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Since our story about Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson’s 21c Museum Hotels brand in 2013, they have gone on to open another four properties; bringing their total tally to seven with an eighth on its way soon. Nashville, Tennessee, is...
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Not-for-profit organisation St+art India created their first open air public art district in India during December 2014, uniting local and international artists who together brought the empty walls and winding streets of the city and suburbs alive...
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With 762 rental apartments throughout a whopping 69-storey tower, Jersey City Urby offers compact apartments, communal facilities and sub-premium rates; all wrapped up in an impressive feat of design. The second building for the Urby brand —...
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Hortense Giraud has only lived in Barcelona since September 2015, yet is already deeply entrenched in its creative scene. French, but born in Madrid, Giraud's youth was a much travelled one — and it is the Spanish capital's rough-and-ready...
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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants have dived headfirst into the Dutch hospitality scene with their wholly impressive Kimpton De Witt; the first hotel in Europe for the luxury boutique brand. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, steps from Centraal Station,...
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A 1930s parking garage now houses Bergen’s latest design hotel, and what a beauty it is. Zander K (part of the De Bergenske family of five Bergen hotels, which includes Villa Terminus) connects to the the Norwegian landscape via a canvas of blues,...
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In a stark contrast to modern society — where our obsessions lie with selfies, filters and instant gratification — Mike Mandel’s recently-released publication, People in Cars, revels in the unaffected sincerity of people he captured on film in...
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New culinary concept CARBÓNCABRÓN is the latest creation from Mexican chef Alfonso Cadena and architect Ignacio Cadena—an inspirational den of fiery fantasy where experimentation, flavours and textures collide in an expressive stroke of sensory...
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'I don't know. They grow, they bloom, they fade.' Says Antwerp-based florist Mark Colle of his floral friends. 'You can't hold on to them forever . Fashion is like that too in a way—it comes and it goes. They are symbolic for richness, romance....
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Not-for-profit organisation St+art India created their first open air public art district in India during December 2014, uniting local and international artists who together brought the empty walls and winding streets of the city and suburbs alive...
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Whether you're putting together plans for the perfect date night, brunch, weekend, or quenching your cultural thirst, Hoxton Mini Press’s new and 'opinionated' guide, has your every whim and desire covered when it comes to the place they know...
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Starting life with one pizza baker and one wood oven, Da Portare VIA (who claim to make the best wood oven pizzas in town), have recently opened their eighth branch; taking the authentic tastes of Italy to the Dutch city of Zwolle. To...
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Copenhagen-based multi-disciplinary design agency OEO Studio have completed their redesign of lighting giant FLOS’s illuminating Scandinavia showroom. The 500 m2 space, located in Copenhagen’s industrial neighbourhood of Sydhavnen,...
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Cultural space Le Hasard Ludique has opened its doors to the Parisian public after five long years in the making. Occupying an old railway station on L'avenue de Saint-Ouen in the French capital, the venue now houses a theatre, workshop and dazzling...
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Blue Crow Media mark the publication of map number eight with the release of Modernist Belgrade Map; which has been produced in collaboration with architect Ljubica Slavković and photographer Relja Ivanić. Sports Hall Pionir. Photo ©...
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Located in a former residential development with ties to designer Philippe Starck, Generator Copenhagen combines style, energy and affordable hospitality in the heart of the city; the famous Nyhavn waterfront is just steps away. The six-storey...
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Villa Terminus offers 18 design-led guest rooms on Norway’s dramatic western coast. Perhaps Bergen’s most sophisticated boutique hotel, it’s also local hotel group De Bergenske’s smallest. Not that size matters here. Capturing the...
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Western governments and their complicit mainstream media have successfully desensitised many to the lives of those who inhabit 'that part of the world'. Cities like Baghdad and Tripoli are bywords for darker concepts, and the realities are...
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In a city best known for futuristic skylines and slightly anonymous luxurious five-star hotels (Lost in Translation anyone?), it would be fair to say that Tokyo's BnA hotel does things a little differently. For starters: it's tiny, with only two...
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'I don't know. They grow, they bloom, they fade.' Says Antwerp-based florist Mark Colle of his floral friends. 'You can't hold on to them forever . Fashion is like that too in a way—it comes and it goes. They are symbolic for richness, romance....
Dispatches
Not-for-profit organisation St+art India created their first open air public art district in India during December 2014, uniting local and international artists who together brought the empty walls and winding streets of the city and suburbs alive...
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Craig Redman and Karl Maier, the New York- and London-based creative giants who collaborate under their Craig & Karl moniker, know a thing or two about unabashed technicolour splendour; the duo's ocular assaults rioting from the pages of fashion...
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‘Epic, but modest at the same time … do you know what I mean?’ Naturally, the answer is no, but he’s your boss and the client is due any minute. Welcome to the world of the Hovering Art Director. In a video that forms part of a new global...