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Traditional print's resurgence seems to just keep on going. We were rather besotted with Out of Print at last year's London Design Festival, and equally taken by the brilliant fuoriMICRO at Via Tortona's OCA Officine Creative Ansaldo last week, an...
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Mark Whalen needs to get out more, or at least that's what the folk at the Australian artist's local coffee shop think; "You haven’t had a break from the studio for a while. One project appears to lead into the next. Don’t you feel the need...
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Apart from the severed head of Waylaid, which is about as simple a statement as you'll see, the work of Jim Houser requires some closer inspection. Being largely composed of cohesive but self-contained sub-units which taken in isolation themselves...
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles is not a post-modern academic dissection of the John Candy and Steve Martin comedy (although that has to happen at some point), but rather a study of vehicles and their interaction with people and the environment from...
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Chicken or beef? One of life's eternal questions, at least if you flew transatlantic in the 1970s. These days airlines try to make sure there is something on the menu for everyone, and that's what curator Jesper Elg has done in gathering together...
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They may only come out at night for Greg Simkins, but they now are on show to the public during the day – we are talking about the nightmarish creatures which have been haunting the artist for years during his periods of nocturnal...
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There's something wrong with the photography of Joachim Brohm, and we mean that in the nicest, or at least most interesting, way; each image contains at least one small element that suggests a somewhat distressed undercurrent in even the most...
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If the nukes start flying and our civilization is lost, what might the archaeologists of the future make of their discovery if they dug up one of Erik Parker's Upswing Dub Project pieces, we wonder? Why do we wonder? Because his latest project was...
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Times are hard for cartoon characters in the eyes of artist Søren Behncke. Former family favourites such as Yogi Bear and Donald Duck, faced with dwindling popularity in the post Simpsons, meta-humour world, have taken to selling themselves in the...
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Michael Jackson, even in death, can still hold claim to being not only the King of Pop but also the King of Pop Videos, but it would be wrong to think that his MTV-friendly mini-dramas were the beginning of music videos, as this exhibition at FACT...
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Chaotic, dark and disturbing, brash, colourful, simplistic – throw a handful of adjectives at the work of Jeff Keen and probability dictates you'll hit the right work with the right word sooner rather than later. Which isn't to say the...
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When you come to think about it (and one does when writing about it), the circle crops up all over the place in art and literature; perhaps it's the simplicity, perhaps the symmetry, or maybe just the symbolism of an unbroken line inside which...
City Notes
Salon Volta is a new barbershop in Laval, Quebec, that rethinks the familiar codes of grooming through a concept centred on craft and community. Moving away from the traditional model, the project positions itself as a space where barbering unfolds...
City Notes
Interior design studio and creative consultancy Ste Marie has completed Olia Ristorante and Mimi Bar, a pair of hospitality venues conceived as a day-to-night sequence at the base of new residential tower Citizen on Jasper. Commissioned by Corso 32...
City Notes
On a private estate in central Ukraine, YOD Group has reimagined the traditional mazanka — the archetypal rural home — for the contemporary era. These 50 square metre guesthouses reinterpret the vernacular, translating thick whitewashed walls...
City Notes
Situated at the edge of Montmartre, where Pigalle’s energy meets Parisian rooftops, Hôtel Rochechouart is a 1929 Art Deco landmark given a contemporary pulse. Design duo Festen has restored the building’s historic details while threading a...
Dispatches
Planning transport for a small group often comes with its own set of challenges. From coordinating multiple cars to dealing with parking and navigation, even a simple trip can become stressful. Whether you are organising a corporate outing, a family...
Dispatches
Aesthetic treatments are no longer a niche conversation. From injectables to advanced skincare and laser technology, more people are exploring ways to maintain their appearance and improve skin quality. In a city like London, where access to...
Dispatches
Most families don’t begin with a grand financial plan. It’s usually smaller than that. A random conversation on the couch. Someone asking, “Hey, are we actually saving enough?” And then… silence for a second. Because no one really knows...
Dispatches
Scheduling problems rarely show up all at once. It starts with one double-booking. One technician running late. One patient showing up for the wrong time slot. Somebody shrugs, fixes it, moves on. No big scene. At least not yet. Then it keeps...