City Notes
Sleek, sexy and guaranteed to get you going – that's the Cape Town concept store and café Tribe112, from Tribe Coffee Roasting. The selling point of this collaborative venture is two-fold. Firstly, you've got some serious coffee expertise...
The Edit
This year's Academy Award nominations are out and, as usual, there are murmurings of discontent about the films that have made the shortlist, and those that haven't. Nick DeMarco's star-studded feature presentation Here on Earth, for example, seemed...
City Notes
Until now it's been one hell of a journey for Melburnians who fancied experiencing the beer-fuelled fun of Munich's Oktoberfest, but now they can enjoy the festivities closer to home, and all year round. Munich Brauhaus occupies a former goods shed...
The Edit
As far as commutes go, travelling through the Alpine scenery of St Moritz's Engadin valley on the Albula-Bernina railway beats the hell out of the M25 car park. Rolf Sachs was a lucky lad then, making the journey regularly from home to school in his...
City Notes
The window display suggests a risqué costume rental store, while the interior is somewhere between an antique boutique and a junk shop. In fact there's so much cool stuff to see at The Keep in New York that at first glance you might miss the bar,...
Journal
Walking around a motor show is one of the great aspirational experiences – a chance to press one's nose to the glass of all the wonderful cars we will likely never own, or even drive. Rather, we admire them as abstract objects of design, still...
The Edit
As founder of art blog Platinum Cheese, Stephanie Chefas spends her days immersed in the new contemporary art world. She's the perfect choice then to curate a group show featuring the leading lights of the scene; Platinum Blend is Chefas's choice of...
City Notes
London creative hub The Hospital Club has expanded its operation by adding 15 guests rooms to its already impressive list of reasons to visit. Aimed at creative and media industry types, the Club's mission is to provide first class facilities for...
Journal
An anonymous website allowing its users to draw with Emojis has been hot news on the internet this last week or so. Because, who doesn't like writing their name with a big smiley turd? Founded in Japan, of course, the humble Emoji has come some way...
City Notes
Nineteenth century architect James Pennethorne, latterly Sir James, was from the kind of stock who sent their young gentlemen off on the Grand Tour of Europe. Pennethorne's experiences in France and Italy in 1824-5 played a big role in shaping his...
Stuff Crush
Oh for the sheer depravity, the heinous capitulation to vice. Brown M&Ms only; bald, toothless hookers; dwarves; cocaine, by the fucking bucket load. If you can take a breath in between snorting ants and ramming live fish into the nether regions of...
City Notes
If, like me, you took part in the recent annual human foie gras experiment (known simply as: December), then you'll be paying extra attention to what passes your lips this month for want of being able to see your own feet come spring. Of course some...
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
Hospitals and medical staff are held accountable for anesthesia errors through medical malpractice laws, internal reviews, and professional standards. When a mistake happens, the key question is whether the provider failed to meet the accepted...
Dispatches
A lawyer can help after a concert injury by protecting your rights, gathering evidence, and fighting for fair compensation while you focus on healing. When things go wrong in a crowded, high-energy setting like a music concert, it’s easy to feel...
Dispatches
Some people discover mixology behind a bar on a busy Friday night. Others come to it through years of hosting dinner parties, obsessing over flavor combinations, or spending too much money on bitters collections they absolutely did not need. However...
Dispatches
There was a time when wedding bar service meant a single bartender, a few bottles of wine, and maybe a keg if the couple was feeling casual. Those days are long gone. Today's couples are rethinking the bar as one of the most meaningful parts of the...