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Unless you were festering underneath a rock last summer, you'll remember messrs Z and West rewriting the hip-hop collab rulebook with their modern masterpiece; Watch the Throne. You'll probably also remember the Otis Redding sampling, irrepressible...
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There's nothing I love more than attending a show for a designer I'm not familiar with and having them blow me off my feet. The Fyodor Golan show is the perfect example of this. The designers Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman recently won the...
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You know Terry Richardson, he's the one who you're never sure whether he's an insanely talented, super-cool photographer superstar - or your semi-naked creep uncle who gets lucky with his crappy old point-and-click Kodak. You know Hollywood, it's...
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We featured Matt Martin's Photocopy Club in The Weekend Edit at the start of the month - describing it as "challenging art elitism, and generally just reintroducing a bit of that magical punk DIY" - however, we're so smitten with his concept, and...
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I’m a big fan of design walks, and often spend a leisurely afternoon following one of the walks in Max Fraser’s London Design Guide. I find, that once you’ve decided you’re on a ‘design walk’ and seeking inspiration, you find it in all...
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Our first night in Stockholm was spent at the decidedly swanky, art-packed Lydmar Hotel; and, besides from being bloody marvellous on almost every level, it was the perfect place to drop head-first into design week. We had a date that night at HEL...
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Israeli-born Inbar Spector was one of my most highly anticipated shows of this season. Despite never having seen her collection before, I could tell from the photos of her previous show that there was the potential for something magical to take...
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When a designer receives a brief for a hair salon's interiors, it usually consists of words like minimal, sexy or chic - it'll probably never read: "make it look like a kid's sweet shop". However - upon responding to a brief that asked to be...
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As a girl that isn’t partial to tight fitting sultry dresses, Marios Schwab has never really been my cup of tea. During his Autumn/Winter show though I found myself squirming to get a better look at the items floating down the runway. The Schwab...
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Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær presented a series of lighting products at this year's Stockholm Design Week. The Oslo National Academy of the Arts graduate put your cherished objects, precious trinkets and general acquired oddities...
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Acclaimed Dutch designer Mattijs Van Bergen presented his Autumn/Winter collection in London this past weekend. To say the show was the unexpected highlight of my day would be a gross understatement. Certainly there was a hefty dose of...
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We caught up with Israeli duo Studio Ve - aka Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger - at this year's Stockholm Design Fair, where they introduced us to their new Endy series of chairs, stools and tables and talked to us about their Kickstarter project to help...
City Notes
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...
City Notes
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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You're looking at kratom gummies online or in a store, and they all claim to be high quality. Premium ingredients, potent extract, laboratory tested, maximum strength. Everyone says their gummies are the best. How do you actually separate quality...
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Human hair extensions have quietly become one of the defining materials of contemporary self-presentation. Once confined to salon makeovers and celebrity transformations, they now sit at the intersection of personal branding, performance, and...
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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...