City Notes
It's always nice to have good neighbours, and Paris hotel Le Cinq Codet — located in the prestigious 7th arrondissement — is in pretty illustrious company; the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée d'Rodin, Napoleon's resting place and the tourist...
The Edit
James Turrell has, throughout his long career of almost 50 years, enjoyed something of a love affair with light. Perhaps it was growing up in California that first inspired his fascination with the qualities of light that he explores in his...
City Notes
Take a tour with us around Ocaña, where five different spaces co-exist at one venue, united by a central principle: creativity. This cafe, club, restaurant, cocktail bar and terrace can be found on the historical Plaça Reial in Barcelona, and has...
The Edit
Award-winning toy makers and sculptural storytellers Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk – collectively known as coarse – are spinning their visual yarns over in Japan at the moment as Tokyo's Diesel Art Gallery plays host to a selection of the duo's...
Stuff Crush
If you are a fan of retro poster design, then make sure you hang an extra large stocking out for Santa this Christmas. Hayward Gallery in the Southbank Centre, London, has been holding some of the world's most important exhibitions for the past 50...
City Notes
I don't mind telling you that I'm a sucker for secret passages of the sort revealed by pulling the correct book off a library shelf, or twisting the reading lamp a quarter turn to the left, so this place in the antique district of Hong Kong is right...
The Edit
Remember that bit at the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? when Judge Doom is run over by a steamroller, only to peel himself off the floor and reveal himself to be a Toon? *GASP!* Of course you do. It's a classic. I reckon Eddie Peake is a fan of the...
The Edit
Judy Chicago's Women and Smoke photographic series, shot in the California desert in 1970, could be a documentary project capturing the last freak-out of a hippie generation that took too much. In fact, Chicago's figures - rendered alien against...
City Notes
Soho was quick to embrace the original Flat Iron steakhouse on Beak Street, and with lunch crowds becoming overwhelming, a second restaurant nearby was the obvious next move. Over on Denmark Street we find Flat Iron mark II, named after the same cut...
Stuff Crush
These plant pots by Tim van de Weerd are the kind of thing you'd have to warn house guests about before the came to stay. Imagine getting up in the night to use the bathroom and finding them crouched in a dark corner of the landing. You'd hear the...
City Notes
I've always wondered what sort of daydreams accountants use to get themselves through the drudgery of the working day, and now – in the case of Jean Thamthanakorn at least - I know. Baking tarts, of course. Jean is a self-taught baker, and honed...
The Edit
In a new book about Brisbane's Anthony Lister, the artist coins the term Adventure Painter. While he's probably not as swashbuckling in real life as his previous superhero creations, he doesn't hold back with a canvas in front of him and a...
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
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...
Dispatches
Do you want to give your bathroom a fresh, trendy look with new tile? Tiles in the bathroom do more than just keep water from getting on your walls and floors. They can also give your area a joyful, colourful, tranquil, or futuristic vibe. There are...
Dispatches
Traditional birdwatching frequently seems like a commitment. It may involve long-haul flights to remote locations, getting up early in the morning, and spending hours in uncertain weather. Even then, sightings can never be guaranteed. For many, the...