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For a pair of avid cooks, Florentine company Officine Gullo created a space as hardworking as it is stylish. For a pair of avid cooks, Florentine company Officine Gullo created a space as hardworking as it is stylish.

Use some Chartreuse to add a little sophistication to your wintertime drink. Use some Chartreuse to add a little sophistication to your wintertime drink.

Inspired by a restored 19th-century clock, the piece features three subdials that keep track of time and distances. Inspired by a restored 19th-century clock, the piece features three subdials that keep track of time and distances.

A new class of owners are taking over storied brands. A new class of owners are taking over storied brands.

The limited-edition Type 3 merges Benoît Mintiens’s oil-filled display with Newson’s sculptural design language—resetting expectations for contemporary horology. The limited-edition Type 3 merges Benoît Mintiens’s oil-filled display with Newson’s sculptural design language—resetting expectations for contemporary horology.

The Scotch whisky brand has added the latest instalment to its rarest collection. 

Amid all the whispers that Scotch’s recent glory days might be waning, The Glenlivet has defiantly reaffirmed its dominance. At the recent Distillers One of One auction, naysayers went quiet when the hammer went down on £650,000 (approx. $866,700) for The Glenlivet Spira 60 Year Old – some £540,000 over its top estimate.

In the wake of this unpredicted boon, the Scotch brand has revealed the second edition of its Eternal Collection: a 56-year-old Scotch whisky, released in collaboration with design studio Fredrikson Stallard. The concept is confusing at first glance but, in essence, the Glenlivet Eternal series comes with two releases. First, a one-of-one bottling featuring a slighter rarer liquid and an elaborate bespoke sculpture by a chosen artist, which goes up for auction.

Next, a still rare but less exclusive liquid of the same age statement, sold alongside a notably smaller sculpture by the same artist behind the one-of-one. Still following? This version goes on general sale, limited to just 60 editions. While more attainable than the one-of-one, it still commands a premium, hovering around the $50k mark.

The one-of-one edition of the 56 year old sold at auction for £75,000 (approx. $100,000) with Sotheby’s at the end of November. The 60 bottles that make up the second part of this release are on sale now for €52,500 (approx. $61,100).

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While many of the recent sculptural accompaniments to premium whiskies have verged into the abstract, Fredrikson Stallard’s take is refreshingly straightforward and is simply inspired by landscapes encountered during a visit to The Glenlivet’s Speyside home. 

Golden branches point out from beside the 24-karat-gold capped bottle, inspired by the heather that coats the Scottish Highlands. The entire piece sits on a miniature brass-plated cairn, representing the stacks of rocks that dot the nation’s hills. “The scorched heather branches emerging from ancient rock symbolise both nature’s enduring strength and the delicate, complex beauty that time and terroir create,” says Patrik Fredrikson of Fredrikson Stallard.

And then, the liquid itself. Bar the record-breaking Distillers One of One 60 year old, the 56 year old marks The Glenlivet distillery’s oldest release. Finished for three years in a bespoke Spanish sherry cask – seasoned with Oloroso, Pedro Ximenez, and Palo Cortado – the whisky is oaky, but with plenty of fruited sweetness.

At a tasting in London, I’m sat next to The Glenlivet’s cask master Kevin Balmforth who confesses that crafting a ‘Christmassy’ whisky was never the plan. Yet conveniently,  the latest release delivers exactly that: a spirit with hints of gentle spice, toffee and a lick of alcohol-soaked raisins.

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Over 190 people joined the billionaire club around the world in 2025. Over 190 people joined the billionaire club around the world in 2025.

Legendary automotive builder Meyers Manx has entered the apparel space, 60 years after its founding. Legendary automotive builder Meyers Manx has entered the apparel space, 60 years after its founding.

Speaking at House of Robb Miami, founder Andrew Levitas explained how sustainability shaped every aspect of the spirit’s design.  Speaking at House of Robb Miami, founder Andrew Levitas explained how sustainability shaped every aspect of the spirit’s design. 

The color of nothingness says everything about where design is heading. 

The Pantone Color Institute has long positioned itself as an arbiter of taste and trend forecasting, commanding attention from designers, marketers, and luxury brands alike.

Each carefully curated annual color release captures the emotional and cultural zeitgeist of its moment. From there, the influence ripples outward, shaping design, fashion, and consumer culture on a global scale.

Cloud Dancer, the chosen shade for the year ahead, is one that’s defiantly quiet. A clean, diffused white with none of the clinical chill of gallery walls, nor the creamy warmth of linen. It sits somewhere in-between, embodying what Pantone describes as “a conscious state of simplification.” Boldly, it’s the first time white has ever been chosen.

Its presence in the coveted Color of the Year slot is a subtle admission that maximalism, in all its joyful excess, has finally run its course. For years, it has been the unruly child of the interior design world: loud, unfiltered, and gleefully chaotic. It has marched across homes in dizzying prints and cacophonous color clashes, layering rooms so thickly with personality they were left with little space to breathe.

It has been weaponised in advertising, UX, and particularly on social media, a hyper-connective space where the algorithm rewards spectacle and overstimulation. In many ways, maximalism has mirrored the chaotic pulse of modern life. And like modern life, it has reached a point of fatigue.

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By contrast, Pantone’s new shade is refreshingly minimalist. “A billowy white imbued with a feeling of serenity,” a “refuge of visual cleanliness” that encourages wellbeing and lightness, it captures a gently shifting cultural pivot – a growing desire for clarity and calm in a world that feels relentlessly loud.

But this renewed embrace of white doesn’t signal a retreat into absence. In the realm of interiors, stripping back color doesn’t mean stripping back character. In fact, it creates a space for everything else to become more intentional, with texture, materials, and light carrying new weight. It demands designers think intentionally and choose pieces that genuinely earn their place in the composition of a space, rather than fade into the background.

Pantone’s color has already caught the attention of forward-thinking brands: the Mandarin Oriental, for example, will reimagine it across 10 unique experiences, ranging from oxygenating spa treatments and sky-high stays, giving guests an immersive opportunity to “see, feel, taste, and touch this enchanting color.” Likewise, Joybird has embraced the trend, introducing it as a color option across 300 modern furniture designs and curated selection of accessories.

What was long dismissed as sterile or unimaginative becomes something else entirely in 2026: a canvas for renewal and reinvention. A color most welcomed for the new year ahead.