CANTONESE FINE DINING AT Hakkasan New York [Part 2]

With locations in London, Mumbai, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, New York, and San Francisco, the world renowned HAKKASAN restaurants are among the most successful modern Chinese fine dining establishments. The luxurious 11,000-square-feet HAKKASAN NEW YORK, which opened in April 2012, was designed by Paris-based architectural partnership Gilles & Boissier. The deep blue colour scheme with red and pink undertones is accentuated by Italian marble slabs and semi-transparent glass and mirrors.

THE michelin-starred CANTONESE CUISINE OF CHEF Chef Ho Chee Boon features Special dishes inspired by local flavours, designed for the restaurant's sophisticated new york clientele. highlights include the stir-fry lobster with wild mushroom XO sauce, and truffle braised egg noodle with enoki mushroom. For more information, visit hakkasan.com/newyork

Special thanks to Kelly McElroy and the HAKKASAN NEW YORK staff for their hospitality.
/ Photography by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

CHANEL HAUTE JOAILLERIE JARDIN DE CAMELIAS 2013 COLLECTION [PART 2]

CHANEL’S NEW High Jewelry collection, Jardin de Camélias, presents almost 100 variations on the form of the camelia. a Symbol of purity and longevity in Asia, the camelia was a favourite of Coco Chanel who incorporated it into her style from 1923 onwards. Combing creative flair with technical excellence, the collection is a study of the proportions of nature and the inspiration of an individual, captured in diamonds, gems and pearls. Jardin de Camélias features necklaces, earrings, bracelets, cuffs, jewellery watches, brooches and rings.

/ photography by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

A GLIMPSE INTO A SHORT FILM FOR ARJOWIGGINS CREATIVE PAPERS

Last month, the SOME/THINGS team visited ARJOWIGGINS' Stoneywood Mill. Established by James Moir in 1770 on the banks of the River Don, Stoneywood was originally one of five paper mills in Aberdeen. Now the last remaining, it has the capacity to manufacture around 70,000 tonnes per year, producing 9,900 products including high quality luxury and creative papers from ArjoWiggins’ Conqueror, Curious Papers, Curious Metallics and Impressions ranges.

Since CHAPTER004, SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE has served as a communication tool for ARJOWIGGINS GRAPHIC and ARJOWIGGINS CREATIVE PAPERS, illustrating the versatility of their product ranges in the context of luxury publishing. Each issue of the publication features a variety of paper stock, using some of the most advanced printing techniques including four-colour print in random raster and spot colour offset, achieving near-photographic image quality within the magazine. SOME/THINGS also employs advanced production methods such as screen printing, foiling, embossing/debossing, glossy and matt UV lacquer, and matt laminating.

Furthermore, an ongoing partnership with IMPRIMERIE COMELLI and COMELLINK has ensured SOME/THINGS provides clients with the highest-quality printed matter, as well as pre-press production and retouching services, for artist books and monographs, invitations, lookbooks, and catalogues.

/ ARJOWIGGINS Stoneywood Paper Mill photographed by MATTEO CARCELLI [SOME/THINGS AGENCY.

SOME/THINGS VISITS THE MARK HOTEL IN MANHATTAN [PART 2]

located in the Upper East Side Historic District in one of Manhattan’s most exclusive neighborhoods, The Mark was originally designed by Schwartz & Gross in 1927. The luxury 5 star hotel was reopened in 2009 after 3 years of renovations, now housing 180 hotel rooms and 42 extraordinary suites, with interiors and furnishings by world-renowned French designer Jacques Grange. For more information, visit themarkhotel.com

photography by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY
/ Special thanks to nicole and nadine of nadine johnson pr and the The Mark staff for their hospitality.

RAD HOURANI SS2013 UNISEX COUTURE SHOW DURING PARIS FASHION WEEK [Part 2]

Rad Hourani's Spring Summer 2013 Unisex Haute Couture show photographed by matteo carcelli [SOME/THINGS AGENCY]. For more information, visit radhourani.com

TY WARNER PENTHOUSE SUITE AT THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL NEW YORK [PART 2]

Taking seven years to complete, the 4,300-square-foot TY WARNER PENTHOUSE at the Four Seasons New York was designed by architects I. M. Pei of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Peter Marino of Peter Marino Architect. The suite has nine rooms, ceiling heights of up to 25-feet, 360 degree views, and four glass terraces that sit 700 feet above the street.

Special thanks to Tiffani Cailor and the Four Seasons Hotel New York staff for their hospitality.

/ photography by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

SOME/THINGS COLLABORATOR NICHOLAS ALAN COPE'S NEW BOOK

'I moved to Paris from Los Angeles 10 years ago and haven’t been back since. But this is exactly how I remember it. Bright hot incessant clear light, casting blackety-black shadows from Brutalist blocks that take the history of architecture and silently reduce and contain it like lunar tombs. Or Aztec temples morphed into foam-core cartoons.

This kind of light makes decisions easier, more black and white. Good vs bad, pure vs impure, aspiration vs collapse. Determined grim optimism vs self indulgent despair. The suggestion of an old Hollywood monolithic black-and-white movie set encourages self invention and self consciousness as you make your way down an imaginary long white staircase. There’s not another living soul on the set and the spotlight is on you, wiping out any flaw or imperfection, hallucinating yourself into who you wanna be...

Exactly how I remember it...

/ Rick Owens, November 2012


Los Angeles-based Photographer and regular SOME/THINGS collaborator NICHOLAS ALAN COPE's new book, WHITEWASH, captures the contrasts of the city through stark black and white images of L.A's architectural landscape. WHITEWASH, which is published by POWERHOUSE BOOKS and includes a foreword by Rick Owens, is available now through select stockists. For more information, visit cope1.com.

/ WHITEWASH photographed by MATTEO CARCELLI at SOME/THINGS SECRET.

YOHAN SERFATY [1966-2013]

It is with deepest sadness that Paris-based designer YOHAN SERFATY passed away last week. Born in Casablanca in 1966, SERFATY studied political science before interning at a number of French couture houses. He launched his own line of womenswear in 2008, followed by the Y. Project menswear label in 2010. He will be greatly missed.







/ Y. Project 'PARASOMNIA' SS2013 presentation photographed by matteo carcelli, SOME/THINGS AGENCY.

SOME/THINGS VISITS ISAAC SELLAM'S STUDIO IN PARIS

ISAAC SELLAM FOUNDED HIS OWN LABEL, ISAAC SELLAM EXPERIENCE, IN 2002. THE PARIS-BASED STUDIO FOCUSES ON LEATHER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, WORKING CLOSELY WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST TANNERIES TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE GARMENTS, HANDMADE FROM THE FINEST FABRICS, LEATHERS, AND EXOTIC SKINS.

photography by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

SOME/THINGS' MONIKA BIELSKYTE AT OSCAR ASTIZ TATOUAGE EARLIER THIS YEAR

Born in Spain in 1977, Oscar Marquez y Astiz was raised by his grandmother at the famous Palacio de los Alava Esquivel. He began studying design in 2001 before working with John Galliano and Paco Rabanne and later accepting a position as an illustrator for Yves Saint Laurent’s studio. After a number of exhibitions featuring his work, ASTIZ left the fashion industry to focus on his drawings. He is now one of the most sought-after tattoo artists in Paris, with a high profile clientele including many leading figures in the luxury industry. For more information, visit oscaryastiztattoo.com / oscaryastiz.com

/ SOME/THINGS Creative Director MONIKA BIELSKYTE photographed at OSCAR ASTIZ'S studio by MATTEO CARCELLI, SOME/THINGS AGENCY