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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...
Staff Favourites
Stuff Crush
In the age of homogeny, individualistic architects' Weird Buildings are celebrated in a joyful new Hoxton Mini Press book...
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
Tiny Little Italy pasta and natural wine hotspot, Pasta Pooks, is making a big sound on Montreal's contemporary dining scene...
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 is reincarnated as exquisite boutique hotel, The Douglas...
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
With a captivating and human touch, Elizabeth Waterman fixes her lens on the contradictions of Thailand's red-light districts...
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,...
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Dispatches
One of the A' Design Awards' most forward-thinking categories, does your work fit into 'Sustainable Products and Green Design'..?
Recognising the world’s most inspiring work across design, innovation and creativity, the A’ Design Award & Competition stands as one of the most respected and far-reaching international design accolades. Each year, a diverse panel of academics,...
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Comporta Rising: Why this Portuguese coastal gem is becoming a design-lover's paradise...
Comporta isn’t your usual Mediterranean destination. No marina packed with yachts. No high-rise hotels blocking ocean views. Just rice paddies, pine forests, and miles of white sand beaches that somehow stayed off the mass tourism radar until...
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London's Elite Casino Scene: A 2025 Guide to luxury, strategy, and digital frontiers in a highly competitive market...
Previously a stronghold of silence, tradition, and old-world charm, the high-end gaming market in the city has now broken out into a highly competitive market. With the influx of international gaming powerhouses, multi-million-pound...
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Make the right choice and keep your pool water sparkling and balanced with these six tips for pool salt cell replacement...
Taking care of a pool — much like tending to your garden — means paying attention to all the parts that keep the water clear and safe. One of the most important pieces is the salt cell. Over time, this part can wear out, and replacing it becomes...