April Lifestyle Edit
From the exhibition to see and the album to download, to a covetable artist-interior collaboration, here's how we'll be enjoying the month ahead.
For the home...
...Venetia Berry's hand-painted vases for Matches.com.
London-based artist Venetia Berry, whose abstracted, dream-like nudes have captured hearts and minds far and wide, is bringing these hand-painted vases to Matches.com throughout April. Forget flowers, here's your centerpiece.
Shop here and folow Venetia Berry on Instagram here
Sip...
...Coffee at % Arabica.
% Arabica, Kyoto's ice-cool speciality coffee shop, is to land in Broadway Market in a cascade of quality coffee beans and branded linen totes, all wrapped up in the brand’s signature minimalist design.
While the official opening date is yet to be confirmed, % Arabica's Instagram hints we can expect it soon, before they open up shop in a second location (whispered to be Covent Garden).
Find out more about the brand here
Listen...
... to Norman Fucking Rockwell by Lana Del Ray.
Everyone's favourite tobacco-stained, Malibu-bleached sad-girl is back with another dark and flowery pop album to soothe (or aid) your blues.
Album drops 29 March (but we're still waiting...)
The brand...
...Rowen Rose.
Our new favourite glad-rags? Those by 22 year old beauty and Parisienne Rowen Rose. She's already seduced the street-style set - Instagram grows increasingly saturated with her theatrical pieces. Think vampy-princess – all puff sleeves, shoulders and jewel tones.
Now the rest of the industry are taking notice. Destined to be the next big thing.
Browse the website here
The exhibition...
.... William Eggleston, David Zwirner
A feast of colours comes to David Zwirner this April, a photographer whose work exults in seeing: colour, shade, the way sunlight moves.. William Eggleston's photography is a nostalgic love affair that sings through the decades, and will bring flare to your April.
Opens 12 April. Read more here.
The Film...
... Happy as Lazzaro.
After winning Best Screenplay in Cannes last year, Alice Rohrwacher's pastoral Italian tale is set to wow the world this April.
Read more here
Eat...
... at Endo at the Rotunda.
Zuma's former executive chef and sushi master Endo Kazutoshi is opening a tiny (and yet mightily trendy) sushi restaurant in White City's Television Centre this month. With just fifteen seats and the credentials to draw a slick, celebrity crowd, this is the restaurant reservation to bag (and then boast about) this month.
Opens 9 April 2019
The Easter egg...
...Melt's Van Gogh Almond Blossom Easter Egg.
Yummy mummies and sweet-toothed art lovers alike will be flocking to Notting Hill's lauded chocolatier Melt, for this duck-blue egg inspired by the Dutch painter's 1890 painting.
Buy it here for £89
Tech...
...Your April soundtrack with Bang & Olufsen x Raf Simons.
Luxe Danish electronics company Bang & Olufsen's SS19 collection is inspired by the subtle and ethereal colours of a long Scandinavian summer. Think hues of clay, forest pine, moss-covered stone and sky. The headphones will come in woven carry pouches designed by Raf Simons in collaboration with Danish fabric-masters Kvadrat.
Bass and beats by way of Scandi style – for an elevated listening experience.
Browse the SS19 collection here
The collaboration...
...Alexander Wang x Uniqlo
Manhattanite and all-round cool fashion boy Alexander Wang is bringing his playful urban edge to Uniqlo's SS19 collection, with functional pieces that will keep you cool on the hottest of days. Hot on its heels will be the equally as covetable launch of Shrimps x Warehouse.
Available online from 11 April
Art fix...
...Wombat Art Subscription Box.
Subscribe to Wombat, and four times a year a beautiful, hand-assembled art box will arrive in the post, filled with limited edition prints from some of the world's most renowned photographers.
Each box features a numbered photographic print, a creative portfolio on fine-art paper, and editorial artist biographies, in both French and English. A yearly subscription costs under €200.
Find out more here
Beauty buy...
... The Inkey List
The Inkey List is the new affordable skincare range du jour, whispered about all over town as 'the next The Ordinary' for its low price point and proven results. According to statistics, they sell a product every 30 seconds – notably their £4.99 Hyaluronic Acid and £9.99 Retinol.
Shop the collection here
For film buffs...
...Stanley Kubrick at the Design Museum
A retrospective of one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in cinematic history, Stanley Kubrick, rolls into the Design Museum this April.
Visitors will be able to explore the genius of The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut and more, in what will be a rich celebration of some of the most memorable scenes in film history.
Find out more here