Stockholm
Founded by pals Martin Stensö, Johan Edvardsson and Jon Åström Gröndahl in 2010, Woodstockholm is a design agency/furniture producer that puts an innovative spin on the Scandi traditions of craftsmanship, high quality materials and durability;...
London
Shake your Samba. Cabana is the Brasilian barbecue restaurant with outposts around London and beyond; Cabana Brixton is their gift to the borough of Lambeth, put together by London-based architecture and design practice Michaelis Boyd Associates,...
Barcelona
*Permanently Closed This particular We Hearter struggles to eat without napkins; paper towels; serviettes; kitchen roll; tabloid newspapers ... anything. He likes things messy. And messy just hit Barcelona. Folk from London Town will be familiar...
Amsterdam
San George is the sophisticated cousin of the famous George Family, or so says this press release — that means that it joins a small group of Dutch eateries with George in their name; three in Amsterdam (S.G. making it four), one in small town...
Zürich
Following a major remodelling at the hands of starchitect Norman Foster, majority shareholder Urs Schwarzenbach lead a march for Zürich's The Dolder Grand to host one of the world's most significant hotel art collections; it is now one of...
Manchester
I could only imagine what Mark E. Smith would have to say about Evelyn's Café Bar in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Opening at the tail end of last year, Evelyn's feels like one of the last pieces in a bloody big jigsaw being slotted into place;...
Melbourne
Mr Wednesday is a central character in Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods — set to be played in a telly series by mulleted antiques dealer Ian McShane — it is also the name of a song by J-Pop outfit PASSPO☆ (the star is important); neither of...
London
Lah-de-dah. Dickie Fitz is fancy pants. On the corner of Newman and Goodge Street in London's well-heeled Fitzrovia, Dickie takes its cues from Art Deco and modernism, and has all the overt showiness of the nearby West End. From neon...
Portland
There are few greater joys in life than a big bowl of mussels accompanied by a plate of frites and a Belgian beer. La Moule in Portland, Oregon, is attempting to prove that there are: an expertly-crafted cocktail for afters. (Or...
Istanbul
Istanbul has a new hub for arts, culture and entertainment — Bomontiada, the recently-revived Bomonti Historic Brewery — and Kilimanjaro is its go-to spot for good food and good vibes. Designed by local studio Autoban, Kilimanjaro's...
Paris
Oh Paris. Yeah Paris, you. You've got that joie de vivre; that ability to coat on an extra layer of epicurean swish to everything you do. Places like Alcazar, with all their continental swagger, manifest that abstract indefinable that I'm loathe to...
Amsterdam
Swimming pools come in many shapes, sizes, and levels of desirability — from council-run cesspits full of dirty children and those 'orrible shallow chlorine pools you have to walk through to get between the changing rooms and the pool, to...
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
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...
Dispatches
Moving is one of those life events that sits somewhere between chaos and reinvention. It’s stressful, yes — but it’s also a rare opportunity to start over. To touch every object you own, question its purpose, and decide what kind of person...