Esmeralda Blog

Conducting business in certain countries requires extensive pre-travel research. In Japan it’s necessary to present your business card as though it were an extension of yourself – with two hands, studying the print carefully as you hand it over.

Top Gear redefined the possibilities of a niche television series. With its humour, quirky characters, high-rolling sense of adventure, and constant element of surprise the (until recently) long-running show has been enthralling millions around the world, from avid car lovers to people with no interest in cars at all.

Even the most blasé designer furniture lovers are probably familiar with the iconic chairs of Hans J. Wegner, the Danish designer whose beginnings as a traditional furniture-maker formed the foundation from which he became a pioneer of Danish organic modernism, and also one of the most significant figures in the designer furniture world. He is the man responsible for what is often called the perfect chair. Just One Good Chair, a compendium of his original designs, sketches and vintage photograph