City Notes
If you're looking for somewhere to put a bit of a spring in your step in the Sentosa Cove area (a swanky residential neighbourhood on Sentosa Island) of Singapore, may we suggest the energetic surrounds of Kith Café? Bright and breezy, their latest...
Journal
Odö was captivated by board culture as a youth, and it's an obsession that has stayed with him into adulthood and his career as a professional artist. The Frenchman, real name Nicolas Le Borgne, produces vibrant and complex works comprised of...
City Notes
It might just be the long-awaited death of winter here in the UK that's making us all optimistic and cheerful, but we're seeing colour everywhere we look at the moment – interiors seem brighter, palettes livelier. This shop in Melbourne is no...
Journal
As any tourist knows, the choice of hotel can make the difference between a dismal holiday and a doozy, and if you travel a lot for work, hotels can become a defining feature of your life. A new exhibition, Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern...
The Edit
It's perhaps a testament to the skill of artist Dan Witz that the viewer has trouble making out which parts of his compositions are digital and which use traditional oil painting techniques, such is the seamless transition of his hyper-real...
City Notes
It's the first real sunny day of the year, at least in the north, and we're setting off in a spangly new Mazda6 for the Welsh seaside, as part of our Think Differently road trip. The seaside? We hear you cry. But you promised 'breathtaking...
Stuff Crush
It's all very well letting the architects go nuts with their crayons to create mind-blowing and visionary home design statements, but what's it like when the tradesmen have packed up their Thermos flasks and you get down to the business of living in...
The Edit
“Christ on a bike” maybe a touch on the blasphemous side for polite conversation but it applies aptly to more than one of the pieces in a new exhibition of artist Richard Patterson's work – more literally in the case of Your Own Personal...
City Notes
Delivering its lines with a definite flair for the dramatic, Hotel V Nesplein on The Nes theatre street in Amsterdam draws artistic inspiration from its surrounding establishments, feeling more like a series of stage sets than a hotel. Enter past...
The Edit
If ever there was an obtusely-named art collection, it's Heavenly Creatures by David 'Meggs' Hooke. His study of mythology through street art inspired mixed media mash-ups reeks of death, but there's no Homeric gods at work here, no Elysian Fields...
City Notes
Marrying French pastoral with Melbourne industrial aesthetics, Fifty Acres in the city's Richmond suburb has been devoted to providing an oasis of calm among the bustle of shoppers and match-day footy fans. We'll take a punt that the actual area of...
The Edit
New Yorker Matt Leines has been exhibiting for more than 10 years, but his latest collection, Hyperbolic, has been hailed as both a defining moment and a sea-change in the artist's career. Perhaps it's that he has moved back to NYC from a stint in...
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...
The Edit
Adrian Cox’s upcoming solo show at Corey Helford Gallery in downtown Los Angeles is one that demands some serious attention. The Well of Dreams, opening Saturday 21 February in the Main Gallery, presents over 20 new works from the Los...
Dispatches
A diamond bracelet is one accessory that always makes you look better when you dress up for a night out or a special event. A nice bracelet can make your outfit look more expensive and classy, whether you're going to a formal gala, a cocktail party,...
Dispatches
Raja Ampat, a remote island group in eastern Indonesia, presents one of the most extraordinary marine regions on Earth. Clear turquoise water, limestone karst islands, and vibrant coral reefs create a landscape that attracts travelers who value...
Dispatches
The Modern Relevance of Timepieces In an age when nearly everyone carries a smartphone, the wristwatch might seem obsolete, but it’s anything but. People still wear watches not just to tell time, but to express identity, reduce digital...
Dispatches
Planning a vacation for yourself is easy. Planning one for a group is an entirely different challenge. The moment you introduce multiple travelers into the equation, everything changes. Preferences collide. Budgets stretch. Wish lists grow longer by...