Eating Out
Influenced by its neighbouring Danish design school, style-conscious St Petersburg eatery 'О' is a 46-cover gastrobar located on the ground floor of a 20th century mansion, with devastatingly handsome interiors courtesy of architecture bureau...
Shopping
Eduard Eremchuk has seen off typical associations with florists and floristry with a minimalist flower shop in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Moving away from a familiar abundance of flowers and natural tones, the architect instead concentrates...
Bars & Nightlife
Behind the doors of a neoclassic Moscow building, fans of craft beer will find the redesigned Galaxy Bar and Bottle Shop—a bright monochrome space that Russian design firm Monoloko say “facilitates a release of the mind and the expansion of...
Shopping
Made up of two spaces and lashings of colour, Like Shop Showroom is located in the southern Russia city—this part of the country's largest and most cosmopolitan—of Rostov-on-Don and attracts local fashionistas and the Instagram set in search of...
Eating Out
Seating a modest 56 diners, café cum bistrot, Cooker's Gourmet Cafe, serves tasty treats and affordable fare in impressive surrounds. Located in the heart of Moscow, on the enigmatic Kuznetsky Most—a street that runs from Bolshaya Dmitrovka...
Eating Out
Taking its name from cult 1979 Israeli film Dizengoff 99 — which follows life on Dizengoff Street, once dubbed 'Tel Aviv's Champs-Élysées' — this petite new restaurant just off the Garden Ring (a major Moscow ring road) aims to embody the...
Eating Out
Back in the good old days of the Cold War, feeling a sharp prick while visiting a Moscow café might have had one looking around for a man in a trilby with a poison-tipped umbrella. No such sinister drama at Bulka Bakery though. You'll have probably...
Culture
Something unusual is happening in Moscow. As spring becomes summer, the citizens take the air and bask in the warmer sun with a stroll through Gorky Park. Here they are met by the sight of the trees, newly canopied with lush green leaves, and...
Culture
Moscow has identified the need to create a “cultural centre of gravity” on a par with New York's Williamsburg and Berlin's Mitte districts, and to that end the ArtKvartal project has been set in motion to turn a post-industrial area of the city...
Bars & Nightlife
If you're of the opinion that things, everything in fact, used to be better in the old days, then you might want to cruise by Zig Zag in St Petersburg for a double shot of nostalgia. The bar and restaurant harks back to a time when the Space Race...
Bars & Nightlife
The philosophy behind the creation of Sever Bar in Saint Petersburg is, as you can see, non-invasive; while it's not exactly a restoration project, neither is it a transformative one either. The painfully original features of the venue, mainly the...
Bars & Nightlife
Kluchi, a must-be-seen-in new club in Moscow, is a real mixture of styles, partly owing to the turbulent history of the building and partly due to its protected status. Built in the 18th Century, the property was reduced to a stone skeleton by...
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....