Raising the bar
The creative force and mixologist mastermind behind London’s Dandelyan, regularly declared the world’s best bar, has announced plans to open a trio of new watering holes in London, Amsterdam and Washington, DC.
In an Instagram post, Ryan Chetiyawardana, better known as Mr Lyan, disclosed details about three new projects that will take his brand international.
Amsterdam will become home to Super Lyan, Washington, DC, home to Silver Lyan; and Dandelyan, current titleholder of best bar on the planet on the World’s 50 Best Bars ranking, will undergo a complete overhaul to be resurrected as Lyaness and reopen in March.
A year after unveiling their collaboration on the customisable, modular furniture collection Delaktig, IKEA and Tom Dixon have announced that they are set to add to the line a queen-size bed, along with a choice of headboards and a cover update for the existing pieces.
The furniture giant and the industrial designer’s ultra-modular “platform for living” was launched almost a year ago. A concept rather than a collection, DELAKTIG used a base unit in the form of a seat, similar to a traditional living-room couch, that can be combined with armrests and backrests, lamps and tables, all of which can be attached to the system.
Now, the team has created a bed frame also designed to be personalised. It is available in a queen size and, just like the rest of the DELAKTIG collection, owners can add, remove and swap around its accompanying accessories to suit their lives and living spaces.
Designed to be lightweight yet durable, the frame is made from 50% recycled aluminium, and a headboard — also new, and available in sleek black or earthy rattan — can be attached to it to give it a different look. Side tables and lighting can be added in a variety of ways.
Along with the bed concept, IKEA has unveiled new covers for the existing DELAKTIG seating concept; said to offer a higher resistance against abrasion and colour-fading, they come in dusty pink, soft beige and stone grey.
Sound investment
Louis Vuitton is diving into the audio world, with the LV logo now featuring on a set of Master & Dynamic earbuds.
New-York-based audio company Master & Dynamic recently announced its new partnership with the luxury French fashion house to release a set of LV-branded wireless earbuds, the Louis Vuitton Horizon earphones.
The companies’ first collaborative product is not that novel, though. In fact, the headphones appear to be essentially a pair of Master & Dynamics MW07 wireless earbuds, which came out last year for an already steep US$299 ($407).
Apart from the new colour options, which feature the iconic LV logo and monogram, there is nothing new about the buds, which are expected to cost US$700 more.
The quality of the sound is reportedly impressive, but not necessarily more than that of its competitors such as Apple, Sony or Jabra, whose options each cost less than US$200.
Setting the cosmetics aside, the earbuds come with Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity and will run 3½ hours on a full charge. The set comes with a charging case that provides an additional 10½ hours of listening.
The LV version, which is available in four colour options, comes with a matching polished stainless steel case in either black or white.
