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Hotel. Bed. Food.

Chef Fergus Henderson and business partner Trevor Gulliver invite you to stay at the opulent St. John Hotel.

And what better way to emulate the entire experience than in the short film below? Not just a new menu, photoshopped decor or imagery of the getty-like guests that may pass through, but instead the simple use of stop motion leaving a hell of a lot to each and everyone's imagination... lovely.

Book me in please.

 

Thanks Nowness

The year of practical thinking.

There is a lot to be said for actually pausing and acknowledging new and otherwise fleeting thoughts and observations you make every day. There's a wealth of literature à la Buddhist and Anthony Robbins-style that endorse the benefits of noting them down. A sense of perspective, happiness, positivity, personal growth and a better connection to and grounding of oneself to name a few...

Social media has certianly had a role in inadvertently encouraging us to do so when we're not just posting of our whereabouts or meanderings.

Writer Giles Turnbull managed to do so for a whole year. Which should technically make him a very, very happy person (his last post is evidence of this, and particularly lovely).

Like so:

Thanks for the link Russell Davies

Repurposed.

The Grow Bottle is a lovely sustainable idea that uses completely recycled and re-purposed materials (i.e. old wine bottles) as a compact new home for your herbs. 

via thedieline

Antisocial media.

Dan Williams uses Foursquare inversely to determine when museums are the least busy to visit on his site When Should I Visit. Less people, better viewing pleasure.

Clever. Particularly if able to tap into Facebook places, twitter and the like.

via PSFK

B Flat.

In B Flat. A beautifully put together collaborative youtube effort combining music and the spoken word. Absolutely worth playing with. 

Thanks Presurfer

Happy love day etcetera.

I happen to share the 'cynical' view of this woman via @lucymcburney when it comes to Valentines Day.

But in the name of beautiful flowers (and a shrinking wallet), this is a lovely idea from Itunube.

via It's Nice That

Death by food.

I love food. In the kind of way that I'll be thinking about dinner (or a second lunch) while I'm eating (my first) lunch.

Jonathon Soma has done some brilliant work in the way of data and building collaborative platforms. Two of my favourite are his food-based inventions.

They're great examples of the way technology is facilitating self-empowered learning and giving people the inspiration and the guts to experiment more often.

1. Ice Cream Club. A bunch of passionate friends who meet every month to trade homemade, experimental ice-cream flavours, providing tips, inspiration and even membership and classes to those who want to learn... or just dig in.

2. Cooking Class In a Box. Hard-to-find ingredients shouldn't stop you from trying new things when it comes to cooking. The idea is to build you a cooking class based on an exotic cuisine (Thai, Indian, Korean, Ethiopian, etc) and ship you the ingredients, recipe in tail. Lovely.