City Notes
Situated on the enviable Laguna Beach coastline, Hotel Joaquin is a 22-room property by Auric Road—lifestyle curators of petite resorts—and may just be the most stylish former roadside motel rebirth to date. Its knock-out design...
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Studio Modijefsky have redesigned former tearoom and national treasure, Blauwe Theehuis, converting it into a taproom for Brouwerij ‘t IJ; a brand synonymous with making quality craft beers (since 1985 to be precise) from an old municipal bath...
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Amsterdam West—a triangular area located west of the city centre and surrounded by greenery—is home to Romana, a new bar with a vibe set to steal your heart. Designed by Amsterdam-based interior design studio Studio Modijefsky (whose...
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Situated in the heart of multicultural Melbourne suburb Richmond, JAMU is a restaurant where eating heartily and feasting as one is encouraged. Serving up a selection of raw dishes, snacks, sharing plates and larger individual plates alongside a...
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Billed as a 'seventh heaven for food enthusiasts, complete with rooms above the inn', ERGON House is a marketplace, bar, café, restaurant and boutique hotel all situated at the foot of the ancient Acropolis of Athens. Underneath a 25...
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Marking their first foray into casual dining, Chucs—the acclaimed foodie chain with outposts in Mayfair, Westbourne Grove, Harrods and the Serpentine—have opened a fifth restaurant on Old Brompton Road, Chelsea; Chucs Café Kensington serving up...
Stuff Crush
One of the finest looking books you will have the pleasure of flicking through in quite some time, Brian Blomerth's Bicycle Day—a publication comprising 200 pages of pen-on-paper illustration with digital coloration, 48 with neon pantones—is the...
Journal
“During my time there, I met people with a global mindset and a local go-make attitude,” explains Luca Ponticelli, having just returned from D.A.T.E. (Discover Antwerp Through Experience)’s birthday edition, which saw the London-based designer...
Dispatches
It’s always the quiet ones, they say. As far as off-the-radar goes, Northumberland is as close as it gets. In every sense. The northernmost county of England, it is tucked right up on the country’s north east, bordering Scotland and the bracing...
City Notes
With two locations in the Bavarian capital, MATES is a platform providing design-led coworking spaces for nomadic creatives to nurture their ideas, interact with likeminded folk, and develop their chosen career paths. With a 'Drop-In'...
Stuff Crush
Following the tragic earthquake that hit the island of Lombok, Indonesia, on 5 August 2018—a disaster that created widespread damage and, owing to a succession of further earthquakes throughout the month, a loss of 563 lives—countless survivors...
City Notes
Serving feel-good fare, Rosalinda—a collaboration between Grant van Gameren, Max Rimaldi and Jamie Cook; bringing together some of Toronto's most significant restaurateurs—is making (Mexican) waves, its highly Instagrammable interiors as...
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Bringing understated Scandinavian elegance to the edge of Warsaw’s historic Old Town, PURO Warszawa Stare Miasto is the latest addition to the design-led hotel group’s growing Polish portfolio, and possibly their most considered space...
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In Milan’s ever-evolving Isola district, MOGO has arrived on the scene, offering a destination where music, mixology, and modern Japanese cuisine come together in a high-design setting that will have aesthetics addicts frothing at the mouth. A...
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Opening its doors in February 2025, Ned’s Club Washington, DC marks the second collaboration between Soho House’s luxury brand and the design and architecture experts at Stonehill Taylor. Set across the 9th to 12th floors of two historic...
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After a century spent as apartment residences, and following a meticulous two-year transformation, Hotel Granada reopened its Spanish Colonial archways to guests in August 2024. Located at 1302 West Peachtree Street NW, this 120-room property now...
Dispatches
Picture this: you unlock the door to your new home. The sofa’s already waiting in its perfect spot, your favorite artwork hangs where you imagined, and not a single box blocks your view. That’s not magic—it’s the difference the right movers...
Dispatches
The first impression of your home isn't simply a matter of architectural design or interior decor. Curb appeal, the undeniable charm and allure of a property as viewed from the street, has an inexplicably powerful influence on property value....
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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,...
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Hard water. It's one of those household nuisances everyone talks about, but what exactly is it, and why is it such a big deal? Essentially, hard water is water that contains high levels of dissolved minerals, primarily calcium and magnesium. These...