LEGITMAS

This week we’re featuring a bunch of products which I personally took for a test drive to make sure that only the very best party paraphernalia was selected for you, our lovely reader!

In the quest for making a Christmas table which didn’t look ‘naff’ AF, I joined forces with the experts in scrumptious delights aka Fortnum and Mason. The guys invented the Scotch Egg so if anyone knows about delicious treats, it’s them!

Our mission, to decorate an entire table with delights that weren’t just gorgey, but edible too!

We were also lucky enough to get a motherload of pasteis de nata from the amazing team over at Cafe De Nata. They were so mind-blowingly delicious that 1 of the dinner guests went into a food coma shortly after eating one. Not to be too worried though, he was overheard whispering ‘worth it’ as he passed out.

I also put my own little spin on ye olde lump o’ coal. Swapping out the booboo price for some incredibly surprising little treasures!

Not least of which includes the sculptures by artists Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard, of London design studio Fredrikson Stallard. Their incredible works are hand sculpted out of foam and pressure blasted with velvet fibers to create the illusion of colossal rocky ranges, yet function with incredible ergonomic excellence as soft, squishy, form responsive chairs. It literally doesn’t get any better.

Below is a super silly quickfire with Patrick Fredrikson himself, where we ask all the burning questions you never knew you always wanted to know!

Thanks for being such a charming and delightful beast, Patrik.

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Cas

Editor, pasteis aficionado and Fredrikson fangirl

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Special thanks to my darling Alex Meyers who inspires me with her special brand of legitness erry-damn-day.

TXC:
What's your favourite destination for sundowners?

PATRIK:
Greece for sure. Usually in a remote isolated house with my husband, far far away from the hustle.

TXC:
What does your dream night out in London look like?

PATRIK:
I used to be a club-kid, but these days dinner and drinks with old and new friends.

TXC:
What 3 grooming products can you not live without?

PATRIK:
Sensai's Soap and Mask and Sensai Emulsion, it's my daily skin routine and it's amazing. Also, Aveda’s new Texture Tonic to keep my mane untamed with the fresh out of bed look.

TXC:
What are you listening to on Spotify right now?

PATRIK:
"Blue Light" by Kelela, "The Dance Electric” by Prince & “Doll Hairs" by Todrick Hall.

TXC:
Best restaurant and best spot for coffee where you live?

PATRIK:
I'm always at Randall Aubin in Soho for its authentic and eclectic mix, and Moro on Exmouth market for the best Spanish/North African food and it's just around the corner.

TXC:
What's the secret behind your ridic insta-famous six pack?

PATRIK:
Try to eat well and to be aware of what you eat but not to be silly about it. I work out 5 times a week with two different personal trainers to keep things where things should be if ya know what I mean haha! But it's also one of the best ways to keep your head clear, exercise that is, not the six-pack. lol

TXC:
What's something people would be surprised to learn about you?

PATRIK:
I am addicted to gummi bears and learning Spanish for no particular reason apart from its the sexiest language on the planet.

TXC:
Going out clubbing or quiet dinner with friends?

PATRIK:
Both! Love my clubs dark, dirty and gritty with the kind of dance floor that your shoes get stuck to and of course dinner with friends, but they are generally not quiet.

TXC:
What city are you currently living in?

PATRIK:
London. I can’t love this city enough

TXC:
Celebrity/influencer crush?

PATRIK:
Ohhhh tricksy... Madonna perhaps… is that too obvious haha. Anja Rubik is well….erm hot hot hot and so is Jon Kortajarena.

TXC:
Do you have any pets?

PATRIK:
Yes, Lucas my gorgeous Russian Blue 4 year old boy that makes my space a home. Also thinking of getting a spider after seeing Tomas Saraceno’s show last week in Paris.

TXC:
What is your best asset?

PATRIK:
My erm... height!

TXC:
Biggest misconception about you and your job?

PATRIK:
That it's easy and great ideas grow on trees.

TXC:
Top five Instagram accounts to follow?

PATRIK:
I should plug my studio account Fredriksonstallard haha but also Larrys_list for great art in great homes, Nitch for icons quotes, Anthonyvaccarello as Yves Saint Laurent is a religion, Rui.art for its curatorial feed of artworks, stevenkleinstudio and of course artist Wolfgang_Tillmans

TXC:
Is there a quote that you live by?

PATRIK:
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle… when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.

TXC:
Top career tip to any young artists looking to make it in the art world?

PATRIK:
Make sure you learn from your mistakes and be prepared to put in long hours. To be an artist is not a job! Focus on doing what you love and what you believe in and always always always try to be inclusive to others. Make good work and everything else will follow

TXC:
What’s the most challenging thing about doing what you do?

PATRIK:
Switching off and to be self-critical about my work.

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