City Notes
Located centrally on Kiev's Saksahanskoho street, life takes on an altogether slower pace at an environmentally friendly and health-conscious restaurant that has absolutely bags of style to boot: the exceedingly beautiful Zelyonka....
City Notes
Hong Kong designers, o&o studio, have converted an old grease factory in Shanghai's South Bund riverside complex into a craft beer and whiskey bar cum restaurant, the 130 square metre space made up of three connecting ground level units in the...
City Notes
Combining chef Carlos Gaytán's love of gastronomy and the endearing sensation of being home, surrounded by family, Chicago restaurant Tzuco provides a culinary experience centred around coming together over damn fine food. Having become...
City Notes
Architecture studio Michaelis Boyd have completed work on Luxembourg boutique, Muse By..., the flagship store split over two floors, each showcasing high-end ready-to-wear fashion, footwear and accessories. Located at 60 Grand Rue, the...
City Notes
A former private residence has been converted into a boutique hotel, the listed neoclassical building in Athens's Kolonaki quarter renovated by design studio, Babatchas, to provide guests with a 'home-from-home'; its mix of rooms and suites spacious...
City Notes
With its waterfront location and views of Maastricht centre and Sint Servaas bridge, NOON is a restaurant attracting the city's creative crowd; those looking for an alternative place to hang out. Serving a variety of sharing plates,...
City Notes
Fashion designer Djaba Diassamidze opens a new lifestyle store in Barcelona's Dreta de l'Eixample neighbourhood, the multidisciplinary space located on the ground floor of the extravagant Casa Tomàs Roger; a drop-dead gorgeous consortium of goods...
The Edit
What makes you happy? It is usually experiences, time spent with friends and loved ones, being told you’re great, that results in that intoxicating dopamine rush. But as the 24-hour news cycle seeks to bring us down, climate concerns and political...
Stuff Crush
Hate to break it to you, but it's that time of the year again. Depending on where you live, the Christmas carols may have already kicked into overdrive. This means if you need to retain any sense of sanity, you'll be looking for a two month hiatus...
City Notes
A beacon of Italian culinary culture in London since 1944, Soho's oldest Italian delicatessen marks its 75th birthday with the opening of Lina Stores King's Cross; a new outpost housed in a heritage building behind Granary Square. With...
City Notes
With influences from the South of France, Morocco and Paris, Merci Marcel Orchard Road—the third MM outpost from Antoine Rouland and Marie-Charlotte Ley Rouland—is a contemporary café and bar for 'urban bohemians'; longterm collaborator and...
City Notes
Located in the heart of Williamsburg, Bathhouse—situated in a renovated 1930s soda factory—offers an array of treatments programmed by top industry professionals in a space that pays homage to bathhouses around the world; whilst blending 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...
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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
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...
Dispatches
There’s something quietly outdated about the way we’re told to sell a home. List it. Wait. Negotiate. Hope nothing falls apart. But in a world where everything else has sped up — from how we work to how we travel — the idea of waiting...