Massimo Bottura, chef-proprietor of the highly acclaimed Osteria Francescana in Modena, is a creative genius who has elevated contemporary Italian cuisine to an art.

Food, we have been told, is the key to everyone's heart.

Few materials embody heritage as well as textiles do, and few textiles are as loaded with tradition as rugs are.

Iris van Herpen is perhaps the most original fashion designer who you have never heard of, though to call her a fashion designer is like calling Jonny Ive a mere computer designer.

For many people (usually men, admittedly), a car is his most treasured possession.

Japanese design has a way of distilling the essence of simple objects to their purest forms, in so doing creating works of great refinement and grace.

We have a minor bag fetish here at Do and we are especially turned on by bags with a sculptural quality.

HHere at the Do Shop we don't offer skincare products (yet), but we were seriously tempted when we spotted these beautifully sculptural soaps by Pelle, a New York based design studio founded by Jean and Oliver Pelle.

Regular readers of this blog may accuse us of being obsessed with industrial style loft spaces.

This week on Property Watch we are back again in our favourite hunting ground around the fringes of the City of London, with its rich historic heritage and diverse range of properties.

Bal House in Menlo Park, California, may look like an ordinary mid-century ranch house from the front.