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Softer Volumes spoke with Il Baretto Managing Director, Kelly Nogarotto, to learn more about the inspiration and passion behind the restaurant, its unique style, buzzing atmosphere, approach to food, and the dishes that keep people coming back time and time again.
Elevating the coffee pod experience, leading coffee roastery Allpress has released the Allpress Espresso Specialty Coffee Capsule. The new specialty capsules are designed to offer discerning coffee drinkers the brand’s signature Espresso Blend in the convenient form of a capsule—for enjoyment in the comfort of your own home.
Smell is a powerful sense that's able to transport our minds to other places in an instant. Aesop‘s new collection of three fragrances—named Karst, Miraceti and Erémia, and collectively titled Othertopias—has been created to take us to realms both real and imagined.
Inspired by Japanese design, Ben Richards moved from the UK to Tokyo to pursue a freelance photography career. In the two years since, he has built up an impressive portfolio of clients and projects, including Aman, Blue Bottle Coffee and Tokyobike. Softer Volumes spoke with Ben to learn more about how he approaches projects, his influences and inspirations, and the intersection of design and photography within his work.