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Plastic Fantastic. A Look At All Of Good Ol' Sailor Brand's Bottle Designs For Their 3 Vodkas, Beer and Now, Gin.

Good ol’ Sailor is Galatea's brand for traditional, organic and innovative vodka, classic beer and - launching this month, Gin. Besides being great-tasting, Sailor Vodka, Beer and Gin add two important dimensions: ecological thinking brought into liquor products, and the way to wrap them in playful, artistic designs by female illustrators, in a male dominated and often conservative niche.

Romantic, tropical, alluring, mysterious, macabre... I could go on and on with adjectives when it comes to describing the imaginative millinery and head gear by Piers Atkinson.

Every style and genre from sweet and sexy to outrageous and irreverent, Piers's hats, masks, headbands and berets are wearable art. Made with unusual materials like neon, found objects, giant bugs, gold-plated spikes, even barbie dolls, his hats are head-turning fashions that warrant a closet of their own. Take a look at some of these hats, balaclava (ski masks), headbands and more from the past few seasons.

A few selections from his most recent Spring /Summer 2012 "Hot Voodoo" Collection:

Selections from the Autumn/ Winter 2011 "Paris" Collection:

The neon hats were made with the help of icneon and the above left hat with Andrew Logan

A few selections from the Spring/Summer 2011 "La Belle Au Bois" Collection:

A few selections from the Autumn/ Winter 2010 "It Is Later Than You Think" Collection:

And finally, a few wild and wacky ones from Autumn/Winter 2009 "The Frog and The Princess" Collection:

About Piers Atkinson:
Piers Atkinson has worn nearly as many hats as he’s made. Artist, illustrator, milliner, costume designer, party organiser, fashion editor and now DJ! – his creative energies only seem to be matched by an insatiable curiosity.

Photography by Thomas Lohr
He grew up in Norfolk with three generations of women – his mother, the theatrical milliner Hilary Elliott, at whose knee he learned hat-making; his sister Lucy, the long-suffering photographic model for his teenage reconstructions of Grace Jones and Art of Noise record covers; and his grandmother, the artist / writer / horticulturalist and illustrator Lesley Gordon, from whom he took his multi-disciplinary cue.

After studying graphic design and photography at the University of Bristol (where Stephen Jones made a brief but memorable visit to his grad show), Piers moved in 1995 to London. He helped out at that year’s Alternative Miss World, the brainchild of artist Andrew Logan, now an occasional collaborator and constant inspiration to Piers: ‘He helped me see the rich possibilities of free-form events and a ‘just do it’ attitude.’

In 1999, Piers started with iconic fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, whom he assisted with art direction and in-house PR. ‘She instantly cured my conservative approach to colour!’ says Piers. When Rhodes became a client of PR powerhouse Mandi Lennard, Piers took a post there assisting Mandi, who gave him many of her unique insights into the fashion world.

Piers launched his first collection of hats in February 2008 and has created collections every season since. He has collaborated with designers Ashish, Ashley Isham and Noki for runway presentations and has dressed such celebrities as Anna Dello Russo, Kate Moss, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Kelis, Cate Blanchett and Paloma Faith. The Princesses of York and Dame Shirley Basey have worn his hats at Ascot and he has had pieces in the V&A’s ‘Hats: an Anthology by Stephen Jones’ and ShowStudio’s exhibition ‘The Café’.

Piers’s creations regularly appear in the pages of Vogue, Italian Vogue, V Magazine, Tatler and the London broadsheets. His hats are available across the globe – from Sister in Japan to Fenwick’s in London, via Joyce in Hong Kong and Alan Journo’s famous store in Milan.

all images and information courtesy of Piers Atkinson

The Hottest Outdoor Grills On the Market: These are Smokin!

Ahhhh, Fourth of July weekend. Time for outdoor BBQ's, pool parties and illegal fireworks. If you're thinking of grilling, how about firing up those steaks on a beautifully designed outdoor modern grill?

Viking, Dacor, Lynx, Weber, Vidalia and other professional cooking grills and barbeques are impressive but tend to be mammoth blocks of stainless steel. I wanted to find some that were a little more unusual in their design.

So, I scoured the web and found some beautiful freestanding outdoor barbeques and grills. Indeed there are several stunning portable bbqs /grills and built in kitchen island grills, but today I'm just featuring freestanding models of elegant and functional design.

1. Designer Piet Hein Eek's steel barbeque:

€ 1.054,00 Learn more or buy it here.

2. Jeppe Utzon's BBQ for Electrolux:

The Electrolux Jeppe Utzon barbeque features premium grade materials including ScotchBrite Stainless and Corian, a battery-operated spark mechanism for each burner, gas shut-off safety system, grill and hotplate areas and a lightweight fabric cover.

The Electrolux Jeppe Utzon barbeque was created by the grandson of the legendary Jorn Utzon and, like the Sydney Opera House, it's another bold statement in Australian design.
Learn more here.

3. Beltempo:
The Hotwater gas barbeque from Beltempo has a Stainless steel plate structure and details in solid tropical wood Cumaru. Includes grill, butcher's board and cast iron cooking plate.

Learn more about it here.

4. Kalamazoo Grills

Above: The Kalamazoo Edo grill shown closed

Above: Kalamazoo The Edo grill shown open
Kalamazoo Edo Grill Dimensions: 48.5"W (78"W open) x 31.5"D x 38.25"H
EDO Base Price: $7,495

above: Kalamazoo's Classic Sculpture grill

Kalamazoo Sculpture Grill Dimensions: 38.25"W x 24"D x 42"H
Sculpture Base Price: $6,495

Both Kalamazoo grills above are available with custom laser-cut stainless steel cooking surface combining your choice of grilling patterns optimized for meat, fish and vegetable grilling and customizable with your initials, logo or other artwork:

Above: #1 Dad and letter "B" custom stainless grilltops.

Learn more here.

5. Onafalos by Smartech Italia
The Onfalos Grill has the fun option to add colored Corian petals:

Made of Corian, the petals may be purchased in a range of six colours to customize Onfalos according to taste and setting. Petals are available in three sizes, one for each model.

Learn more about the Onfalos made by Smartech Italia, here.

6. Fuego grills

Fuego's 01 and 02 grills are so beautiful, I'd be tempted to put it in the livingroom!
Modern and streamlined, it comes in two sizes.

Fuego is also coming out with a modular outdoor kitchen designed by Robert Brunner:

Learn more about Fuego here.

7. Viteo outdoor
Viteo, who makes some of my favorite outdoor furniture has a minimal modular BBQ that can be a component of their outdoor kitchen or as a freestanding unit:

Learn more about it here.

8. Evo's flattop grills

Evo is a line of professional grills wih round flat grilltops. They have 6 models for the home chef. Learn more here.

9. Luxius grills

Luxius by Newtrend combine stainless with oak and granite for a line of beautiful outdoor grills.

Newtrend has commissioned De Bats architects to design two outdoor kitchens around the Luxius grills. Named the Boretti grills, they are made with stainless steel, oak and granite.
Learn more here.

10. The Grandhall T Grill, a contemporary compact grill, is as pretty on the eyes as it will be on your kabobs:

Learn more about it here.

11. Radius Design
Radius Design makes the following grills, all designed by Ralph Kraeuter.
The sleek Radius Edelstahl Gasgrill:

and their Blitz grills:

And their grilltisch, an outdoor table designed to seat four or six with an integrated grill:

learn more about Radius grills here.

12. Conmoto grills
The sleek and sexy Taurus grill for Conmoto was designed by Michael Seiger:

Made of blackened stainless steel with virtually invisible casters.

The Magic grill designed by Fried Ulber for Conmoto is a straight-lined fireplace and barbecue in one.

Learn more about Conmoto grills here.

13. Encompasso's Leiro outdoor grills:

The Leiro range of barbeques are created around clean modern design and highly practical features, which include; Leiro barbeques are made in high-grade stainless steel, which is weather proof and requires no maintenance. Massively solid construction; built for a lifetime of use.
Learn more here.

14. Artepuro grills