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Melbourne
The Prince (of Wales) Hotel is a St Kilda favourite, having occupied a place as one of Melbourne's grandest hotels since it was built the late 19th Century. Designer Megan Hounslow was involved in renovations in the 1990s, and has been back with...
The Edit
They wouldn't be the first name on every parent's school-run playlist, but apparently “Wu-Tang is for the children”. At least that was the view of group member Old Dirty Bastard (just ODB for the young ones) at the 1998 Grammy Awards. He went...
Journal
David Buckingham’s debut UK solo show, Under The Influence, recently opened at Scream in London. The exhibition presents a colourful collection of his reclaimed metal sculptures and wall-reliefs. The Los Angeles-born artist has a penchant for...
Bangkok
Onion Interior Architects really had its work cut out on the Sala Rattanakosin project. The brief was to convert seven “shophouses” in the Ta Tien community of Bangkok into a top drawer, 17 room boutique hotel, complete with restaurants, an...
Melbourne
“Not your typical Indian joint” claims the enigmatically-named Horn Please in Fitzroy North, Melbourne. We are inclined to agree wholeheartedly. To begin with there's the menu. It's out with the usual four page booklet offering seemingly endless...
London
Karam Sethi is flush with success after the launch of his acclaimed Indian restaurant Gymkhama in London last year, so it seems an opportune time for the restaurateur to return to his first venture, the Michelin-starred Trishna in Marylebone, to...
Berlin
When it was launched at the end of the 1940s, the bikini was a symbol of freedom and dynamism – qualities that underpinned the Bikini House in Berlin, designed in the 1950s by architects Paul Schwebes and Hans Schoszberger. Those same qualities...
Fashion
"The meatballs, spaghetti and garlic bread sell well", Zoë Lea tells me. "The tuna, and the sausages too". The folk at the table next to us probably think we're conducting a stocktake of sorts, Lea the restaurateur, I the supplier perhaps....
Philadelphia
Banker and philanthropist Stephen Girard was a big deal in Philadelphia - he left more than $6million in trust to the city of Philadelphia, and in 1907 his estate commissioned the Lafayette Building. Now operating as Hotel Monaco Philadelphia...
The Edit
Drinking fountains, hitherto known to us Brits as the gross-looking water dispensers seen in American high school corridors – usually the epicentre of all nerd bullying activity – are making their way to London as “water kiosks”. Half a...
Journal
Festival-goers might recognise the enormous inflatable Lionel Richie head that's been doing the rounds. Launched at Bestival last summer, the sculpture is the brainchild of Barcelona crackpots Hungry Castle, who invited revellers to step inside the...
Journal
GamFratesi was founded in 2006 by Danish architect Stine Gam and Italian architect Enrico Fratesi. They were Stockholm Furniture Fair Guests of Honour 2014 and I pinned them down at the fair to find out more about how they work, how their different...
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
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Dispatches
The world is your oyster and the streets of many foreign cities are waiting for you to walk them, but are your feet ready for it? If you do not have the proper walking shoes, then the answer is no. Some choices in walking shoes offer little to no...
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Recently, the broad implementation of new technologies has dramatically reshaped traditional practices across multiple sectors, increasing operational efficiency and elevating service quality. The restaurant industry is a prominent example of this...