Test Drive: 2014 Bentley Flying Spur

We take the "party in the front, business in the back" saloon on its maiden drive from Beijing to the Great Wall

We’ve been following the all-new Bentley Flying Spur from its sneak peek in London to its debut at Geneva’s International Auto Show and to the factory in Crewe, where we saw the first production car roll down the assembly line (you’ll see more about that later this year). Itching to road-test the car for months, we eagerly accepted Bentley’s invitation to join them in China, …

Here & There at NYC Design Week

The designers behind Various Projects and Field host an exhibit of travel-inspired objects

by LinYee Yuan With a tepid spring and uncertain weather, summer travel seems like a distant dream for many of us in NYC. But during Design Week, the exhibition “Here & There“—from the designers behind Various Projects and Field—was a vibrant reminder of the delights of travel and the exhilaration of adventure. The exhibition was held at the studio space of Various Projects, tucked behind …

Absolut Elyx

Sweden's new premier export embodies the legendary vodka brand's extensive heritage and progressive attitude

Over the past decade, Absolut became more synonymous with college parties and dance club bottle service than with its artistically-inclined, sustainably-minded Swedish roots. This shift in reputation is undoubtedly a repercussion of its ubiquitous worldwide popularity, which reached a fever pitch when Absolut became the discerning bartender’s vodkaif not spiritof choice in the late ’80s and remained so throughout the ’90s, shortly after it was …