City Notes
Concept stores, one-stop-shops, hotchpotch breeding grounds of creativity and lifestyle; however you choose to define the indefinable spaces that litter the creative quarters of international cities, they typically fall into one of two categories....
City Notes
The first in a series of temporary pavilions across the parks of Melbourne has opened its pneumatically-operated doors this month in readiness for a programme of summer events. The inaugural MPavilion design, by the international award winning...
The Edit
“All is fair in love and war”, or so we are told, but that old chestnut leaves the door open for some pretty heinous shit to go down. Does the end always justify the means in these two theatres of engagement? Harma Heikens is posing the...
City Notes
Tea has historically been viewed as a quintessentially British drink, but after teasing us for donkey's years about our love of a good cuppa, it seems our coffee-quaffing continental cousins are starting to take a leaf out of the Brits' book and...
City Notes
“Isthmus” is today's unpronounceable word of the day – that's a land bridge connecting two larger land masses separated by water. The most famous example, and arguably Earth's most important isthmus, is the Isthmus of Panama, which has risen...
Journal
This November, the British Film Institute will present Evidence of Time Travel. Skeptical? Well fair enough, we're not talking about the unveiling of a live dinosaur that has been plucked from the Cretaceous period and whisked back to modern day...
City Notes
Shoreditch’s Redchurch Street continues its evolution into a culture and design Mecca, rich in high-concept fashion boutiques; members' clubs; restaurants; independent coffee joints, and galleries. During this year's London Design Festival we had...
The Edit
David LaChapelle's new series Land Scape is like an alternate reality in which Willy Wonka is in the business of petroleum rather than sweets. Just as there are disturbing undercurrents beneath the surface of Dahl's candy-coloured world, so there...
City Notes
Choosing bones as the main decorative feature of a restaurant is a bold move - there's a danger that the experience might be so macabre as to put diners off their food - but Hueso in Gualdalajara, Mexico, manages to pull off the concept with aplomb...
Dispatches
The jury is in, and the shortlisted finalists in the Blooom Award by Warsteiner art competition have been announced. More than 1200 hopefuls put their work forward for consideration, but the five member panel – Olaf Heine (photographer), Robert...
The Edit
When it comes to artistic ways to die, being buried under the weight of your own canvases is a pretty good one. According to Sue Webster, fellow artist Danny Fox was in danger of meeting that very fate when she visited his Kentish Town studio,...
The Edit
BLAM! Greg Gossel's psychedelic superheroes come at you like a sock to the jaw from the Man of Steel himself. The mixed media artist continues his high-impact exploration of the Pop aesthetic with an exhibition of more than 30 new works on canvas,...
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...