Art & Design Inner Calm
Art & Design Inner Calm 2 SLEEP Lend your bedroom a sense of Zen-inducing calm with these plush products that boost good sleep hygiene and look great, too 1 5 Hatch_Restore_ Silos 3 6 4 1 Morpho + Luna’s Jemma silk eye mask, here in deep blue, features a Kinloch Milano pattern inspired by the romantic landscape of northern Italy, morphoandluna.com 2 The lightweight Relax Robe by London-based outfitter Hamilton and Hare is made with striped cotton jersey and boasts a sewnin waist tie, hamiltonandhare.com 3 Morpho + Luna’s Rita Nightdress is crafted from ultra-soft cotton and Italian lace, and features an elasticated back for optimum night-time comfort, morphoandluna.com 4 The B Silent Night-Time Pillow Mist by Bamford comprises a calming bouquet of frankincense, lavender and marjoram, bamford.com 5 Savoir X Tom Faulkner is an oversized, cocooning bed – based on the brand’s No 4 model – upholstered in wool and natural fabrics, with custom legs by Faulkner, a noted British furniture designer, savoirbeds.com 6 The app-controlled Hatch Restore smart light doubles as a sound machine and sunrise-alarm clock, easily customisable to nightly routines, hatch.co MINDFULNESS MATTERS Wearable gadgets that promote clear headspace MUSE 2delivers real-time information on myriad bodily functions, from your heart rate to brain activity, to optimise meditation, choosemuse.com URGONIGHTuses neurofeedback to boost the brain’s natural ability to “power down” in guided daytime sessions that prepare you for deep slumber, urgonight.com NEUROON OPENis far more than just a sleep mask: it offers anything from a biometric sleep analysis to a sunrise function that artificially boosts wakefulness, neuroon.com 38 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
EAT Increasingly the centre of our homes, the well-curated kitchen encourages healthy meals through beautiful and intelligent design 1 KITCHEN CENTRAL Smallbone’s vast new London showroom PHOTOS COURTESY THE COMPANIES 4 1 Argentinian artist Ruth Gurvich used intricately crafted paper models to create the Lightscape teapot and bowl in biscuit porcelain for Nymphenburg, nymphenburg. com 2 La Pavoni’s barista-grade Esperto Abile espresso maker boasts a nostalgic chrome design, a brewing-pressure monitor and two frothing systems, lapavoni.com 3 Perhaps the world’s first smart blender, the cordless, buttonless Millo employs a patented magnetic engine for both customised and pre-set blending regimes, at home or on the go, getmillo.com 4 Created for the serious home chef, the C3 by Italian brand Marrone + Mesubim brings together professional equipment like a sous-vide station in a hand-built, customisable format that has been streamlined to ensure maximum efficiency, marronemesubim.com 3 2 When it comes to bespoke kitchens, there are few – if any – firms that rival Smallbone. Founded in 1978, its workshop in Devizes, Wiltshire, has long been one of the jewels of British artisanship, a place where master craftsmen create one-off furnishings that are as uncompromising in their quality as they are in their striking appearance. Now, the brand is opening an extraordinary 1,400sq m London showroom, where clients can get up close and personal with Smallbone’s designs and designers. The expansive four-storey space in Brompton Gate, a few steps down the road from Harrods, will open this autumn after more than £15 million of renovations to the cityblock-wide space – including not only an outsized array of extraordinary kitchens, but also an art gallery, full bar (pictured above), private event space and a six-metre Samsung screen to allow for in-depth virtual experiences. It is “a totally redefined and reimagined retail environment”, says Ron Shemesh, the chief value creation officer of Lux Group Holdings, Smallbone’s parent company. “We invite our clients to experience immersive curated luxury at the showroom; our carefully selected partner brands feature throughout – from art to innovative home technology,” he continues. “Everything you see and touch can be purchased.” It is a bold and welcome approach, with a global audience in mind, that gives the kitchen the grand retail space it deserves. smallbone.co.uk CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 39
