Dispatches
Established to promote and recognise the best design work around the world and across a variety of creative disciplines, the A’ Design Award & Competition focuses on innovation, celebrating the designers, companies and brands who create superior...
City Notes
Beginning life as a drive-through cafe, Coffee Machine—a young brand of coffee houses that now boast two physical outlets—is quenching the thirst of Vladivostok's caffeine fanatics at the memorable Coffee Machine Bakery; the brand's flagship...
City Notes
So the saying goes: one man's rubbish is another's devastating design detail. Or something like that. In Antwerp—our favourite European city of style—Dutch designers, Marten van Middelkoop and Joost Dingemans, have applied their inspired...
City Notes
Designed for cities, VanMoof bikes are made with lengthy commutes in mind. And boasting some suitably advanced integrated theft defence systems, Vanmoofs are an urbanite's very best two-wheeled friends. Traditionally sold online, the...
City Notes
Located among the dunes of North Holland's Castricum beach, Beach Hotel Zoomers is a stunning creative collaboration between Dutch interior brand HKliving and the property; the design-led concept born this year to offer guests a slow pace of life...
City Notes
71 days. 71 days of looking out of the balcony at empty streets below. 71 days of snatched, rushed trips to the supermarket, avoiding people as much as possible. 71 days of 8pm applauses and home workouts. 71 days of endless Mondays, the same four...
The Edit
The Hoxton heads into the wilderness, pitching 12 tents in the grounds of a luxurious 18th-century country house in leafy Oxfordshire; the immersive pop-up experience from everyone's favourite hip hotel brand set to remain in place for the month of...
The Edit
New York-based artist, Tina Yu, enters a fantasy world inspired by her childhood in her latest series; her enigmatic clay sculptures formed into ornate and fanciful creatures that are eerily lifelike. Currently on view at Downtown Los...
City Notes
Located behind the the Apple Store at number 10, Rue des Drapiers, Brussels, BUDDY BUDDY is a passion project from Julien Gaucherot and Matt Samra, and is Belgium’s first nut butter café; the idea born from the partners' personal transition from...
Stuff Crush
Shunning the 'tourist board' view of Palm Springs—of pastel hues, beautiful people sipping cocktails on floaties in the pool, desert art installations and midcentury modern—photographer John Brian King has centred his focus upon “the...
City Notes
As Bali’s first 'creative village', Desa Potato Head merges music, art, design, food, wellness and sustainability; founder Ronald Akili commenting "we’re not trying to change the industry, we want to create an entirely new model for it. If we...
Journal
Elephants with tiger’s bodies, donkeys with wings and peanut flavoured raindrops; these are just some of the magical creatures Núria Martí Casanova wants us to be free to imagine through the bold graphics of her new children’s knitwear range....
Journal
Elephants with tiger’s bodies, donkeys with wings and peanut flavoured raindrops; these are just some of the magical creatures Núria Martí Casanova wants us to be free to imagine through the bold graphics of her new children’s knitwear range....
City Notes
Grounded in an East-meets-West design philosophy, the doors have opened on Ace Hotel Kyoto; the hip hotel chain's Asian debut a 213-room hotel built in homage to the city's creative spirit. Longtime Ace partner Commune Design have combined natural,...
The Edit
A way to express our personality, character and the way we live, our private living spaces shape our everyday routines (more so now that many of us continue to work from home due to the current pandemic) and affect our wellbeing; many homes...
Dispatches
The fifth week of coronavirus quarantine in Spain, and the luxury hotels that once hosted the wealthy weekender crowd are now home to patients and worn out health workers. In Madrid, seven hotels are already open or being prepared as overflow...
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If you're looking to revamp your health and beauty regime, you may be feeling at a bit of a loss regarding where to begin. Don’t panic, though, what follows are some excellent suggestions to help you so that you can achieve all of your beauty and...
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Open to concept stage and realised furniture designs, homeware and decor, and furniture manufacturers and producers worldwide, the A' Furniture, Homeware and Decor Items Design Competition, is one of the most popular design award categories in the...
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Decorating your home is basically a reflection of your personal sense of style. From choosing the interior design and the colour of your walls to picking out the furniture and adding all kinds of accessories, your primary aim when decorating is to...
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Nowadays, a spa visit has become a necessity as opposed to a luxury. This is mainly due to an increasingly stressful life and the need to feel at ease. However, even though you desperately need a spa visit, it is almost impossible to book an...