Hotels
With 28 guestrooms in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Thonglor neighbourhood, Volve Hotel is accommodation for those travellers who want to immerse themselves in local culture; food; art; and authentic lifestyle. Standing proud amid the some of the...
Eating Out
The design brief that Thai studio party/space/design answered for Bangkok dessert bar SHUGGA must have been very short, and very sweet: weave a visual ode to sweet and sugary goodness. Looking to the scientific makeup of the crystalline...
Hotels
Onion Interior Architects really had its work cut out on the Sala Rattanakosin project. The brief was to convert seven “shophouses” in the Ta Tien community of Bangkok into a top drawer, 17 room boutique hotel, complete with restaurants, an...
Lifestyle
Pomme Chan and her team took just three months to take Caffe What If from the spark of an idea to a fully designed concept that was ready to roll – just goes to show what you can get done when you are passionate about a project. Although now...
Eating Out
A mess hall: A sweaty little lean-to full of soldiers scoffing down their rations before heading out into battle, yes? Well turn that scenario on its head and you may be able to imagine Opposite Mess Hall in Bangkok, as far from canvas tented...
Bars & Nightlife
With a name like a science fiction B-movie and an interior like a futuristic update of Tetris, we know where the software programmers and astrophysicists of Bangkok will be spending their free time after the relaunch of a popular restaurant-bar...
Hotels
Intense, overwhelming, expansive and always perpetually relentless, Thailand's hyperactive capital is everything everybody has told you it is, and substantially more. Street hawkers selling food, fake designer bags, animals or ladyboy shows are...
Hotels
Bangkok: high-pace, high-energy, high-rise. Right? Well, mostly yes, but a charming little hotel has floated onto the scene to provide visitors with a small stretch of still waters in which to becalm themselves. Loy La Long, squatting on a bank of...
Culture
When you design such an exacting furniture shop, it must be a bit of a wrench to actually sell anything. Of course, We*Do, in Bangkok, is not just a furniture shop. In fact it's a showroom for the work of interior designer Francisco Polo and...
Hotels
Let me tell you, having lived in the region for 3 years, I can sum up the design of luxury Asian hotels in two words. Cream. Marble. It doesn't matter which hotel superpower owns it, Hilton, Hyatt, the result is the same. Comfortable? Yes. Well...
Eating Out
When an invite to a molecular gastronomy restaurant specialising in Thai food pops up you won't see me for dust. Especially if it comes from the creators of Kiin Kiin in Copenhagen, one of the only two Thai restaurants to have ever been awarded...
Eating Out
Our second day in Bangkok was fascinating and exhausting. Clocking mega-mileage at the humongous Chatuchak market and spending Baht in the thousands, we were literally spent (ahem). With dinner reservations at the renowned Bo.lan that evening, the...
City Notes
Combining a traditional downtown vibe with the atmosphere of the historic Edo period, The ONE@Tokyo is a 142-room hotel located in the east side of Japanese city's 23 wards. A place to gather and meet, the property is home to a stunning ground...
City Notes
Space Copenhagen have completed devastatingly beautiful interior design works on Mammertsberg, a hotel and restaurant housed within a 1911-built classic Swiss villa that overlooks Lake Constance on the border of Germany, Austria, and...
City Notes
After calling Clerkenwell home for more than 20 years, Vitra have made the move further east, choosing the Grade II-listed Tramshed building in the heart of Shoreditch, as their new London flagship headquarters and showroom. Originally a power...
City Notes
M.A.D. Collectif (Mode, Arts et Divertissements) is a Montreal-based group of creatives formerly known as Groupe Sensation Mode, and they have recently moved to a new 3,600 square foot space in the city's lively Village district, partnering with...
Dispatches
Leftover spray paint can be both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it can be an inexpensive way to give your home a quick facelift. On the other hand, having too much unused paint can be a hassle, as you need to find ways to use it up before it...
Dispatches
No one can deny that technology and the internet have changed not only the business landscape but consumers' day-to-day lives, giving them more flexibility and freedom. But people often forget that this freedom has come with a price. Technology,...
Dispatches
Fire watch services are a vital part of fire safety in buildings. They protect property and people from fire hazards if an alarm or sprinkler system is down or out of commission for maintenance. If your business or facility is subject to a fire...
Dispatches
Being an entrepreneur means taking on many responsibilities and tasks to ensure the success of your business. However, trying to handle everything on your own can quickly become overwhelming, and it may not be the most efficient use of your time....