Vegesentials

Earthy goodness packed into delicious veggie-based drinks

by Andrea DiCenzo The days of V8 dominating the vegetable juice arena with their tomato-based blends are over. Vegesentials—a new UK-based line of drinks—will have you thirsting for beets before you know it with their deliciously balanced concoctions like Carrot, Orange & Parsnip or Beetroot, Kiwi & Carrot. After sampling Vegesentials at a Whole Foods in London’s Stoke-Newington neighborhood, we decided we needed to try …

Winter Coats in Summer Colors: Yellow

Designers hold on to the heat of bright colors to keep you toasty warm this season

With winter approaching in much of the world, hordes of city-dwellers join the mass of black or neutral-hued overcoats to get through the darker months. However many designers seem to be holding on to summer, packing their jackets with just as much warmth, but in bright colors completely unexpected for the winter. Each day this week we present our picks in a different shade starting …

Xiral Watertower

Bring a French countryside landmark into your living room

As part of this year’s Maison et Objet design tradeshow during Paris Design Week, the exhibition “Now: Le Off!” served to showcase young, up-and-coming designers. We were drawn to the smartly conceived multipurpose pieces throughout the show. One particularly French item we spotted were Xiral‘s Watertower Tables. Made from heavy-duty concrete—the designer’s preferred material—the accent tables are meant to look like the traditional gray water …