April 13, 2010

Inside a Hotel Designer's Head

The following video is from the design studio responsible for the stunning Ace Hotel in NYC. I have mentioned this hotel before, but if you have not had the same appreciation for what they are doing to the hotel industry as I have, watch this.

The hotel is a work of art from every vantage point and the video does an extremely good job of highlighting this fact.


Roman & Williams from The Scout on Vimeo.

April 1, 2010

Pining for a berry?


Hybrid fruits are pretty much common place in todays supermarkets. From the random breeds of apples to the veggies you can't pronounce, they make for a $100 million dollar business in the U.S.
Something relatively new, however, was brought to my attention by Slashfood, a blog based in the U.K. Check out the article that discusses the Pineberry... yeah, the crazy white berries in the photo!
Sadly, it seems they're only available across the pond. Hopefully soon we'll see these at Loblaws.

Image courtesy The Guardian.