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Marc Newson made his name in 1988 with the Lockheed Lounge — a chaise longue built from riveted aluminium panels, each o...
09/06/2026

Marc Newson made his name in 1988 with the Lockheed Lounge — a chaise longue built from riveted aluminium panels, each one individually cut, filed, and riveted into place, each edition taking up to six months to produce. The chair has set four world records at auction as a work by a living designer, and it is named after the aircraft manufacturer whose fuselage panels it most closely resembled. The rivets were not incidental. They were the logic of the object: a material that could only be joined by being punctured.

The Horizon Aluminium, launching this month as the tenth-anniversary edition of Newson's rolling luggage series for Louis Vuitton, has none. The shell is a single piece of three-dimensionally moulded aluminium, formed without folding, without joins, and without the visible fasteners that have defined aluminium luggage construction since the material entered the category.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Na Tasukon, observes that the Monogram covering the surface is doing the same structural work the rivets once did: embossed under pressure into the shell, each motif functions as a reinforcement node, distributing stress evenly across the face. The concealed internal hinges complete the logic — every element that would ordinarily interrupt the surface has been moved inward or eliminated, leaving a case that appears, at reading distance, almost plain.

Louis Vuitton used aluminium once before in luggage, in 1892, for a handful of Explorer Trunks built to withstand the humidity of Asia and Africa. The metal was then more precious than gold. The Horizon Aluminium arrives at $4,700, with a matching Vanity Case — the same shell, the same construction, with a removable central divider. The same material, 134 years of manufacturing knowledge later, and finally without a single join. Available now at Louis Vuitton.

Images: Louis Vuitton

Private aviation has always been organised around one person. The principal sits forward; the entourage follows. The cab...
08/06/2026

Private aviation has always been organised around one person. The principal sits forward; the entourage follows. The cabin's hierarchy is expressed in its architecture — who gets the suite, who gets the fold-down seat, who knocks before entering. Lufthansa Technik and BMW Designworks have built the BOW around a different assumption: that the most valuable group in the air might not have a principal at all.

The result is fourteen equal suites — each one a self-contained room with its own screen, storage, and adjustable privacy partition — arranged along a narrowbody fuselage that also carries a full lounge, a presentation space that converts from boardroom to dining room, and a dedicated bar and reception lobby. Up to 28 passengers. No hierarchy is expressed in the floor plan.

The design language is Designworks' — the BMW Group consultancy that has put its hand to Singapore Airlines’ first-class suites, the Virgin Hyperloop interior, and the full cabin of Taiwanese carrier Starlux. Here, their characteristic moves are arcs: every suite bay is framed by a lit overhead curve, the lounge is divided by a circular arch, the bar column is cylindrical. The geometry is consistent enough that the cabin reads as a single object rather than a sequence of zones.

The technology is Lufthansa Technik's — and the BOW is, among other things, an unusually complete showcase for their full product portfolio. Hidden Touch displays that disappear into any surface when not in use. Omni-Fi speakers slim enough to disappear into a wall panel. The nice intellitable: a folding tray table with a high-definition touchscreen built directly into its surface.

What the BOW is not, yet, is a delivered interior. This is a concept — presented at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg in April — and a modular platform: the suite count, bar size, and social zones can all be reconfigured per mission. Our Editor-in-Chief, Na Tasukon, reads the design grammar as the more interesting part of that announcement: a VIP narrowbody concept drawn around the group rather than the principal.

Images: Lufthansa Technik

For Spring-Summer 2026, Maximilian Davis builds Ferragamo's entire men's accessories selection around a single construct...
08/06/2026

For Spring-Summer 2026, Maximilian Davis builds Ferragamo's entire men's accessories selection around a single construction idea: fine leather strips, hand-cut and interlaced to create a surface that is simultaneously structural and textile. The technique runs from the Hug bag — launched in FW23 and now at its most technically ambitious — to the Sailor drawstring, the belt, and the woven mule.

The Hug comes in three sizes, all in calf leather, each body covered in a tight horizontal weave. A smooth leather frame holds the opening and strap system — the silhouette unchanged, the surface entirely new. The Sailor takes the same construction into a drawstring format: Gancini lock at the front, fabric lining, and removable shoulder strap.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Na Tasukon, notes that the woven construction travels further here than a seasonal surface treatment usually does — from the bag body to the belt strap to the shoe upper, the same hand-cut strips, without exception. The belt is the piece worth looking at more closely: narrow vertical strips woven into an open lattice along the full length of the strap — open enough to see through.

Images: FERRAGAMO

07/06/2026

This past Thursday, our Assistant Digital Editor attended Euro Creations’ Bang & Olufsen 100 Years Celebration at their Thonglor 5 showroom, where he walked through the exhibition with Norawit Titicharoenrak () and Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich () — and spoke with Norawit on what draws him to a brand he has followed since childhood.

The occasion was a century in the making. Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen founded the company in 1925 in Struer, Denmark, with a single ambition: to build radios that sounded better than anything available. The exhibition made that history tangible — archival radios and a vintage Beogram turntable alongside the current collection, including a Beosound A5 whose checkered grille is drawn directly from the surface pattern of those first radios. The grid hasn’t changed in a hundred years.

The evening included « The Sound We Remember, » a panel discussion with Nakarin Wanakijpaibul (), Aticharn Cherngchavano () and Tharis Toranavikrai () on design, sound, and what endures.

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On 31 May, at Bonhams' Hong Kong saleroom, a Patek Philippe Grand Complications Ref. 5016P-018 — platinum case, black di...
07/06/2026

On 31 May, at Bonhams' Hong Kong saleroom, a Patek Philippe Grand Complications Ref. 5016P-018 — platinum case, black dial, circa 2010 — sold for HK$8,894,000 (US$1,134,000), setting a world auction record for the reference and the highest watch sale total in Bonhams' history globally.

The 5016 requires no introduction to committed collectors. Introduced in 1993 during Philippe Stern's tenure as president, it combined a minute repeater, tourbillon, and retrograde perpetual calendar inside a 37mm case — at the time the most complicated wristwatch Patek Philippe had ever made. Approximately 200 examples were produced across all metals over eighteen years. The platinum variant could only be acquired through an application process; Patek approved the buyer before the watch was made. The reference was discontinued in 2011.

The black-dial 5016P-018 — this specific configuration — is rarer still. Fewer than 20 examples have ever appeared at public auction. The result came in at 2.5 times the low estimate.

The broader sale told the same story. All four Maîtres du Temps lots exceeded their estimates — the diamond-set Chapter Two, one of only two ever produced, sold for over eight times its low estimate on its auction debut. Two Romain Gauthier Prestige HMS examples from the tenth-anniversary series both exceeded their estimates significantly, with the platinum example realising HK$639,000. The sale closed at HK$41 million with a 98% sell-through rate.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Na Tasukon, observes that both ends of the result confirm the same reading: in this market, technical substance and provenance are doing the work that speculation used to do.

Images: Bonhams

 brought a hundred years of Bang & Olufsen to their Thonglor 5 showroom this past week — a celebration that centred on t...
06/06/2026

brought a hundred years of Bang & Olufsen to their Thonglor 5 showroom this past week — a celebration that centred on the archival hardware itself: reel-to-reel tape decks, early televisions, turntables, wooden-cased radios from the postwar years, the first generation of Beosound speakers arranged across the showroom floor.

Founded in a family attic in Struer, Denmark, B&O has always made objects that outlasted the moment they were designed for — a brand that earned its century, finds our Editor-in-Chief, . The centenary exhibition made that legible: every decade represented by the product that defined it. The history panels carried the less comfortable chapters too — in 1942, B&O was the only Danish radio factory to refuse collaboration with the N**i occupiers, a position the company paid for when the factory was burnt down by pro-N**i saboteurs and rebuilt from nothing. By 1954, B&O microphones had been installed throughout the United Nations building in New York — chosen, after testing against hundreds of competing products, because they alone produced no acoustic feedback in the building’s ceiling-mounted speaker system. By 1962, the brand had written the line that still holds: “For those who consider design and quality before price.”

The evening’s panel discussion, “The Sound We Remember,” brought together Nakarin Wanakijpaibul (), Aticharn Cherngchavano () and Tharis Toranavikrai () on what a hundred years of design and sound means to those who grew up alongside it. Norawit Titicharoenrak () and Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich () co-presented the exhibition highlights.

Euro Creations became the official exclusive distributor of Bang & Olufsen in Thailand in 2024. Their flagship showroom is at Level 4, Central Embassy, Bangkok.

Images: Bang & Olufsen| Bang & Olufsen Thailand

06/06/2026

This past Thursday, our Assistant Digital Editor attended the two-night return of Chef Umberto Bombana to Cannubi, his Michelin-starred restaurant at Dusit Thani Bangkok. The King of White Truffles holds nine stars across Hong Kong, Shanghai, Macau, and Bangkok.

For the menu: carrot to open — a summer menu that begins with the garden, not the larder. Shima-Aji tartare next, Oscietra caviar on top, champagne sauce underneath, bright enough to carry the caviar without fighting it. The centre of the meal: chitarra pasta with Alps cheese fondue and Melanosporum black truffle shaved at the table. The truffle is Southern Hemisphere harvest — Melanosporum, and June is when it peaks. Sea bass with puttanesca sauce followed, which Bombana poured tableside himself. Orange sorbet, yuzu semifreddo, and lemon cream to reset. Gianduia chocolate with chocolate sorbet and warm cocoa sauce. Then Piccola Pasticceria to close.

Sea bass with puttanesca sauce followed, which Bombana poured tableside himself. Orange sorbet, yuzu semifreddo, and lemon cream to reset. Gianduia chocolate with chocolate sorbet and warm cocoa sauce. Then Piccola Pasticceria to close.

If you missed these two nights, watch for when he is next in Bangkok. In the meantime, Cannubi runs a standing truffle menu year-round — Melanosporum now, white truffle from October.
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In September 1939, Tazio Nuvolari won the Grand Prix in Belgrade, driving for Auto Union — the last race before the war ...
06/06/2026

In September 1939, Tazio Nuvolari won the Grand Prix in Belgrade, driving for Auto Union — the last race before the war ended Grand Prix racing as Europe knew it. He had spent the previous seasons beating the German factory teams in machinery far inferior to theirs, most famously at the Nürburgring in 1935, before finally joining them for the final chapter.

Ferdinand Porsche called him the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Na Tasukon, contends the car bearing his name follows exactly that logic. The Nuvolari is built on the same V8 hybrid architecture as the Lamborghini Temerario — Audi's own sibling brand, the closest car in this segment to the Nuvolari by platform and price — recalibrated, re-engineered, and made to outperform its donor. A team of fewer than 30 people completed it in 405 days. It is now the fastest and most powerful production vehicle in the history of the four rings.

The powertrain produces 1,001 PS from a 4.0-litre V8 biturbo — the same engine, running to 10,000 rpm — combined with three axial flux electric motors, two at the front axle delivering up to 2,150 Nm of torque, a third between engine and transmission. The result is 0–100 km/h in 2.6 seconds, a top speed beyond 350 km/h. The active aerodynamics include a deployable rear wing with a Formula 1-style DRS function, a front S-duct, and the ability to generate more than 400 kg of downforce. The carbon exterior — produced using prepreg autoclave technology drawn from Audi's Formula 1 programme — is a first for the brand.

The interior divides into two zones: a deep, dark front section designed for concentration, a lighter Shadow Dune rear. Colour accents in the cabin reference the Auto Union Type C race car of the 1930s — the Silver Arrows era Nuvolari raced in during those final seasons.

The designer's sketchbook, which Audi has chosen to publish alongside the studio images, carries a note that reads "Radical Next Material Logic."

Production is limited to 499 units. Deliveries begin in the first half of 2027.

Images: Audi

On 2 July, Mezzaluna by lebua is hosting a one-night sake dinner built around a precise geographic thread. Chef Ryuki Ka...
05/06/2026

On 2 July, Mezzaluna by lebua is hosting a one-night sake dinner built around a precise geographic thread. Chef Ryuki Kawasaki has served Niigata Murakami Wagyu at Mezzaluna since he arrived in 2015 — the beef from his home city, raised on Koshihikari rice straw. Koshihikari is a variety that originated in neighbouring Fukui Prefecture, where Tokoyama Shuzo has been brewing sake from Fukui-grown rice, with Fukui water, since 1804. The connection between chef and brewery runs through that single grain.

Shimpei Tokoyama — 9th-generation master brewer and CEO of Tokoyama Shuzo, a brewery that has been in his family for over 220 years — flies from Fukui to Bangkok for a single night to present the pairings in person. The house style he will pour is what the brewery calls tanrei-jūjun: light, clean, designed to sit alongside food rather than across from it.

The second course pairs awabi with Koshihikari rice — the grain now on the plate as well as in the glass — and is the one course where Tokoyama pours an exclusive, limited-production expression chosen on the night: his omakase selection, unannounced until he opens it. The fifth pairs the Wagyu with Jōzan Miyamanishiki 2024, a vintage-dated expression named for the sake rice harvested that year. Six courses in total, each with its own pour from the Jōzan collection.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Na Tasukon, contends that tanrei-jūjun — sake that serves rather than performs — is precisely the right style for Kawasaki's two-Michelin-starred kitchen: a chef who has spent a decade letting Japanese ingredients speak through French.

Mezzaluna by lebua, 65th floor, State Tower
2 July 2026, 18:00–21:30
Six courses
THB 12,000++ per person
Reservations: [email protected] or +66 (0) 2624 9555

Images: lebua Hotels and Resorts

In 2022, when Rolls-Royce unveiled the Spectre, the company framed it as a prophecy fulfilled — Charles Rolls had predic...
04/06/2026

In 2022, when Rolls-Royce unveiled the Spectre, the company framed it as a prophecy fulfilled — Charles Rolls had predicted the electric car in 1900, and here, 122 years later, was the evidence. The framing was good. The car was good. The Series II arrives with a recalibrated drivetrain, re-engineered battery cell technology, up to 18% more WLTP range to 628 km, and charging times reduced by up to 14%.

The performance headline belongs to the Black Badge. Its Infinity Mode unlocks 500 kW of output; its Spirited Mode reaches 1,100 Nm of torque. Rolls-Royce says this makes Black Badge Spectre Series II the most powerful production car the company has ever built. Given the brand's habit of publishing round numbers rather than actual outputs, that claim carries weight.

The exterior is largely unchanged — the fastback silhouette and split headlamp treatment both carry over, joined by a new solid paint called Ethereal Blue and 23-inch forged wheels. The interior is where the Series II invests most heavily. The new Duality Twill fabric is woven from bamboo-derived rayon, its origin traced by the brand to a specific bamboo grove in Le Jardin des Méditerranées on the Côte d'Azur, adjacent to Sir Henry Royce's former winter residence, Villa Mimosa. The Placed Perforation leather features 78,138 precision-cut holes arranged in a pattern inspired by moonlit cloud silhouettes. The Illuminated Fascia is newly redesigned. A new aviation-instrument clock sits in a vitrine alongside a stainless steel Spirit of Ecstasy.

Bespoke demand on the Spectre is second only to Phantom in the Rolls-Royce portfolio. Some clients have specified more than 20 individual Bespoke elements. Our Editor-in-Chief Na Tasukon reads this as the more interesting story — not the range or the torque, but that Rolls-Royce has found its first EV is also one of its most compelling commission canvases.

Images: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

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