The Edit
The division between pop iconography and brand imagery is so faint it's worth questioning if it exists at all, and that's the faint line Aussie artist Ben Frost has been cheerfully trampling all over in The Perfect Drug. Painting directly onto...
The Edit
Food has long been influencing design – one only has to remember Brizilian bombshell Carmen Miranda's fruit-basket headgear in the 1940s for one of the less subtle examples – but in more recent times the extent to which the edible is an...
The Edit
The last time we saw a felt-tip pen being put to artistic use, the instructions were to colour within the lines. With Unknown Artist, Australian mystery TextaQueen shows how far one can go with markers and fibre-tips, for it is with these seemingly...
City Notes
Ho-Hum is a restaurant that proves once and for all that irony is not the exclusive preserve of the British, for while the colour scheme may be understated, the effect is energising rather than soporific. Stepping into the Seoul venue, designed by...
City Notes
What's going on at Bucharest's Old Town pub Biutiful? Everything, is the answer. Designed by Romanian firm Twins Studio, it flies past double-identity somewhere just inside the door and explodes into full-blown multiple personalities by the time...
The Edit
We think something bad must have happened to artist Nathan James. Maybe he stopped taking the pills, maybe he took too many. Whatever has occurred to cause it, things have gotten fascinatingly twisted in the artistic output of the Ontarian who is...
The Edit
We wouldn't want you to think we're thumbing our noses at you when we say that this event was good, and you missed it, but it was, and you probably did. Don't blame us though – the Alley-Oop Design Exhibition was a one-night only affair, so unless...
City Notes
It's always nice to feel like your improving yourself while drinking – it takes the edge off the guilt a bit - so three cheers and a bottoms up for Culturefix in New York. Depending on which way you want to spin it to yourself, or your other half,...
Journal
We've been introduced to the heritage of Ford Motor Company, the forward-thinking present and future of the motoring giant, and as our time visiting the brand on its home soil came to an end - it was time to step out from the shadows, and into the...
City Notes
Condesa df is about as far removed from the traditional image of Mexico City as you can get. No thronging crowds to be seen, no traffic chaos – in fact the motoring here is so wonderfully stuck in the past it's actually clockwork. That's one way...
The Edit
As part of the major Duchamp Season Dancing Around Duchamp, the Barbican Art Gallery opened The Bride and the Bachelors yesterday, a major exhibition that will run until 9th June. Exploring the beginnings of contemporary art as an ironic revolt...
City Notes
Melbourne's Institute of Technology have unveiled their new design department headquarters – it's called the Design Hub but may well be more of a hive in both looks and philosophy. Bringing together disparate research groups from across the...
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...