Coal Office

Tom Dixon’s Coal Office opened last fall in the British designer’s Kings Cross store; a visit is as much an occasion to fill up as it is to get inspired. Coal Office isn’t really about the food (though chef Assaf Granit’s midnight shawarma is plenty delicious). It’s about Dixon’s try-it-before-you-buy-it experience. That marble table you’re sitting at? It’s for sale. The Melt pendant light glowing overhead? Go ahead and put it on your tab. The wine glasses? Walk right out the door with them. Dixon promises all of Coal Office’s bits are for the buying. A new trend.