Our first line of 100% Soy Wax Candles is debuting at the NYIGF today! Should you be out there: go and visit the CRASH Candles Booth 4121 at the Javits Center to see them. Featuring classic BINTH designs we also developed the scents for each of the 8 candles. All made by hand here in […]
My mother has become the beholder of all family treasures and the keeper of all secrets. Today, on our last day until we come back in October she pulled out the old family bibles and told Jarek and I where our creative spirit was born. Her grandfather, Karl Grawe, a humble hardworking farmer from Pomerania […]
The George Hotel in Hamburg. British themed and German operated….think of this Hotel as a Club House that works. ( Barcelona chairs and a big deep sofa in the fireplace room just of the lobby-perfect to cuddle up in for those long distance calls home) Pleasant colors, (dark greys, rich browns) smart designs, solid wooden […]
The port is of Hamburg was founded on May 7, 1189 for its strategic location. It has been Central Europe's main port for centuries. It is majestic. And busy-with cargo ships coming in and out, cranes awaiting to lift containers like lego bricks (the square ones) off boats the size of cityblocks. Tourists are buzzing […]
The Alster is Hamburg's soul. Created by damming part of the River Elbe in the 13th century, the lake and its little canals that take you through the residential backyards of Hamburg is now an integral part of the cityscape. (Hamburg has more bridges than Venice, Italy by the way…) The “Alster” covers an area […]
Hamburg. This is where I am this week. An amazing town…And before I share stories about the stores and designs that struck me and the people I met I wanted to share this…the plain and simple tourist take on Hamburg the second-largest city in Germany (second to Berlin) and the seventh-largest city in the European […]
When taking the train from Hauptbahnhof Hagen to Hamburg today-I thought these “sculptures” were very, well, helpful.
Finally we meet her: the newest member of the BINTH family: Pia Victoria Born on April 20th to my brother Hendrik and his wife Andrea. Here she is in all her baby cheek beauty, trying to nap in my mother's house, cozied up in the family crib being ungraciously interrupted by her aunt and cousin […]
Altena in Westfalen. This is where I grew up-in the woods, the valleys and the clearings of the “Sauerland.”
San Pellegrino expresses impeccable taste by collaborating with Italian House of Style Missoni and decorating the bottle labels with the signature Missoni pattern. This is supposedly the first of a series of limited edition collaborations between San Pellegrino and classic Italian brands. Tastefully done I think. ( We emptied two of these bottles last night […]