. petra in 2006. both at the academy maastricht. last weekend they were presenting their clothing at the shopstop shop in the old wyckerpoort shops in maastricht, netherlands.
vera berg and petra kather in their temporarily (just for that weekend) showroom in maastricht
rose etherington is the assistant, co-editor and right hand woman of marcus fairs and rupinder boghal, founder of dezeen, online design and architecture magazine. together we have soup for lunch, chocolate for breakfast and champagne in the evening (at all the receiptions). If you google her name you find loads of design but no picture of herself.. till now! besides, I am the dezeen blonde no. 2.
hello ros(i)e
josh meyers checked in the jacobs inn dublin just after we did it. he is travelling trough europe for 3 months and this is his beloved pimp watch that supportes him on his trip.
josh meyers from Idaho, usa
tokyoflash watch
something else than design.. a couple of days ago a friend took me to e pellicci in bethnal green, london. I found myself in a small cafe full of people and activity. a real greasy spoon caf’ with italian charm. It is owned by the pellicci family for over a century. mama pellicci is standing in the kitchen and prepares you a proper dish. if you go there don’t miss the chips. these are mama’s best. lovely nevio even remembered what I had to eat the last time. to sum up: e pellicci is the social institution of london and is on the right track to become even mine.
lukasz czarnecki, tony pellicci, nevio pellicci – polish-italian power
pellicci london – since 1900
the art deco interior
liver, bacon, onions, sweetcorn and some gravy – that’s what I like
marco gabrielle lorusso is an architect, conix architects, from brusseles. 2,5 weeks ago he travelled to iceland to get out of society. he called me today and we meet at the cafe 1001 on brick lane. it was strange for him to be in such a crowded place again.
phillip schüller is a fashion designer. after graduating in 2007 he worked as a designer for h&m in stockholm. now he is back in amsterdam and works for elle fashion. he loves his 512 ipod shuffle because it’s already an classic.
