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How does a decadent ceremony on the edge Lake Como sound? Your hard work being recognised by a panel of academics, distinguished members of the press, and an illustrious board of experienced academics? Register your designs now at...
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The A’ Design Award & Competition — a leading international competition judged by a panel of experienced academics, prominent press members, and established professionals — have compiling a list referred to as World Design Rankings since...
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Depending where you spend the festive season this year, traditions, beliefs, and culture will have an impact on when, how, and for how long those proceedings last. Take the days of the Soviet Union for example, when Christmas was largely...
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As travelling becomes more accessible than ever — thanks to the rise of remote working, low-cost travel, and omnipresent digital connection — we have shifted away from travel where hotel, food, and activities are the same for each guest to a...
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The festive season is as gruelling as it is enjoyable: peak-shopping, seemingly endless travel, and hours spent pampering and preening for a slew of drunken parties. Desperate for a break, the holidays will have spun past before you realised they...
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Joining the realisation that summer isn't coming back until next year, the looming sensation that Christmas is just around the corner has reared its ugly head once more; countdown posts and Santa-memes sneaking their way into your social media feeds...
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Danish electronics brand Bang & Olufsen are renowned for creating outstanding audio experiences, redefining high-end design-led audiovisual gear, and creating generation-defining design statements. At a time when it’s oft-perceived that more...
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Society’s obsession for photographing every moment, everything, and everybody is showing no signs of slowing down. We continuously create snapshot moments only for them to exist on our smartphones; our own memory slowing sinking into the...
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Photographer and filmmaker Charlotte Colbert introduces a new concept in moving image: portraiture and sculpture. Installing in several locations across London, Charlotte has positioned a series of powerful anthropomorphic screen sculptures,...
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Calling design talent from a wide range of creative fields the world over, the A’ Design Award & Competition — a leading international competition judged by an esteemed panel of experienced academics, prominent press members and established...
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What defines that most exceptional of English gentlemanly spirit? Is it his class, his style, or his persona? Can a gentleman be defined simply by the act of wearing a three-piece suit and Oxford Brogues, or is it a characteristic from deep...
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Want to influence the future of a new independent print magazine, go behind-the-scenes of the Barcelona beer scene, have your face permanently inked on a stranger’s body, or simply pick up a tote bag? We've put together an exhaustive list of...
City Notes
Owing to the building’s flatiron shape, all guest rooms at Proper's new high-end design hotel for San Francisco boast killer views of the City by the Bay; the property shape-shifting into its surrounds and exuding maximum west coast...
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Beginning his experimentation with graffiti at the tender age of 15, self-taught artist Franck Noto—aka Zest—has honed his singular style over the years that have followed; now one of France’s most celebrated street artists. The...
City Notes
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...
City Notes
Spying the Caribbean's dazzling turquoise in the near distance whilst being handed an ice-cold margarita made with Xtabentún—an anise liqueur from the surrounding Yucatán region—you realise here, set between sea and lush jungle, that you can...
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As the latest batch of A'Design Award winners pinch themselves at the realisation they've bagged one of the world's top accolades, and Lake Como preps itself for the mammoth Gala Night and Award Ceremony event set to take place at Teatro Sociale...
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London-based photographer Rachel Molina gives a voice to children Seen But Not Heard through a photographic series that documents the uneasy transitional period from childhood to adolescence; each of the subjects preparing themselves for their...
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“Inspiration without action is bullshit.” Just five of countless inspirational words American artist/designer/life-coach/motivational-speaker James Victore slung together over the course of his OFFF 2018 talk. They are perhaps his five most...
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Fashion pioneers Superdry have gained international popularity as a brand that produces apparel combining the best of Americana and Japanese culture, infusing their collections with a distinct British style. Founded in 1985, today Superdry are...