Tribe Coffee + BMW Motorrad South Africa

A specialty cafe within a motorcycle dealership makes for an exciting lifestyle hybrid

by Chérmelle D. Edwards The connection between coffee and motorcycles is a natural fit; adrenaline rushes aside, both cultures attract deeply devoted fans that enjoy conversing about machines, nuances and destinations. The latest place in Cape Town to combine these two passions is at the BMW Motorrad dealership, which is serving up fresh brews from Woodstock’s Tribe Coffee Roasters. The collaboration began when BMW Motorrad …

IDEA Books, London

The Soho-based used books purveyor uses the power of social media to showcase a tightly edited collection of creative tomes

by Caroline Kinneberg What bookseller has the most popular account on Instagram? Random House, you might guess? It has almost 10k followers, compared to Barnes and Noble’s 18k. Maybe more visual brands, like Taschen (20k) or Assouline (23k)? But the most popular book specialist on Instagram could very well be IDEA Books, with (at the time of publication) 98,400 followers and growing every day. This …

Jago Restaurant East London

Ashkenazi heritage meets Middle Eastern flair at Louis Solley's new restaurant at the Second Home tech incubator

by Ananda Pellerin Anyone who attended a progressive primary school in the 1970s will feel nostalgic walking into Second Home’s optimistic interior. The multipurpose workspace, housed in a former carpet factory off of London’s Brick Lane, is a low-ceilinged affair full of orange and spring green walls, rooms with peek-around windows and no straight lines. Over a thousand houseplants are dotted around the two floors. …