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Tag Archives: coffee
bear pond espresso
Much has been written about the food scene in Tokyo. In the end, maybe it’s just a very, very big city. The “largest metropolitan area in the world”, says Wikipedia, and among the densest (at more than 37,000 per square … Continue reading
Posted in food, travel
Tagged architecture, brands, coffee, design, hip, japan, tokyo
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french coffee
We’ve had a wonderful time abroad. More on that soon. But a notable minus of Corsica: the coffee sucks. In fact, the coffee sucks in France as a whole. For a culture that so values gastronomy, this is difficult to … Continue reading
tel aviv / berlin
It’s time to break this dry spell on the blog. Let’s begin with some notes I jotted down on the plane back from a trip to Tel Aviv and Berlin a couple of weeks ago. For me, the antisymmetrical ideas … Continue reading
Posted in appearances, thoughts, travel
Tagged architecture, berlin, coffee, design, germany, hip, hip priest, israel, tel aviv, thoughts, typography
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radial stripes
The brand design for Victrola Coffee on 15th is beautiful: There’s a sense of confection about it. It prints nicely, it exudes a Capitol Hill-ish steampunk sensibility, and it rhymes with those radially-striped teacup designs which are so much more … Continue reading