BY NICHOLAS ENGERT Bathroom design has hardly changed in any dramatic way for nigh on 100 years. This is hardly surprising as all bathrooms revolve around three or four essential pieces of sanitary ware – wash hand basin, bath, shower and WC. Whilst there have been some excellent design innovations such as walk in showers which do away with problematic shower trays, most items of sanitary … Continue reading The Luxurious Bathroom
BY NICHOLAS ENGERT It is a simple question. Why are most production cars so dreadfully boring these days? Shapeless, styleless and completely lacking in elegance, most cars today are dull beyond belief. To level this criticism at the designers, and them alone, would be unfair as we must assume they are meeting the requirements of the market they serve. That said most manufacturers appear to … Continue reading The End of Beauty – The Triumph of Boring
BY JAMES CLARK, CSM BEAUTY EDITOR The last few months have been interesting from a purely cosmetic angle seeing the intersectional lobby and feminists go from dusty, school mams to characters worthy of a Warner Brothers melodrama of the 1940’s. With the ever-changing landscape and people unaware often of the power of a lipstick (so many column inches have been dedicated to this subject its … Continue reading The Political Power of Makeup
BY JAMES CLARK, CSM BEAUTY EDITOR Makeup can be something of a mystery to most people and adding brushes into that mix is enough to scare away the beginner, but I want you to bear with me for the moment. There is an elegance to the process that adds a depth of mystery to your routine and a sense of calm which has in the … Continue reading The Beauty of Brushes
