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Dispatches
The most eagerly-awaited album in pop music has dropped at long last, Rihanna's ANTI finally filling a void that has only occasionally been plugged since 2012's Unapologetic; interestingly, none of those stopgaps from last year — Bitch Better Have...
The Edit
Boston-born artist Jason Jägel exudes a style that is hard to pin down. Two decades in the art world haven't stunted an inherent skittishness that belies his age. Born in 1971, there's a frenetic energy that runs riot throughout his...
Journal
‘It sounds fucking cool!’ Thus pronounces London-based Australian Leif Podhajsky in response to my initial question about the name of his recent Paris show Synaesthesia. Opening with that quote may be a little unfair — he also gives me...
The Edit
And the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package goes to.... Stanley Donwood, for his special edition of Radiohead's album Amnesiac. You might not have known that the Grammy Awards hand out a gong for album art, but they do, and Stanley, aka Dan...
The Edit
How would you like to get your hands on a limited edition Rolling Stones 7” vinyl with a one-of-a-kind sleeve designed by Sir Peter Blake? Or a pressing of The Chemical Brothers' Let Forever Be encased in the visual stylings of Goldie? “Yes!”,...
The Edit
Californian artist Christian Marclay continues to explore the relationship between image and sound with his latest exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey, London. In the first part of the show, he pairs comic book onomatopoeia on canvas and paper with...
Publications
It's time to squeeze back into those silver lamé hot pants and rollerskate down memory lane to the 1970s and the spangly, sequinned age of disco! Remember when everyone loved to pretend they were too cool to like disco? (There is no denying that...
The Edit
Stanley Donwood, known to his mum as Dan Rickwood, is an artist and writer celebrated for his long-standing visual contributions to perennial doomsters Radiohead – you may know him from such album covers as The Bends, Hail to the Thief and...
Journal
Unquestionably the biggest pop star on the planet, Rihanna's seventh long player is irksomely titled Unapologetic - the 21st century rebel without a cause? A gung-ho defier of convention on a miltant mission to subvert popular culture from the...
Journal
With the run up to Sir Peter Blake's 80th Birthday next week, I popped over to the V&A for an evening talk with the legend himself and Wayne Hemingway. I love the V&A, wonderfully resilient and steeped in history - it simply is the world's greatest...
Stuff Crush
“I am not sure whether my father totally understood my fascination with his photographs of package holidays,” explains artist Jake Clark, whose obsession with seaside resort architecture has been informed by his childhood growing up in the...
City Notes
Opening today, 28 February, Hôtel Hana Paris is the latest addition to the Adresses Hotels Collection, a fancy group of decadent boutique hotels that includes Monsieur George and Saint Tropez's La Ponche; the five-star luxury property set to...
City Notes
Passing away at the age of 60 in May 2021, Michelangelo Lovelace was a Cleveland-based artist renowned for his vibrant paintings depicting quotidian scenes of urban life, policing, poverty, war, and personal investigations of Black Identity....
City Notes
An urban sanctuary so laid back it's horizontal, Pátio do Tijolo is a truly beautiful 24-room boutique hotel that offers its guests a fusion of authentic Lisbon tradition with soothing contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on the 'slow life' concept,...
Dispatches
Dubai - a city of superlatives, where innovation meets tradition against a glittering skyline of architectural feats. If you've got your sights set on a visit to this opulent oasis in the desert, there are some crucial things you should know before...
Dispatches
Thanks to social media, artists all around the world may reach a wider audience. Instagram has become a popular platform for artists, who mostly use it to connect with fans and, perhaps, potential buyers. Whether you're an oil painter or a...
Dispatches
Fire safety certification is vital. It's part of risk management for any building, organization, or fire protection system. In a fire, the value of adequate safety measures cannot be overstated. The certification process verifies that your facility...
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When choosing underfloor heating, it is very important to pay attention to the technical parameters of such a system. It must be appropriate for the type of flooring and the specifics of the room. Such a system must be easy to install, safe and...