Journal
Grown weary of the well-trodden Christmas retail path? Well, tune your radars into East London - more precisely Hackney Road - this weekend, for a pop-up dose of designery retail respite. There'll be no hoards of moronic shoppers, who seemingly only...
The Edit
Hands up if you've ever described an object as 'sexy'. I'm sure Apple fanboys are particularly guilty of this sin: "phwoar, look at the bevel on that". Opening last week at La Triennale di Milano, KAMA, Sex and Design is an exhibition that seeks to...
The Edit
This is a niche project if ever there was one – preserving the neon signs of Cold War Poland. However, the country's first (and we'll venture only) neon museum, in Warsaw, attracted 10,000 visitors in one night at a recent event, which isn't to be...
Journal
Injecting a whole load of new into a very old space can be a risky business, but in the case of the CONtemporary Library, the gamble has paid off in spades. A Turkish bath in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, is the setting for this installation – a wonderfully...
Journal
Who said beauty has to be more than skin deep? Just listen to half the actors in Hollywood being interviewed. We don't mind getting a bit shallow here at We Heart; not everything enjoyable or worthwhile in life is an intellectual exercise, and this...
Journal
In the heart of Mayfair, opposite The Connaught no less, sits a beautiful town house - No5. Carlos Place - which is hosting a rather fantastic showcase of all things handmade, courtesy of newly founded champion of British craft: The New...
Journal
You have five seconds to name a Chinese designer or artist. Go. A cursory pat on the back if you came up with Ai WeiWei or Neri&Hu, bonus points for Li Wei, but take a huge bow if you managed any of the names featuring in the exhibition Chinese...
Journal
Whilst in town for Audi's Urban Future Initiative, we had the pleasure of taking in Istanbul's inaugural Design Biennial - essentially a duo of exhibitions curated by Emre Arolat and Joseph Grima, for the Istanbul Found. for Culture & Arts, that...
Journal
We talk a lot about the blurring of lines between what is considered art (concept, sculpture, painting, performance) and what we know as design (furniture, interiors, architecture), yet little has taken the aforementioned blurring of those lines so...
Journal
The Slip House in Brixton is an attempt to shake the brownfield boroughs of London from their Victorian slumber and create something more adaptable for the changing needs of the capital's populace. Looking like a cross between a stack of shipping...
Journal
Arriving at Audi’s Concept Design Studio on a snowy morning at an ungodly hour was rather surreal. Hidden amongst residential multi-storey apartments, one would never know that their previously secret location in Munich would be so mundane. This...
Journal
You know what they say - if you can't stand the heat, get out of the disco. Or something like that. Anyway, the melted Quelle Fête installations (Quelle Fête I a commission for a cultural café in a former vodka distillery, and Quelle Fête II at...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
Can you get free real estate classes online in Georgia? Absolutely. Online platforms offer a wide range of free learning materials across various industries; including real estate education. If you are just starting out and looking for free or...
Dispatches
Whether you want to start sewing for the first time or you want to upgrade your current sewing machine, you might be wondering what’s on the market. Wouldn’t it be great if sewing machines were a one-type-fits-all kind of thing? However, the...
Dispatches
Getting the perfect hair color can be tricky, especially when using hair dye shampoos. Uneven color results are a common issue, but there are strategies to avoid them. To minimize color unevenness, it's important to prep the hair beforehand, ideally...
Dispatches
Dogs are more than just pets; they are part of the family. Keeping them healthy and active requires attention to their diet and gut health. Many dog owners are turning to digestive probiotic chews for dogs as a practical solution to support their...