Journal
Channel 4's "intelligent" sister-channel, More4, has undergone a stylish metamorphosis at the hands of London-based design and motion graphics studio, ManvsMachine. With an effervescent colour palette reflecting the vibrancy of the re-focussed...
Journal
The first in a series of exhibitions celebrating contemporary Danish ceramics at Copenhagen's aptly named Copenhagen Ceramics gallery, You Will See is a compelling, often confusing, solo show by Detroit-based Dane Anders Ruhwald. Exploring our...
Art & Culture
Maison et Objet kicks off today, and one project sure to cause a particularly exquisite kerfuffle is the Jaime Hayon conceived Lladró Atelier collection, The Guest. Inviting cutting-edge international artists to bestow an idiosyncratic personality...
Journal
Four years in the making, Metropolis II - by American artist Chris Burden - is a breathtaking piece of work, on many levels. Burden's gigantic kinetic installation may not be the prettiest work showing in an art gallery, but the sheer scale of...
Journal
Those moving into Clapham High Street's The Library Building - a new residential development designed by Studio Egret West, and currently under construction - may find themselves taking pickaxes to their newly plastered walls in a bid to find...
Journal
Politics, rock and roll, bikes, religion, monsters and guidelines for clean living; the past four years have seen freelance illustrator Chris Piascik cover a pretty extensive range of topics in his decidedly masochist quest to draw, and publish, a...
Journal
Located in the unlikely American city of North Adams, Massachusetts is one of the country's premier contemporary arts centres; MASS MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The centre's expansive Building 5 has been playing host to...
Journal
J'adore this cute little poster, for an optician in Montpellier, that French agency Figurez-vous sent through to us. Given a carte blanche by the client, whose sole brief was to "symbolise winter", the local studio drafted in street artist The...
Journal
Dealing with the issues of data accessibility, internet privacy, our willing online exhibitionism and the constant flood of information; Joern Roeder and Jonathan Pirnay - students at Germany's University of Visual Arts and Design Kassel - have...
Journal
Already missing the greatest live band of this century? A new book is packed with up close and personal images that may quell, or perhaps worsen, your heartache. After introducing himself to the Detroit duo in a Bristol bar back in 2001,...
Journal
A tranquil courtyard in the up and coming district of Zürich Wiedikon is the setting of an utterly compelling art and hospitality concept; The Proposal. Showcasing prototype versions of potential artworks, the first in a series of 6 planned...
Art & Culture
A 50-strong (and growing) collective of creatives with a passion for pounding the streets, Run Dem Crew is based at Nike's Shoreditch-based concept store cum creative space; 1948. Documenting the crew's participation in the 2011 London Marathon,...
Stuff Crush
Weirdness is a notion long entwined with the concept of creativity. Mocked by the strait-laced confined to their boxes of conformism, celebrated by the bold and the brave who pursue the outré as a means of pushing beyond the banal. In Weird...
City Notes
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
City Notes
A once-forgotten 19th-century residence in Savannah’s historic district has been brought spectacularly back to life, reincarnated as The Douglas; a refined 16-room boutique hotel at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue, where design meets old-world...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
No matter what type of business you run, a clear and comprehensive digital marketing strategy should be at the heart of it. Companies are continuing to invest more and more into getting themselves noticed online, and if you aren’t up to date with...
Dispatches
Moving, renovating, or downsizing in a fast-growing city like Dallas can quickly become overwhelming. Between tight housing transitions, unpredictable weather, and the sheer logistics of packing up a home or office, it’s easy to feel buried under...
Dispatches
Drivers race the yellow light constantly. It's become normal behavior. Someone sees the light turn yellow and accelerates to beat it rather than slowing down. Another driver is already committed to going through. They collide in the middle of the...
Dispatches
Once upon a time, hotels were where we went to escape real life, and homes were where we returned to it. Today, that separation is disappearing. The warmth, comfort, and design sophistication that once defined boutique hotels are now finding their...