The seating manufacturer Stylex, based in New Jersey, has released a stately new office chair this month. The Insight Executive, which ranges in price from $776 to $3,623, is a high-backed version of the 58-year-old brand’s popular Insight line of office chairs and is available with back heights of 20.5 inches, 24 inches, and 28 inches. Each of the three sizes features fixed or adjustable arms in five finishes that include chrome plating and polished aluminum. (Armless versions also are available.) The chair i…

The seating manufacturer Stylex, based in New Jersey, has released a stately new office chair this month. The Insight Executive, which ranges in price from $776 to $3,623, is a high-backed version of the 58-year-old brand’s popular Insight line of office chairs and is available with back heights of 20.5 inches, 24 inches, and 28 inches. Each of the three sizes features fixed or adjustable arms in five finishes that include chrome plating and polished aluminum. (Armless versions also are available.) The chair i…

To mark his victory as Robb Report’s 2014 New Culinary Master, chef William Bradley created a six-course celebration dinner in February at his restaurant, Addison, at the Grand Del Mar in San Diego. Forty-eight guests—including chef Thomas Keller, who nominated Bradley for the competition, and Robb Report readers and editors—enjoyed Dom Pérignon Épernay 2004 and pairings from wineries including Galerie and Cardinale in a private dining room overlooking the resort’s golf course. The contemporary French fare beg…

To mark his victory as Robb Report’s 2014 New Culinary Master, chef William Bradley created a six-course celebration dinner in February at his restaurant, Addison, at the Grand Del Mar in San Diego. Forty-eight guests—including chef Thomas Keller, who nominated Bradley for the competition, and Robb Report readers and editors—enjoyed Dom Pérignon Épernay 2004 and pairings from wineries including Galerie and Cardinale in a private dining room overlooking the resort’s golf course. The contemporary French fare beg…

In 2006, Tibaldi, Italy’s oldest pen maker, forged a partnership with the British automotive marque Bentley that resulted in the Tibaldi for Bentley series of writing instruments. “Our collaboration was sparked by my family’s passion for the Bentley brand,” says Tibaldi’s CEO, Giuseppe Aquila. “My father, in particular, has owned nine Bentleys.” Since then, Tibaldi has produced eight Bentley-themed writing-instrument collections, the latest of which is the Tibaldi for Bentley GT.
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Scotch whisky was originally called uisge beatha, a Scottish Gaelic phrase meaning “water of life.” And few people understand the important role that water quality plays in the delicate whisky-production process better than Brian Kinsman, malt master for Glenfiddich, a family-owned distillery since 1887 and the producer of the most award-winning single malt in the world. From the Robbie Dhu spring in Dufftown, Scotland, which supplies all of the water used in making Glenfiddich whisky, to the rivers in the Uni…

The Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop has been a popular aircraft in that category since it entered service in 1994, with nearly 1,300 examples delivered worldwide to date. To celebrate the plane’s 20th anniversary, the Swiss company is offering a slate of new features for the Pilatus PC-12 NG (for “next generation”) variant, which was introduced in 2008 and was named to Robb Report’s Best of the Best list in 2013. Pilatus says that the new upgrades aim to make the most of new technologies and respond to r…

The owners of the recently delivered yacht Sassy, from Hargrave Custom Yachts, were so satisfied with their three previous builds from the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., shipyard, that they went back a fourth time to commission this 101-foot raised-pilothouse design. The new yacht has the same overall length as the owners’ previous vessels, all of which were also named Sassy; the most recent was delivered in 2010. The new vessel, which features updated exterior styling, with a curved transom, swim platform, and aft-dec…

This spring, Dior Homme gives black tie a lightweight, casual feel with an informal lineup of summer tuxedos and suiting. In this new collection, Dior Homme’s artistic director, Kris Van Assche, juxtaposes the notion of tailored, formal pieces with the ease of casual, sport-driven informality. Specifically bending the rules are new silhouettes like the “shorts suit,” which serves to transport modern men from the boardroom to the beach, and a summer tuxedo, which is a one-button, athletic-style tuxedo in lightw…

Chinese artist Li Hongbo’s current exhibition, Tools of Study—which will be on display through March 22 at the Klein Sun Gallery in Chelsea, New York—pays homage to numerous classical sculptures. At first glance, the 20 pieces in the collection, which Li refers to as his “faithful friends,” appear to be porcelain replicas of renowned classics, including the bust of Michelangelo’s David. But the sculptures are made entirely out of paper—thousands of layers of paper, in fact, which can be pulled apart and stretc…