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World Cup 2014
We dig into football's influence on culture, and the host nation's enduring allure...
Features
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Hotels: Design Without Disburse
Chronicling the rise of the hip hostel, and no-nonsense design-led hotels...
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Rule of Thumb: Hitching Across America
Hitching across the United States, a very different kind of travel guide...
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Miami: America's New Cultural Capital?
We investigate the growing credentials of Miami's art and design scene...
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London Design Festival 2014
The world's most forward-thinking design festival returned for another extravaganza of creativity...
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Pictoplasma 2014
We interview some of the top character design talent at this year's Berlin extravaganza...
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Milan Design Week 2014
Another year reporting from the frontline of the planet's most famous design fair...
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A Siberian Road Trip
Following a route first taken in 1977, we joined Mazda for a leg of their epic Hiroshima to Frankfurt, 15,000km road trip...
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London Design Festival 2013
The most forward-thinking international celebration of design returns for another session...
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Culture and Creativity in South Africa
We explore South Africa's cultural fabric, taking in both Cape Town and Jo'burg...
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Manchester International Festival 2013
Manchester's innovative cultural festival returns for another session of forward-thinking events...
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City Notes
Seeking betterment of humankind through creativity and sustainability, AZULIK Uh May is an ambitious project for the Mayan jungle...
Founded by social entrepreneur Roth (Eduardo Neira)—of the impressive AZULIK Tulum and neighbouring genre-defying art space IK LAB Tulum—AZULIK Uh May is a confounding proposition; a trans-disciplinary site for creative endeavour set deep within...
City Notes
Fosbury & Sons continue to redefine the workplace, as their Brussels outpost opens inside an iconic piece of architectural heritage...
Designed by post-war architect Constantin Brodzki for cement company CBR in the late 1960s, the awkward allure of this building with a façade made from 756 prefab convex oval concrete modules is today home to "Belgium’s finest office"—Fosbury &...
City Notes
Standing as an incredible monument to creative diversity, Tbilisi design hotel Stamba defines the cultural renaissance of its city...
From the 52 square metre Aviator rooms, complete with views of the rambling courtyard, through the more industrial Aviator Signature room with oversized windows that allow natural light to flood in over the free-standing brass bathtubs and showers,...
Stuff Crush
Eerie and otherworldly, the powerful story of the Spomeniks built in Josip Tito’s Yugoslavia is one that demands to be told...
Representing different things to different people, Spomeniks—the Serbo-Croatian/Slovenian word for 'monument'—are, in the physical sense, a series of structures built from the 1950s-1990s during Josip Tito's Republic of Yugoslavia. The legacy of...
Dispatches
Dispatches
From The Highlands to England's south coast, the eclectic properties redefining the 'holiday cottage' in the age of the shareconomy...
There was once a ‘Keep Calm … ‘ sense of Middle England about the term ‘holiday cottage’; all plus fours and Chelsea tractors, slamming down a five kilogram copy of the Sunday Times to spend the afternoon perusing with a steady flow of...
Dispatches
Your Country Needs You: do battle with international design talent, as the A'Design Award's World Design Rankings are updated...
There's nothing better than a little competition to encourage us to push boundaries and achieve our best work—and don't those clever minds behind the A’ Design Award & Competition know it; as they once again reveal the annual World Design...
Dispatches
The four most magical and mysterious places to visit for fans of the occult and unexplained, but were too afraid to ask...
The occult has enchanted humankind for eons. There’s something in every one of us that is drawn to the mysterious and magical; to stories of spectral visions and strange unexplained phenomena. We can’t help but thrill at the tales of ghosts and...
Dispatches
Switch onto the good stuff, as the movie and telly packed subscription-free video-on-demand platform CHILI arrives in the UK...
The Christmas parties are in full swing, shops are stocked with festive treats and our bellies are preparing for an onslaught of turkey, mince pies, cheese, and whatever else our long-lost relatives throw our way. Yuletide, the time of year when we...