City Notes
The newest addition to the Pizza East family may have gone vintage with its design and choice of materials, but its retro-industrial looks serve only to lend the restaurant an extra freshness. Among the pre-used features are the white wall tiles...
The Edit
The declining state of our last true cultural icon is the subject of a forthcoming exhibition at Opening Ceremony, Tokyo. The setting, a hip fashion-led retail outlet, of this show - which debuted at New York's Morrison Hotel Gallery last year - is...
Journal
Whilst enormously fun, mind-altering substances do precious little for productivity, so we're unlikely to encounter any rocking horse people chowing down on marshmallow pies until the weekend at the very least. In lieu of such hallucinogenic...
City Notes
Lighting is a favourite aspect of interior design for us, and in our opinion its importance is often criminally over(under?)-looked; the choice of fittings can make or break a venue's aesthetic. We're glad to say that there's nothing at all...
The Edit
Lancastrian artist Linder Sterling has been going at it since the mid-1970s, but her work really got in people's faces a couple of years later with the arrival of punk and her seminal Buzzcocks record cover for Orgasm Addict. Dating one of the...
Journal
We love Derby here – not only is the city a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and once employed Brian Clough as its football club manager, but it's also home to We Heart's technical guru who could temporarily end our existence with a few angry...
Journal
It's not good times for Mickey Mouse at the moment – Disney's most iconic creation is currently undergoing a bit of a character assassination in the art world. The formerly wholesome mouse (or his hand at least) makes a distorted appearance in pop...
Journal
If a brand wants to try and capture my attention when flogging their latest product, filming its advert in a sunny Valencia - and within an architectural icon at that - certainly helps. That's where I was en route, at a disgustingly early hour,...
Journal
Well respected and much-decorated illustrator and graphic designer Bob Gill is going strong well into his 80s - we hope Bob (probably should be Mr Gill to the likes of us) won't mind us mentioning that he's getting on a bit these days, but is...
City Notes
Great strides have been made in the last couple of years to crack the seemingly tough nut of providing hotel quality accommodation at hostel prices, with a proliferation of “design hostels” popping up in major cities. An investment banker...
Journal
There's nothing like a gallery exhibition to prove a street artist has made it in their field – one can't move for urban spray-painters making the move indoors, and with the weather the way it is, who can blame them? While most of them are happy...
The Edit
The world of the architect is a fascinating one to inhabit, especially when they treat you to a sneak peak into their imaginations, letting loose with conceptual drawings in which practicality, or at least what is possible at the time, goes out of...
Stuff Crush
Weirdness is a notion long entwined with the concept of creativity. Mocked by the strait-laced confined to their boxes of conformism, celebrated by the bold and the brave who pursue the outré as a means of pushing beyond the banal. In Weird...
City Notes
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
City Notes
A once-forgotten 19th-century residence in Savannah’s historic district has been brought spectacularly back to life, reincarnated as The Douglas; a refined 16-room boutique hotel at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue, where design meets old-world...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
There's a paradox about self-care, which is that those who need it most are probably the least likely to practice it. If you're one of those people, you might even be put off by the term self-care. Maybe it sounds too self-indulgent to you. If...
Dispatches
Looking for a Japanese tutor in Chicago without breaking the bank? You’re not alone. Whether you’re aiming to order ramen with confidence, ace a language exam, or shape your skills for business or travel, one thing’s clear: good private...
Dispatches
If you’ve ever looked at your balcony and thought, “What a wasted space,” you’re not alone. Many of us live in homes where every square foot counts, yet balconies often remain underutilized. Whether it’s too small, too plain, or simply...
Dispatches
Recognising the world’s most inspiring work across design, innovation and creativity, the A’ Design Award & Competition stands as one of the most respected and far-reaching international design accolades. Each year, a diverse panel of academics,...