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Journal
That moment when old and new meet; get on like a house on fire, get married, have kids, grow old together... well, that. When spangly, super-modern and 16th century Baroque marry so consummately, so effortlessly in tune with their own present and...
Journal
Dystopian fantasies of apocalyptic architecture, Jim Kazanjian's unsettling images may look like hyper-real paintings - such are their intricate surrealism - but, with an archive of over 25,000 high-resolution photographs at his disposal,...
Journal
They clearly don't have that whole '7 years of bad luck' thing in Sweden. Whilst in town for the recent Stockholm Design Week, we dropped in on super-stylish hotel Berns to review their Asiatiska restaurant (more on that to come) - and, whilst we...
Journal
Surely everyone's had this dream at some point in their lives. Life-size Lego blocks to muck around with 'til your heart's content. The Dutch pairing of artist Filip Jonker and agency Project.DWG - aka LOOS.FM - have gone one step further, taking...
Journal
When a designer receives a brief for a hair salon's interiors, it usually consists of words like minimal, sexy or chic - it'll probably never read: "make it look like a kid's sweet shop". However - upon responding to a brief that asked to be...
Melbourne
Super-cool bakeries are all the rage, hey? Last year we featured Turin's VyTA Boulangerie and Greek bakery Elektra - both of which looked more like swanky bars than humble purveyors of bread. The latest in this international trend is Baker D....
Journal
Advertising continues to become more and more intrusive, as your life becomes more and more transparent. In the 21st century you're prepared to tell the world exactly what you had for dinner - and who with - but who's listening? Big businesses....
London
The Royal Festival Hall has always been one of my favourite spaces in London. When I first moved to London and hardly knew a soul, I would often wander along the Southbank and find myself there. But it was only much later, when I learnt more...
Porto
Just as a dog craves his bone, a Daily Mail reader yearns for casual racism or a Jeremy Kyle guest hungers for unprotected sex; we simply cannot get enough of exposed concrete. The folk behind Porto-based guesthouse Casa do Conto (House of Tales)...
London
Andaz Liverpool Street has been open for a few years now, but it wasn't until recently that we had the distinct pleasure of bedding down there for the night. Sure, we'd been along to see some of the many art and design happenings that they host - it...
Journal
Blink and you missed it. This collaboration between fashion giant Prada, architecture icon Rem Koolhaas' research studio - AMO, and celebrity obsessed artist Francesco Vezzoli, opened on January 24th and - as the name suggests - was gone by the...
Journal
Whilst in town for last week's Interiors UK at the NEC, we dropped in on Birmingham's "cultural quarter", the aptly named Custard Factory - the 5-acres of riverside factories it occupies were built some 100-years ago, by custard's inventor; Sir...
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
Moving, renovating, or downsizing in a fast-growing city like Dallas can quickly become overwhelming. Between tight housing transitions, unpredictable weather, and the sheer logistics of packing up a home or office, it’s easy to feel buried under...
Dispatches
Drivers race the yellow light constantly. It's become normal behavior. Someone sees the light turn yellow and accelerates to beat it rather than slowing down. Another driver is already committed to going through. They collide in the middle of the...
Dispatches
Once upon a time, hotels were where we went to escape real life, and homes were where we returned to it. Today, that separation is disappearing. The warmth, comfort, and design sophistication that once defined boutique hotels are now finding their...
Dispatches
Moving is one of those life events that sits somewhere between chaos and reinvention. It’s stressful, yes — but it’s also a rare opportunity to start over. To touch every object you own, question its purpose, and decide what kind of person...