Karl Zahn is a freelance product and furniture designer in Greenpoint Brooklyn. His work examines contemporary materials and historical technologies in an attempt to create modern hybrids that are more applicable, beautiful and sustainable.
His designs express a pared down simplicity and stark aesthetic as a blend of modernist hard lines and surfaces with a Danish sensitivity to materials and joinery. Each piece is designed to withstand the passing of trends and foster complex relationships that grow more endearing over time.
The animal boxes are a work of art. You can hide your favorite treasure and have an accessory no one else has.
Chad Robertson, Roy Choi, Daniel Patterson. (Photo: Tiffany Yam for LocoL)
Two acclaimed California chefs have started a project to bring healthy food to disadvantaged communities by working within the model that many health advocates despise: fast food. Daniel Patterson of Coi in San Francisco teamed up with L.A.’s Kogi BBQ founder Roy Choi to create a new kind of fast food restaurant — one that serves meals that are affordable, delicious and legitimately healthy. They’re calling the new fast food chain “Loco’l.
LocoL burger. (Photo: Tiffany Yam for LocoL)
The prices at Loco’l will be directly competitive with those at major fast food chains; Kahn reports menu items will range between 99 cents and $8. And though the Loco’l menu won’t include soda or French fries, it will include a number of dishes that, at least superficially, wouldn’t be out of place at McDonald’s or Burger King. There will be hamburgers, for example, but the buns were crafted by a star San Francisco baker, and the patties will include quinoa, barley and seaweed in addition to beef. The first location will come soon in Los Angeles, the second in San Franciso – and then the whole US…
Reason Nr. 4: American Food in trucks and James Beard
There are 2 ways to enjoy the best of american food in Milano. One is the replica of the James Beard Foundation in the very center of Milano. This is the highest honor american cooks can get: The James Beard award – and you can be part of it. If you don’t want to spend as much the other way to enjoy amazing american food is to check out the food trucks at the pavilion. The lobster roll was specifically developed for this event and has been tested and tested again: perfection.
The best cooks will cook for you.
Fine dining at Expo 2015 goes under the brand of Identità Golose thanks to Identità Expo, the event – created in collaboration with S. Pellegrino – which for six months will summon great Italian and international chefs to Milan for a unique, extremely elegant temporary restaurant. There will also be lessons, cooking shows, meetings, demonstrations. Have dinner at the expo. Check the schedule and enjoy a very reasonable priced meal you will never forget. Time your visit with the arrival of the cook of your choice. Ferran Adria anyone? Just register and bon appetit
Reason Nr. 3: Korean Pavillion. We expect high tech and some Scify. we expect Tomorrowland meets The Jetsons – if you know what I mean. The best pavilion hands down ist the one by Korea – south that is. The perfect fusion of culture and mind blowing technology.
Reason Nr. 1 to go to the World Expo that lasts until the end of October in beautiful Milano:
“What will the supermarket of the future look like?” This appears to be the question Coop tried to answer with its store at Expo Milano 2015: to do so, a real shop was created, where visitors can enjoy a real yet innovative purchase experience. The project was assigned to architect Carlo Ratti, who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, where he’s the director of the Senseable City Laboratory. This is a window into the future. Just look at the pictures and by like its 2050…
For some Pixar is for kids only. This is narrow-minded thinking.“Inside Out” is an absolute delight — funny and charming, fast-moving and full of surprises. It is also a defense of sorrow, an argument for the necessity of melancholy dressed in the bright colors of entertainment. The youngest viewers will have a blast, while those older than Riley are likely to find themselves in tears. Not of grief, but of gratitude and recognition. Sadness, it turns out, is not Joy’s rival but her partner. Our ability to feel sad is what stirs compassion in others and empathy in ourselves. There is no growth without loss, and no art without longing.
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Inventory was established in 2009 as an online platform and biannual publication to explore the aesthetic and cultural interests of its founders. By offering a unique and global perspective on design, craftsmanship and culture, both forgo the temporariness of trend to focus on the brands, designers and artists whose bodies of work reflect a commitment to quality, and a desire for innovation.
Working with established and emerging photographers, stylists and writers, the magazine places equal emphasis on accomplished journalism and beautiful imagery, and seeks to represent contemporary icons alongside future influencers. This is a labor of love. TrendEngel can’t wait for the ext issue.
Karl Zahn is a freelance product and furniture designer in Greenpoint Brooklyn. His work examines contemporary materials and historical technologies in an attempt to create modern hybrids that are more applicable, beautiful and sustainable.
