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Dispatches
We live in times of unparalleled exposure to brilliant design. It's everywhere. When Jony Ive took Dieter Rams's principles of design mainstream, a whole generation became more in-tune, gained a higher capacity to appreciate great design, demanded...
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In a bid to disrupt the professional delivery services industry, French automobile manufacturer Renault have just premiered the Renault EZ-PRO—an autonomous, electric, connected, and shared robo-pod concept—at the Hannover Motor Show. A shared...
Publications
"One year ago, we decided to change our lives," says French 'van-lifer' and chef Cécile Bertrand. "We were two culinary students trying to make a career in fancy restaurants, but we wanted to learn about cooking in a different way, away from the...
Journal
I’ve always imagined car design for the masses a thankless task. So bogged down in 2016 by legislation and safety considerations, eco-credentials and budgets; and the need to cobble things together from the hundreds and thousands of parts already...
Journal
Heads are turned. It’s golden hour in the Eternal City and I’m listening intently to instructions that normal people aren't typically exposed to: keep moving at all times, ignore red lights, ignore all other road users. Shortly I’ll be a thorn...
The Edit
Symbol of freedom, emblem of status or identity, the car has been the machine that man has most connected with since Henry Ford's Model T first rolled off the newly-imagined production line; petrol and pistons sparking creativity in artists from...
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I don’t know that I necessarily agree with Michael Schulz’s characterisation of Berlin as ‘ugly’ — I mean, it’s not exactly a total dump like , is it? Still, it’s not hard see what he means when he says the German capital and the new...
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There are, you may have noticed, a lot of new cars out there. Car manufacturers have obviously noticed how crowded the market is too: just try turning on the TV, opening a magazine or trawling the net for 10 minutes without being told about some new...
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Remember the last time you enjoyed — really enjoyed — driving in a city? I can’t. They’re some of the coolest locales to tour by car, but until now we’ve been forced to choose between old-school map navigation — with the outright...
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The DeLorean Motor Company's DMC-12. A brushed stainless-steel vision of hope and of dreams. Thankfully I'm too young to have remembered its short-lived production (1981-83), but I'm not too young to have missed its most iconic moment; gull-wings...
Journal
As anyone who has been driven around a race course in an incredibly fast car will attest to: it can, and often does, involve what Sir Alex Ferguson coined as "squeaky bum time". For those who enjoy the thrill of being behind the wheel, the...
Los Angeles
There's something about California and the meeting of motors and style. Sure, the Italians have got all that kind of thing sown up — a '60s Alfa Romeo hugging the Amalfi Coast? Don't mind if I do — but from American Graffiti to Bullitt, Cali's...
City Notes
It might be located only 20 kilometres south of the Catalan capital, but at times Little Beach House Barcelona can feel a million miles from its famous namesake. Or more like several thousand miles and over half a century. A nostalgic haven...
Journal
Receiving a Renaissance humanist education in Antwerp, beginning an apprenticeship with Flemish painter Tobias Verhaeght aged 14, Peter Paul Rubens was one of those great polymaths; the like of who that term should be reserved for. A true master...
City Notes
For first-time visitors, Budapest will astound. It defines grand. All old-European splendour with its humbling monuments kept impeccably pristine. Bisected by the River Danube, Buda and Pest retain distinct essence—Pest its modern heart with the...
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...
Dispatches
Since opening last year, The LINE Austin—the Sydell Group's third LINE Hotel—has added a liberal dive bar, Dean’s One Trick Pony, and P6, a rooftop bar and restaurant boasting panoramic views of Town Lake and the south of the city; an ideal...
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House hunting can be tricky. With so many things to consider when looking to buy your ‘forever home’, your mind can constantly whirl with questions: "is there enough space for everybody? Can we make it our own? Does it have all the restaurants,...
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Face directly to camera. White background. Glasses removed. The mundane list for capturing a suitable passport picture seems endless; something that Namibian-German visual artist Max Siedentopf set about exploring in his latest body of work....
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Social media has changed our lives irreversibly. The innocence of sharing photos with family and friends; announcing some of life’s biggest moments; publicising local events; publicising absolutely anything … social media has become one of the...