City Notes
Despite major moves upmarket in recent years, our (purely theoretical) research reveals that Soho is still the best place to go in London to buy a shag. The number of prostitutes – or “Toms” - roaming the streets may be down, but the area's...
The Edit
Eeee, when I was a lad there was a cornershop at the end of the next street, run by a generic old couple (cheerful husband, battleaxe wife), that seemed to stock everything in the whole world – even though looking back the place could only have...
The Edit
Andy Warhol was noted for his exploration of repetition in his art, and the 1978-9 work Shadows is a spectacular manifestation of that obsessional quality. The project was conceived as a single piece made up of 102 panels featuring the same two...
City Notes
Residents past and present make for an impressive roll call: Roger Moore, Liz Taylor, Bernie Ecclestone, Julie Andrews. Southwest Switzerland's Gstaad has affluence as a middle name. The central promenade is home to chalet-style high-end boutiques -...
City Notes
Is your hospitality up to scratch? Can you serve up a cracking cup of tea? You'll be needing a teapot to brew those carefully selected leaves, so step this way. What about those hard-to-reach corners of your home, the top shelf of the bookcase......
Journal
As far as self portraits go, Lisa Sorgini's latest series isn't the most personally revealing you'll see, although our favourite Australian photographer still manages to express plenty without actually revealing her face at all. The collection is...
City Notes
Quietly strutting its stuff on a handsome street in Madrid's Las Salesas barrio - propping up neighbouring Alonso Martinez and Chueca in the city's cultural hub - Do is a congruously-named design store that has been Do-ing much for the area's...
The Edit
Pills to wake you up. Pills to put you to sleep. Pills to kill the pain, pills to make you thin, pills to make you happy, pills to make you horny, and pills to get you out of trouble the morning after. There are pills for just about everything, and...
The Edit
I was just reading through a list of materials that Chris Ofili used in the layering technique of his early works. “Paint, resin, glitter, elephant dung...” Just plopped at the end there, as if it was standard practice. Not much about the...
Stuff Crush
The re-unification of Berlin was of course the headline event when the infamous Wall fell in Germany in 1989, but in the aftermath of that momentous night it was the sudden emergence of an underground scene in the deserted no man's land that helped...
City Notes
Although the States went to war to get rid of the Brits all those years ago it seems we're well and truly back in favour, and this year Chicago has welcomed London-born Soho House into the fold at what is the company's fifth American outlet....
The Edit
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei knows first hand what it's like to find oneself behind bars, having been imprisoned without charge for 81 days by his government over spurious allegations of “economic crimes” in 2011. Weiwei has recently...
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
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...
Dispatches
In today’s fast-paced world, finding simple and effective ways to improve mental wellbeing is more important than ever. One of the easiest and most accessible solutions is bringing nature indoors through house plants. Beyond their aesthetic...
Dispatches
The evolution of botanical wellness has reached a significant crossroads as the focus shifts from raw plant material to molecular precision. For decades, the industry relied on whole-leaf preparations, valuing the earthy, unrefined nature of...
Dispatches
There’s a particular kind of clarity that arrives late. Not the dramatic, cinematic kind—but something quieter. A slow realization that the way your mind has always worked might finally have a name. For many, that name is adult onset...