City Notes
Located amid the enigmatic hutongs (the narrow alleyways associated with northern Chinese cities) of the hulking capital's Beijing Fang district hides the second hotel from Japanese retail design giants, Muji. Muji Hotel Beijing, as is...
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Bold, abstract, and emotive, Emma Howell’s work exudes energy and life. The Gloucestershire-based artist creates paintings made up of varying-sized brush strokes and dots that flow in movement. There is a vigour which creates almost...
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"We’ll tell our grandchildren: Once upon a time we had to wait." There is a stark polarity in this line from creative agency Lippincott's landmark consumer research report, Customer of the Future. On-demand everything has made our lives...
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Inspired by its history as a part of the former BBC Radio 1 recording headquarters, Caravan's latest all-day offering—the Antipodean-minded chain's fifth—features a basement 'record room' for private dining and a sustainability concept that sets...
Stuff Crush
Invented and patented in 1998 as way for children and adults to learn about and explore magnetic construction, Geomag's products awaken a curiosity to build, understand, and create. Kits—available in varying sizes—contain magnetic rods and...
City Notes
Situated close to Town Lake (aka Lady Bird Lake)—a river-like reservoir on Austin's Colorado River—and the city's energetic Downtown, the Sydell Group's third LINE hotel continues in the vein of their Los Angeles Koreatown flagship and LINE DC...
Stuff Crush
Nikolai Vassiliev, an author and historian specialising in architecture and urban history, has collaborated once more with Blue Crow Media. Following the 2016-published Constructivist Moscow Map, the publisher's ongoing series of architecture and...
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What was once one of the more run-down boozers in town is now a shining example of everything done exactly right—a boutique bar and restaurant with rooms. And bags of style. Oozing seaside charm and glamour, the property is located mere steps from...
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Originally built in 1891, the building that houses the hotly-anticipated The Broadview Hotel is a neighbourhood landmark with a storied past. (A few stripper poles remain in homage to its infamous past.) Today the much-loved edifice has...
The Edit
Bold, abstract, and emotive, Emma Howell’s work exudes energy and life. The Gloucestershire-based artist creates paintings made up of varying-sized brush strokes and dots that flow in movement. There is a vigour which creates almost...
City Notes
"We’ll tell our grandchildren: Once upon a time we had to wait." There is a stark polarity in this line from creative agency Lippincott's landmark consumer research report, Customer of the Future. On-demand everything has made our lives...
City Notes
Located in an unspoilt spot on the Algarve, 15 minutes from the town of Tavira and surrounded by authentic gastronomy and natural beauty, Fazenda Nova Country House introduce five new suites alongside changes to some of its alluring communal spaces....
The Edit
Its been over four decades since the timelessly scary blockbuster Jaws petrified a generation of cinemagoers. The tagline, 'Don’t go back into the water', held audiences in terror at the thought of an oversized great white man-killer on a...
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Renowned former ballet dancer Alexander Kølpin has turned hotelier—gracing Copenhagen with what is claimed to be the sophisticated Danish capital's first truly luxury boutique hotel; applying the exacting demands of his classical dance to a...
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High up on the 44th floor of Toronto's style-conscious Bisha Hotel, new restaurant KŌST (pronounced coast) is a Baja-inspired eatery that transports its diners to a paradisiacal island in the sky through fresh colourful dishes, refreshing...
Journal
Anna Keville Joyce is a food stylist, illustrator, and culinary creative director. Her work epitomises energy on a page and screen, and that’s what food is—an essential power source which she brings to life. From comedic sushi emojis...
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XPLR (ex^plore) is a studio conceived by artist and illustrator David Rice. Visualising themes of urban and wild nature through the medium of paint, Rice creates what he describes as "environments that exist beyond the parameters of the physical...
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elbgold—meaning ‘The Gold of Hamburg’—are the first speciality coffee roasters in Hamburg. As well as trading directly with coffee farmers in Honduras, Guatemala, Ethiopia, or India, the team are also café entrepreneurs. The duo's...
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Johannes Riffelmacher and Thomas Kosikowski are founders of Salt & Silver, a food and drink concept that comprises Hamburg's Salt & Silver — Zentrale; adventure, cookery, and photography books Travel, Surf, Cook and Tacos, Tequila, Tattoos;...
Dispatches
As the UK have revelled in an extended heatwave this year—or can we now just call it a summer?—people have drawn comparisons to the scorcher of 1976 when temperatures tipped 35℃ on on England’s south coast, and although Faversham, Kent,...
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From autonomous driving to smart parking, electric vehicle charging to car pooling and bike sharing initiatives, more and more of us are opting to live a considered urban existence; efficiency and convenience with a side of sustainability are no...
Dispatches
Flick through the Instagram feeds of fashion editors, travel influencers, us average Joes … and—amid the selfies, wanderlust, and latest food fads—you’ll be sure to find snippets of mid-century modern design. Having been pretty much on-trend...
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As the latest batch of A'Design Award winners pinch themselves at the realisation they've bagged one of the world's top accolades, and Lake Como preps itself for the mammoth Gala Night and Award Ceremony event set to take place at Teatro Sociale...
