City Notes
It's hip to be square at Rotterdam espresso bar Lokaal – everything about the place looks like it has been stacked from the ground up. Clean lines and edges dominate the interior by design firm weaponofchoice, whose philosophy of keeping things...
Stuff Crush
Part of the enduring appeal of Fred Perry's signature polo shirt is its simplicity – the iconic piece of casual wear remains instantly recognisable 60 years after the first appearance of the famous laurel wreath. Such a milestone anniversary...
Journal
The next port of call on our recent South Africa trip was Johannesburg, or the City of Gold as it was once known; the design tour entered the vast, built up city with all eyes open. Miles apart from Cape Town in many ways, exciting pangs ran...
The Edit
Michael Jackson, even in death, can still hold claim to being not only the King of Pop but also the King of Pop Videos, but it would be wrong to think that his MTV-friendly mini-dramas were the beginning of music videos, as this exhibition at FACT...
City Notes
“Friendly neighbourhood bar” is the description of this upmarket watering hole, and those kind of places are becoming something of a rarity these days, especially round my way. Independent bars are feeling the squeeze, absorbed by identikit...
Stuff Crush
Platonic. Outside of philosophy lectures (and possible inside for all I know) one of the most heartbreaking words in the English language, no matter which end of it you're on. It's pretty fitting that Christian Wassmann's 5 Platonic Objects have...
City Notes
As part of our design tour of Cape Town we were kindly invited for lunch at Babylonstoren. An hour or so drive into the Winelands, entering lush green vistas, we soon arrived at one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms in South Africa. With the sun...
The Edit
Chaotic, dark and disturbing, brash, colourful, simplistic – throw a handful of adjectives at the work of Jeff Keen and probability dictates you'll hit the right work with the right word sooner rather than later. Which isn't to say the...
Stuff Crush
The simple ideas are always the best, as London-based Dutch photographer Sipke Visser proves in his exhaustive project, Return to Sender. Now compiled in a beautiful little hard-backed, 480-page book - designed by studio Kummer & Herrman - Return to...
City Notes
The huge centrepiece to this coffee shop and restaurant is a 37ft dining table, and the 30 sets of tiles that form its impressive length are as varied and colourful as the customers who dine here. The city is Hong Kong – well used to inviting...
Journal
Those of a nervous disposition, or at least those with balance and depth perception problems, look away now. This installation of porcelain tiles in Primrose Hill, London, is like a very upmarket version of those fairground attractions designed to...
City Notes
Running Melbourne a close second on our list of places we'd like to emigrate to is Budapest – not only is the flight a damn sight easier on the knees (business class travellers might like to snort slightly with derision here), but there's also a...
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
Ten kilometres west of Dubrovnik’s Old Town, on the south-facing flank of Koločep Island, there is a sea cave that briefly — and only briefly — turns the colour of liquid sapphire. The effect is physics, not folklore. For about three hours...
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...