Culture
Since its opening in February this year, Library Street Collective's new Snarkitecture-designed gallery has presented a series of works by American artist Sam Friedman, with one KAWS as the show’s curator. Currently hosting the group exhibition...
Eating Out
Located on the second floor of The Siren Hotel—which took residence in Detroit’s Wurlitzer Building in 2018—Karl’s is an all-day dining affair serving up quintessential luncheonette classics; chef Kate Williams adding the same sense of care,...
Hotels
Located in a former Singer sewing-machine store and onetime hardware outlet T.B. Rayl and Company, the two buildings—married in a thoughtful restoration by architects Kraemer Design Group before being decked out impeccably by designers Gachot...
Hotels
Taking over Detroit’s Wurlitzer Building—a skyscraper designed by Detroit architect Robert Finn and built by Otto Misch Co. in the 1920s for Wurlitzer Co., the famed specialists of fine musical instruments and bows—The Siren Hotel has opened...
Bars & Nightlife
Scouting out Detroit's street art-heavy Eastern Market one Saturday, friends Dayne, Paul, and Devin — who'd some weeks earlier decided that they would set-up their own brewery — came across a decrepit building with a telephone number scrawled on...
Eating Out
Small-batch specialty roaster, New Order Coffee, have been enjoying a busy few months since opening their Detroit premises in July. Located in the Midtown area on Woodward Ave, the space features a bright interior with pops of aqua and orange, a...
Culture
Newly-opened Detroit arts venue Wasserman Projects is certainly kicking things off in grand style as it welcomes two exhibitions that stretch the 5,000 sqft space to its limits, inside and out. The inaugural event, timed to coincide with the Detroit...
Eating Out
If ever there was an example of positive gentrification, then this is it. Sam's pawnbrokers had been serving the Detroit community since 1920, providing the cash-strapped of Corktown with somewhere to hock their loot. The corner property on Michigan...
Eating Out
There's a pretty cosmopolitan backstory to Astro Coffee: Daisuke Hughes from Ann Arbor, Michigan, met Jessica Hicks, from Glen Innes, Australia, while working together in London for Monmouth Coffee Company (Monmouth is in Wales, but the firm is in...
Hotels
I get asked all the time, "I'm going to X, know any good X there?". People assume (quite rightly) that, as the founder of these fair pages, that I should know a little about design-led hotspots; and, quite frankly, it'd be a concern if I didn't. So,...
City Notes
With breathtaking views of the Cantabrian Sea and beyond, the new infinity pool and roof deck at Hotel Chiqui Santander marks the second phase of a splendid redesign by Barcelona-based interior design studio, Sandra Tarruella...
City Notes
Morocco meets the Mediterranean at Tigmi's Byron Bay flagship, a staggering new large-scale design studio that also serves as a permanent home to the luxe brand's entire collection of breathtaking handmade products that the global curators...
City Notes
The most ingenious ideas are always the simplest; the solutions to a problem that others simply don’t see. For Pablo Pardo, an Argentinian living in Barcelona for the last two decades, seeing one of the city’s traditional old ‘quioscos’ for...
City Notes
Located in a neo-Gothic building on Stefanyka street, the western Ukraine city of Lviv has opened its first Municipal Art Centre; the space simple and functional with a small multimedia library (complete with turntable, vinyl and rare publications),...
Dispatches
Every activity has a dress code. If you’re into baking as a hobby, you need your apron and your head covering. If you are a jogger, you’ve got your running shoes, comfortable earbuds for music and a lightweight water bottle. If you’re a...
Dispatches
So, you've just bought your very own house and are in the process of designing the space. It's an exciting time for sure. Your mind must be buzzing with different ideas to make your house both look and feel good. Because it is where you will spend...
Dispatches
As a homeowner, you want to take advantage of every corner of your house so that you and your family are able to enjoy moments together and relax. Maintaining your garden can require a lot of time and effort, but the results are always worth it when...
Dispatches
In most homes, skirting boards are a necessity. Whether you will be using them to personalise your space or finish the junction where the wall meets the floor, you must choose something that stands out. Here are a few things to keep in mind when...