Illy Y1 | A Beautiful Rethinking of Form

If it is to us, than there is nothing that can beat a good quality espresso in the morning while reading the newspaper. The Illy Y1 can give you this pleasant feeling in your own casa!

Y1 produces café quality espresso at home via the iperEspresso capsule. The new Y1 is an espresso machine quite unlike any other: elegantly minimalist yet substantial, with a compact 9.5-inch square base fashioned from tempered glass and brushed aluminum. The Y1 features a revolutionary iperEspresso system which produces a delightfully aromatic, full-bodied yet remarkably smooth espresso with velvety crema, a perfectly extracted cup at the touch of a button. Press start, and enjoy authentic, flawless Italian espresso in just seconds!

“Good morning..”

Michel Cluizel | Joie de Vivre

Just in time for the Christmas celebration BB found this mouth-watering treat for al the chocolate lovers. The French chocolate house Michel Cluizel is offering this ultimate gift for choco addicts. The gift box includes 400 pieces of handmade chocolate in specially designed packages. Buyers can select from a range of finger licking treats, including the crème brûlée made of ganache with caramelized butter, palet framboise combining dark chocolate ganache and raspberry pulp, palet passion made with milk chocolate ganache and passion-fruit pulp. The delicious gift box is priced at € 675,-.

“Joie de Vivre..”

NSW | Nike Sportswear

NSW is Nike Sportswear’s premium apparel collection. So fare they’ve been killing it with high quality, super technical product, top-notch collabs and a diverse selection that athletes and casual rockers can appreciate. With an ongoing emphasis in creating sports product that embraces fashion collaborations with Parra, Cassette Playa, Mark Ward and Grotesk. The NSW division sets the standard for Nike’s focus on innovation and cutting edge products.

“Just do it..”

Umbrella | London Undercover

From this day on BB is walking down the street with their Adidas on holding one of these gorgious London Undercover umbrella’s above their head. LU was established by designer Jamie Milestone in 2008 with the aim to turn around the humble umbrella and return to its rightful position as a fashion accessory.
London Undercover brings to life what is generally seen as a boring, disposable, clumsy, last-minute item. An obvious canvas for expression, the designs aim to encourage people to enjoy and take pride in what is, an indispensable British accessory. Tenue de Nîmes and London Undercover joined their creative forces to produce a special denim umbrella.

“Go undercover…”

London | Passarella Death Squad

Passarella Death Squad, established in London, 2004 by Danny Broddle and Emilie Albisser, have recently launched their new successful fall/winter ‘ready to wear’ range. There fresh t-shirts are inspired by the druggy, Balearic sounds of early ’90s dance music, each design is loosely based around an anthemic track of the time, PKA’s ‘Temperature Rising‘, N Joi’s ‘Anthem‘ and Todd Terry’s seminal ‘Can You Feel It‘. As usual, their high quality t-shirts are produced in the UK using the finest Japanese fabrics and are available at our friends from Oki-Ni.

“Start wearing…”

Amsterdam | NDSM Yard

Mr. Bathing Ape | Sweet leather Goods

BB fancies leather goods. We already ordered wallets by Longchamp and Castelijn en Beerens.

This fall/winter Mr. Bathing Ape is bringing serious leather goods to the table. Bathing Ape is set to return to this weekend, starting with this set of accessories to complement the apparel featured in the brand’s fall/winter line for this year. For those unfamiliar, the line is well made and as formal slant whilst retaining a playful, sometimes even ironic edge. Worked by Japanese labels UNITED ARROWS and of course A Bathing Ape, the latest accessory line up includes a phone case, card holder and wallet that are each similarly styled. Navy and curry colorways are adopted across the line, as are the label’s now iconic moustache emblem.

“Stop shaving your moustache”

Frescobol | Hit Me

Whenever BB is on the beach, we can’t lie still. Soccer, frisbee or vollyball you name it. But the shit hits the fan when someone grabs a pair of beachball rackets out of his bag. Frescobol, the Brazilian paddleball beach sport dating back to the 1940s, looks a bit like ping-pong without the table. The bats look slightly similar, but the ball somewhat bigger. This FB bats are hand crafted and gives you the ultimate level of personal attention. They collect small remnants of wood, left over from the production of furniture from other marceneiro wood factories, which would otherwise be left as waste material. From these pieces FB carefully select the most classic and beautiful. Each bat is then hand crafted and finished with FB branding. Finally, they varnish the bats with a special resin to resist sun, sea and sand. Do you wanna play this summer in style?! € 129,- and it’s yours!

“Hit me…”

Stamppotje | Your ideal meal for a cold wet day in autumn

It’s autmn again. Whohoo! Rain, wind, storm and..Stamppot! Yes.. it’s back. Stamppot (which name refers to a typically old-Dutch winter(mashed)potato dish with vegetables, meat and gravy on the side) is taking over the Netherlands.  The most traditional are ‘Boerenkool’ with coal and ‘Hutspot’ with carrots and onion.

When you’re in Amsterdam and like to warm up with a stamppot BB recommends ‘Stamppotje’. At this take away restaurant a very friendly service will serve you the most delicious stamppot. If you can’t  choose, just ask the ‘chef’!

Stamppotje has no seating area, so just take away or take place on one of the wooden benches nearby.

Locations: Amstelveenseweg 218, Haarlemmerdijk 14, Prinsengracht 292, Eerste van der Helststraat 27

“Bon appetit!”

Picture | wknd inspiration