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PURO Hotels have focussed their attentions on Poland's third largest city and former textile manufacturing hub, Łódź, for the opening of their latest destination design hotel. The forward-thinking hospitality brand—that boasts...
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‘God's own country’ is famous for many things, most deservedly so for the humbling countryside from which it derives that nickname. The Yorkshire Dales, which can’t be said without hearing that most joyful of British accents; the bracing North...
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Martina Spetlova is a designer and innovator who is fighting for a more ethical world of fashion and textiles. Her luxury hand-woven accessories and jackets are designed and made with transparency, ethics and sustainability in mind, but her design...
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And just like that, the 2019 edition of the A’ Design Award and Competition has drawn to a close. The competition—the world's largest of its kind—recognises the best designers, architects, and design-oriented companies globally; a jury made up...
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After nearly a decade at the helm of esteemed restaurants—Los Angeles's much-loved République included—chef Eric Bost ventures into proprietorship with the recent opening of his debut restaurant in the City of Angels, Auburn. Seeking...
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When Iain McKell met a group of young female artists living in Tottenham, North London, he was struck by their 'sparkly personalities' and quirky dress sense," writes Gemma Padley in the introduction of New Girl Order. Colourful hair, buffalo boots,...
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Opening with aplomb in 2018, Statera—located in the affluent and foodie Lima neighbourhood of Miraflores—is an intimate fine dining establishment that focusses on earth, nature, biodiversity and sustainability. At the helm of the 26...
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Martina Spetlova is a designer and innovator who is fighting for a more ethical world of fashion and textiles. Her luxury hand-woven accessories and jackets are designed and made with transparency, ethics and sustainability in mind, but her design...
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Originally constructed in 1861, Palazzo Daniele—sister property of Rome's decadent G-Rough—houses nine luxury suites throughout an extravagant property in southern Italy's beguiling region of Puglia. Palazzo Daniele is the former...
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Located in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood, Lode & Stijn is a modern European restaurant dedicated to produce-focussed cuisine—fresh, seasonal ingredients and plant-based fare, with out-of-season goods used in a preserved form. The...
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‘God's own country’ is famous for many things, most deservedly so for the humbling countryside from which it derives that nickname. The Yorkshire Dales, which can’t be said without hearing that most joyful of British accents; the bracing North...
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Miami's leading fine art-focussed floral studio, Rose Coloured, specialises in organic arrangements, taking a painterly approach to fashioning bouquets for all from extravagant events to the everyday; making the most of seasonal flora, herbs and...
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Following on from a successful opening in Mexico City's dapper Condesa district, speciality coffee shop Blend Station arrives in the hip-icentre of La Roma, bringing its colourful and welcoming vibes to the neighbouring hood....
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A new photo book published by Hoxton Mini Press documents an enrapturing series of images captured by photographer and filmmaker Barry Lewis of Miami's South Beach from the late 1980s to the mid '90s; its colourful souls, contrasting cultures and...
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Since 2010 the Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) has, through sheer determination, attracted some of the globe's very best creatives, becoming what is now 'the' largest student design competition in the...
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Located high above the Atlantic Ocean, close to the cliffs of Portugal's Azenhas do Mar—a seaside town with whitewashed cottages and beachfront restaurants—Casa das Arribas welcomes guests looking for serviced holiday apartments combined with...
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Occupying four distinct fifth-floor storefronts over a total of 16,000 square feet at mega-money project The Shops at Hudson Yards, Forty Five Ten—the forward-thinking Dallas-founded brand that merges fashion and art—brings the new, the...
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Britain’s national treasure, fashion designer Sir Paul Smith (CBE RDI), is globally celebrated for his distinctive coloured stripes that accentuate, individualise and enliven his many fashion wares and accessories. Combining tradition with...
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Located in a former Singer sewing-machine store and onetime hardware outlet T.B. Rayl and Company, the two buildings—married in a thoughtful restoration by architects Kraemer Design Group before being decked out impeccably by designers Gachot...
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The nine-to-five cubicle office workplace is a relic, clinging onto society like a Brexit uncle who just won’t go away. The rise of creative companies, Silicon Valley influence, the coworking phenomenon … if an office space doesn’t share...
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Al Freeman's summer exhibition at Forty Five Ten's Dallas boutique is a tongue-in-cheek show that turns common objects such as razors, cigarettes, toilet seat covers and lava lamps into mammoth deflating synthetic leather pillows. Located...
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What did domestic cats do before the internet? LOLCats to I Can Has Cheezburger?, dogs—traditionally our favoured house pet—never found the same fame online as their feline foes. A 2010 research found that some 42% of Americans identified as...
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And just like that, the 2019 edition of the A’ Design Award and Competition has drawn to a close. The competition—the world's largest of its kind—recognises the best designers, architects, and design-oriented companies globally; a jury made up...