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The Edit
Call him pessimistic, call him realistic, Dean Stockton certainly isn't looking on the bright side in New World Disorder, his pop-art series of love, loss and the impending annihilation of Earth. Okay, the last bit might be a bit of an...
The Edit
The journey to work can be a grind, but it can also be time put to good use, as artist Stephen Powers demonstrates. While most subway commuters cocoon themselves against the rest of humanity with iPods and Facebook status updates, Powers sketches,...
Lyndhurst
Just googling Lime Wood Hotel gives you the provincial goose-bumps. In the New Forest National Park where the wild ponies graze, you wonder how nice it would be to actually live in Hampshire. Fortunately for us Londoners, the hotel and its...
Kyiv
If all you have in your loft are some magazine back-issues, a half-built train set and the entire cast of extras from Arachnophobia, you may be thinking of sprucing the space up a bit. You'll need some serious real estate and the design chops of...
's-Hertogenbosch
It must be a little bittersweet to complete an interior design project for a restaurant - you hand over your baby to its adoptive parents and then to all intents and purposes disappear. The owner of Dit and Dit Ook, two venues separated only by the...
Duderstadt
With due respect to Lower Saxony, Duderstadt is not the first place you'd think of building an art museum of the calibre of the Kunsthalle HGN, housing an impressive collection of eminent German and international artists. Professor Hans Georg Näder...
Journal
We may be risking a couple fewer Christmas cards this year by saying we're not massive fans of beaming images onto buildings as an art form, but it's only June so we're hoping people will forget our distaste for projection mapping by December. And...
Taipei
The design concept for this cupcake bakery in Taipei is much like the design of the classic cupcake itself: a rigid, plain shell in which is held all the sweet ingredients. J.C. Architecture designed the cup of Les Bébés Cupcakery with the simple...
The Edit
We do hate artspeak jargon here at We Heart, but there's one word we can't escape using from time to time: found. Artists use it to describe the re-appropriation of previous material for a new purpose, but we doubt they “found” this stuff in the...
Journal
How does a stethoscope become an '80s ghetto blaster plugged into a lamp shade? Inspired by the Surrealist process of exquisite corpse, or cadavre exquis, that sees art created collectively - each collaborator adding their own strand, all based on a...
Toronto
Brick, steel and graffiti - sounds like a gritty urban hangout, right? Wrong, what we have with Annie Aime is a bright and breezy clothing outlet in Canada with a colourful freshness and not a speck of grit to be seen. The brick and steel at this...
Oakland
Restaurant. Bar. Event space. Music venue. Bodega. Café. Art gallery. These days you'd better be prepared to offer your customers more than just a plate of good food if you want to capture their imaginations, and that is what chef Paul Canales and...
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
In 2025, India had over 65 million active merchants accepting Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments, making it the world's largest merchant acceptance network. This scale reflects how quickly businesses are embracing digital transactions to meet...
Dispatches
Term insurance is one of the most talked about financial products in India. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. This article clears up the most common misconceptions. It also shows how a term life insurance calculator helps cut through...
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...