Journal
What do you get when you mix 30 motors, 300m of electric cable, 14 acoustic guitars and one very clever sound artist? Wonder no more, and press play on the video to find out. Ruben D'Hers, originally from Caracas, Venezuela, but now letting his...
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Alan Wolfson is obviously a guy who pays attention to what's around him. From the colour of a sign down to the chewing gum on the pavement, the level of detail in his miniature urban sculptures is truly mind-boggling. Commissioned by a nostalgic...
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Charles Dickens was writing about revolutionary Paris when he penned the immortal opening lines “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...” but the celebrated Londoner could easily have been talking about the 12 months in his home...
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Not much more than a week ago, a Russian man called Vladimir Umanets walked into the Tate Modern gallery in London and daubed a message on the painting Maroon on Black by Mark Rothko, whose work often sells for tens of millions of pounds. Umanets...
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We love a good chair, so this new work by Dutch artist and designer Sander Wassink really made us sit down and take notice. State of Transience looks at themes of reclamation, reconstruction and traditional ideas of form and function as a new piece...
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From Hong Kong to New York, all of life is here in the photography exhibition Burn My Eye (featuring work by the eponymous photographer collective) at Cardiff's Third Floor Gallery. Looking intimately at personal life from a public perspective,...
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A city of juxtapositions, Los Angeles is heart-stoppingly alluring - the fast pace of the city smog versus the stoner madness of Venice Beach, the danger of South Central - as painted by your N.W.As and Ice Ts - versus the high society of Beverly...
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Having thrown off the shackles of Imperial domination, the post-war Indian government decided they needed a new city, one with progressive values and a fresh design philosophy to match the changing political times. They drafted in a host of...
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Remember the awe when you first saw a bit of projection mapping - the 3D video projecting technique that brings architecture to life? Remember how shortly after, what seemed to be every single design and tech website on the entire planet had...
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Jeremy Hutchinson has an unusual view of life, one might even go as far as to say that he's a little bit warped. At least if you are judging him by his latest set of creations, co-produced with the Paradise Row gallery of Newman Street,...
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An innovative street art project has turned the tables on Google's Street View, taking a long hard look at the collection of data and how our privacy is at the mercy of such huge information-sucking cybergiants. The internet application, for...
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Launching this Friday (12th October) in Manchester, and running 'til 25 October in London; Kopparberg ün-establishment is a series of creative workshops, exhibitions, screenings and talks across two weeks, and two cities. From Polaroid revivalists...
City Notes
Opened in September 2025, HYLL brings a new interpretation of country hospitality to the Cotswolds, a hotel rooted in its landscape, designed to slow the pace and dim the noise. Set within a restored 16th century manor house, the 26 room property...
City Notes
Sircle Collection, the international hospitality group behind a growing portfolio of hotels and restaurants, introduces The Cover Vienna this November, a private members’ club in the city’s 7th District. Set within the Max Brown Hotel, the club...
City Notes
In the centre of Bergen, a new chapter has opened for a concrete landmark designed by Egill Reimers in 1920. Once home to bakeries, offices, shops and social services, the building has been reimagined by architecture studio LOCAL as Bergen Camping,...
City Notes
On Barcelona’s recently beautified Avinguda Diagonal, a new kind of café experience has arrived, one that has already piqued the curiosity of both locals and visitors. Jaç Hi-Fi Café, designed by Isern Serra Studio for owners Ligia and Arnau,...
Dispatches
Planning a wedding involves more than choosing colors and menus. It also means deciding how to spend your money. With so many expenses competing for attention, it’s easy to get pulled in multiple directions. But if you approach the process with...
Dispatches
Florida welcomed a record 143 million visitors in 2024, and many of them booked stays in the state’s 65,000-plus short-term rentals that stretch from Pensacola to Key West. If you own one of those homes, you’ve probably juggled midnight leak...
Dispatches
Joint pain from arthritis can make even simple movements feel like a challenge. Many people face a tough choice between using a cream that targets pain at the surface or taking a pill that works throughout the body. Each method provides benefits,...
Dispatches
Ever notice how some people seem to effortlessly achieve gorgeous hairstyles while others struggle for hours to recreate the same look? The secret often comes down to understanding hair texture, a fundamental aspect of hair care that many overlook....