February 6, 2023 Eldvarm Encounters: Monique and Staffan Tollgard For this edition of our Eldvarm Encounters series we chatted to Staffan and Monique Tollgard, of Tollgard Design Group in London. Having bot ... Read more
January 6, 2023 Eldvarm Encounters: Bonjour Verbier For part four of our Eldvarm Encounters, we are heading to Europe, specifically to the Swiss Alps. Bonjour Verbier is a lifestyle and interi ... Read more
November 29, 2022 Eldvarm Encounters: Lisen Båge of Båge & Söner We wanted to celebrate our collaboration with Båge & Söner so we sat down with the brand’s founder and CEO Lisen Båge to find out more a ... Read more
November 17, 2022 Eldvarm Encounters: Hygge Life For the next instalment of our Eldvarm Encounters, we chatted with the lovely Hygge Life founders Alexandra Gove and Koen van Renswoude. Bas ... Read more
October 3, 2022 Eldvarm Encounters: Tamara Magel In our new series, Eldvarm Encounters, we have been talking to some of our favourite designers and collaborators to find out some of their d ... Read more
September 30, 2021 Fire Festivals: Up Helly Aa Europe’s biggest fire festival lights up Shetland in the new year. What is it? Up Helly Aa is one of numerous fire festivals that ... Read more
August 11, 2021 Fireflies in Japanese Art Fireflies are especially beloved in Japan, where they’ve provided a rich source of art Drab brown beetles by day and captivating spar ... Read more
July 28, 2021 The Five Most Inspiring Olympic Torches The Olympic torch is rich in symbolism – and its design always generates headlines. Some are more successful than others: here are five that ... Read more
July 23, 2021 A Brief History of the Olympic Flame As the thirty-second Olympiad kicks off in Tokyo today, after a year’s delay, we look back at the history of the Olympic flame – an ins ... Read more
July 15, 2021 Chinese Burns: Moxibustion, Cupping’s Less Famous Cousin The lesser-known form of traditional Chinese medicine is often used in breech births. Many of us are now familiar with cupping: placing glas ... Read more
July 12, 2021 Fire Myths: The Firebird In Slavic folklore and myth, this supernatural spirit can bring doom or blessing to its captor. What is it? The Firebird, which appears in n ... Read more
July 8, 2021 Welcome to the Pyrocene: Interview with Stephen Pyne An emeritus professor at Arizona State University, Stephen Pyne specialises in environmental history, the history of exploration and – above ... Read more