City Notes
Following on from a successful opening in Mexico City's dapper Condesa district, speciality coffee shop Blend Station arrives in the hip-icentre of La Roma, bringing its colourful and welcoming vibes to the neighbouring hood....
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A new photo book published by Hoxton Mini Press documents an enrapturing series of images captured by photographer and filmmaker Barry Lewis of Miami's South Beach from the late 1980s to the mid '90s; its colourful souls, contrasting cultures and...
Dispatches
Since 2010 the Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) has, through sheer determination, attracted some of the globe's very best creatives, becoming what is now 'the' largest student design competition in the...
Stuff Crush
Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill has been an industry leader since the early 1960s, his architectural and urban design practice Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura having completed an impressive 1,000 projects in more than 50 countries; each of...
City Notes
You're walking along Dom Pedro V—a street between Lisbon's Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real neighbourhoods, lined with some of the city's more modish bars and eateries—when a crowd of people holding a tall glass of pisco sour come into...
City Notes
Extending far beyond just food and drink, chef José Andrés’s Mercado Little Spain—rooted in Spanish aesthetics, culture and décor—immerses its diners and visitors in a truly experiential environment, this 35,000 square foot space at posh...
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Located in a modernist building that dates back to the 1960s, Yeżyce Kuchnia is a restaurant that attracts Poznań's hip local crowd, curious travellers and the Instagram set, each vying to snap artfully put together food in attractive...
Stuff Crush
We Heart has been chasing its tale with joy since the cuddly crew at Four&Sons first fell into our laps in 2013. Now 35 years (five in human terms) since their debut issue, the independent magazine that growling rock icon Courtney Love once dubbed...
City Notes
With just 49 guest rooms giving a sense of homely boutique, Palihotel Culver City blends classic comfort and contemporary design in a divine building that was once home to 1920s-era boarding house, the West End Hotel. Located behind the...
City Notes
Located high above the Atlantic Ocean, close to the cliffs of Portugal's Azenhas do Mar—a seaside town with whitewashed cottages and beachfront restaurants—Casa das Arribas welcomes guests looking for serviced holiday apartments combined with...
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Located in the 10th arrondissement in a listed building opposite the Gare du Nord train station, 25hours Hotel Terminus Nord bestows Parisian flare, dizzying colour and convenience upon its guests—its 237 bedrooms bringing in a veritable mixed bag...
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Occupying four distinct fifth-floor storefronts over a total of 16,000 square feet at mega-money project The Shops at Hudson Yards, Forty Five Ten—the forward-thinking Dallas-founded brand that merges fashion and art—brings the new, the...
City Notes
Located high above the Atlantic Ocean, close to the cliffs of Portugal's Azenhas do Mar—a seaside town with whitewashed cottages and beachfront restaurants—Casa das Arribas welcomes guests looking for serviced holiday apartments combined with...
City Notes
Occupying four distinct fifth-floor storefronts over a total of 16,000 square feet at mega-money project The Shops at Hudson Yards, Forty Five Ten—the forward-thinking Dallas-founded brand that merges fashion and art—brings the new, the...
Journal
Britain’s national treasure, fashion designer Sir Paul Smith (CBE RDI), is globally celebrated for his distinctive coloured stripes that accentuate, individualise and enliven his many fashion wares and accessories. Combining tradition with...
City Notes
Located in a former Singer sewing-machine store and onetime hardware outlet T.B. Rayl and Company, the two buildings—married in a thoughtful restoration by architects Kraemer Design Group before being decked out impeccably by designers Gachot...
Dispatches
The nine-to-five cubicle office workplace is a relic, clinging onto society like a Brexit uncle who just won’t go away. The rise of creative companies, Silicon Valley influence, the coworking phenomenon … if an office space doesn’t share...
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Al Freeman's summer exhibition at Forty Five Ten's Dallas boutique is a tongue-in-cheek show that turns common objects such as razors, cigarettes, toilet seat covers and lava lamps into mammoth deflating synthetic leather pillows. Located...
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What did domestic cats do before the internet? LOLCats to I Can Has Cheezburger?, dogs—traditionally our favoured house pet—never found the same fame online as their feline foes. A 2010 research found that some 42% of Americans identified as...
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And just like that, the 2019 edition of the A’ Design Award and Competition has drawn to a close. The competition—the world's largest of its kind—recognises the best designers, architects, and design-oriented companies globally; a jury made up...