Category: products

  • Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

    Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

    While exploring the area around Florence’s train station, we wandered into this shop on Via della Scala without knowing what it is initially. There was a small group of tourists milling around an entrance underneath a huge bouquet of dried flowers. Click ▶ to play The outside of the building was unremarkable but as soon…

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  • My new ic! Berlin 2017

    My new ic! Berlin 2017

    For the new year, I got myself a new pair of glasses – another ic! Berlin – the fourth. It came in the brand’s original iconic screw-shaped container, except this time it is in black opaque. I am not a brand-loyal consumer except when it comes to eyewear. In the past, it had been difficult…

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  • 86th International Motor Show, Geneva, 2016

    86th International Motor Show, Geneva, 2016

    The 86th International Motor Show was held in Geneva from March 9 to 19 this year. Since we recently changed our car, the dealer sent us a set of tickets to the show and invited us to the brand’s pavilion for a snack and drinks and check out the latest models. It was impossible to…

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  • My third pair of ic! berlin – Harmonic Oscillator

    My (Chris’s) eyesight is not getting better and as a result, I have to change the prescription on my lens – it is getting thicker but not quite coke-bottle thick. I changed my glasses about six months ago. I wrote about my loyalty to the ic! berlin brand of eyeglass here – click to see the other…

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