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Met with much scepticism (and more than a little guffawing from the music snobs) when they arrived on the scene in 2006 - thanks in no small part to their haircuts, being a bit like Noel Fielding, ridiculously tight jeans, and art-school...
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Dominic Harris and Cinimod Studio have created Ice Angel – an interactive installation that you can see as part of London Design Festival 2012 at the V&A. Stand in front of the screen, move your arms up and down as if you’re flying, and your...
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If you move large files around the internet - which we do a lot of, every day - you'll have no doubt come across WeTransfer. The file transfer service with a designer's aesthetic has pretty much become the creative world's go-to website of choice,...
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Who is Barry McGee? Graffiti artist? Canvas artist? Signwriter? Sculptor? All of the above, in fact, and more. McGee, who also masquerades under the monikers Ray and Lydia Fong and the tag Twist, is a difficult man to pigeon-hole, and equally...
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We've all been there: precisely following a recipe, sweating your onions, julienning your carrots... and then it dawns on you, you're right out of Xanthan gum, and you're down to your last gelatine sheet. Home cooking is getting serious, that big...
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I just happened to be hanging about in King’s Cross... well it is the place to be at the moment right? Let's pop down to the Filling Station (KXFS, as it's now known) I said, they do prosecco on tap! It's early dusk and the landscape a mixed bag...
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Awarded the prize for Best Designer at this year’s Salon de Maison et Objet and famous for the way they alter everyday objects, the Brazilian designers, Fernando and Humberto Campana, are given carte blanche at Paris’ biggest design venue, the...
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The developers of The Movement Café, Greenwich, were so keen to have it finished before the Olympics began that they managed to get the whole building up in 16 days. The Cathedral Group's self-imposed deadline was an effort to spare visiting fans...
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Photographer Wolfgang Tillmans' fascination with science, technology and transportation is the focus of his new photography exhibition Neue Welt (New World) taking place in Zurich. This new collection, alongside extensions of his long-running...
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There's a fine line between collector and hoarder... perhaps there isn't one at all, a horder may simply be someone who collects useless crap, a collector one whose collection is structured, and usually coming at some considerable cost. 39 year-old...
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Are you sitting comfortably? Good, because this is going to take some explaining. An Australian antiques trader, William Robert Johnston left his extensive collection to a trust on his death. The items, gathered from worldwide travels and known...
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Ah, The Good Life, that soft focus '70s premonition of today's self-sufficiency-obsessed middle-class culture; formerly working in TV, perhaps blogger Mimi Thorisson missed a trick when naming her website, as The Bloody Marvellous Life may well have...
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Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
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The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
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TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
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Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
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In most modern history, all these years, “doing more” usually meant “hiring more”. Growth was believed to be directly proportional to headcount because the work was manual. More customers created more tickets (issues), more orders created...
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The story of how a billion-dollar casino hotel that reinvents itself while guests sleep, and why precision documentation is the invisible foundation of every great renovation. At 3am on a Tuesday, while high rollers chase fortunes on the casino...
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Being a carer is one of the most special things a person can do. Some people with disabilities require extra help, whether it’s just help around the house or around-the-clock care; the people who care for people with disabilities or chronic...
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In a world where most people chase city jobs, working in a remote or rural area might not sound like the obvious career move. But more professionals, especially in healthcare, education, and public service, are discovering that serving in remote...