Journal
Everyone collects something, no matter how menial - and yes, your bottle top collection is menial. But then most collections would seem humble in comparison to London-based photographer Antony Nobilo's stockpile of over 300 (and counting) vintage...
City Notes
As much as we like our wine, we're here for the design rather than the delicious liquid creations of the Maison Estate in South Africa's Valley of the Huguenots. So before we sneak off to sample the fruit of owner Chris Weylandt’s vines, we'll...
City Notes
Business hotels are more often than not just places where balding middle aged men go to sleep, shower and eat yoghurt before they head off to an equally ninspiring office on an industrial estate somewhere. Not anymore, not if Radisson and their...
The Edit
Post-production jiggery-pokery has been employed for years now to touch up, enhance and generally bend reality to the photographer's will, but rather than use such processing for a sneaky cheat, Garrett Pruter has taken outright liberties with it...
Stuff Crush
I can think of a couple of cycling nerds who are going to need to change their underwear after hearing about this exhibition of all things racer-related, and the good news for me is it's free, so I won't have to spend any time wangling tickets out...
Stuff Crush
Following on from our recent post about Charlotte Kingsnorth, fellow exhibitor at Milan Design Week's Ventura Lambrate, Bert Loeschner is another designer imbuing chairs with human characteristics - but for Bert, it’s less about what they are...
City Notes
Located in the small city of Hudson in upstate New York, The Hudson Merchant House is a boutique inn bursting at the seams with quirky charm under its 18th Century roof. This is not, however, a museum to the colonial period, as you can see from the...
Journal
There's a school of thought that a lot of contemporary art is "a load of hot air", at least that's what the oxygen-wasting Mail readers will tell you about the latest Turner Prize nominees, but there appears to be somewhat of a trend for art that...
City Notes
As we embark once again on our Mazda road trip, we're surprisingly only forty miles from our next destination - albeit through some mightily impressive twists and turns, as the journey from the contemporary spectacle of MOSTYN Gallery in Llandudno...
The Edit
Two students of The San Francisco Art Institute have combined their considerable creative forces in the realisation of Going Nowhere, a joint exhibition that explores modern America and the artists' experiences and opinions thereof. Mario Ayala...
City Notes
The Paramount Hotel in New York City is a building which commands the full attention – not only from the hotel guests who come to stay, but from anyone brave enough to take on redesigning the iconic interior spaces. One of the few hotels built by...
The Edit
Photographer Hannah Starkey's work often reflects on the everyday experiences of women, just as she is often reflecting more literally in her compositions. The Belfast-born artist likes to obfuscate or filter her subjects through glass – to...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
Whether you want to start sewing for the first time or you want to upgrade your current sewing machine, you might be wondering what’s on the market. Wouldn’t it be great if sewing machines were a one-type-fits-all kind of thing? However, the...
Dispatches
Getting the perfect hair color can be tricky, especially when using hair dye shampoos. Uneven color results are a common issue, but there are strategies to avoid them. To minimize color unevenness, it's important to prep the hair beforehand, ideally...
Dispatches
Dogs are more than just pets; they are part of the family. Keeping them healthy and active requires attention to their diet and gut health. Many dog owners are turning to digestive probiotic chews for dogs as a practical solution to support their...
Dispatches
If you’re planning a trip to Berlin and wondering what to wear for the capital’s nightlife, here’s everything you need to know. Berlin’s nightlife is fragmented across neighbourhoods and scenes. What works for a club in Friedrichshain...