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Interiors
Who needs a year-round DFS sofa sale when you can make your own from three old chairs and a slip cover? Not artist Greg Papove, for one. His latest wallet-friendly creation, Socks + Furniture, arrives just as the worldwide austerity squeeze...
Journal
Ah, Teletext. Many a Saturday afternoon was spent watching the football scores come rolling in on the Beeb's Ceefax, or frantically checking page 302 for transfer news during the summer months. For those of you who think of pre-internet (PI shall...
London
Watching your waistline? Then this may make uncomfortable viewing, but for those of you who like a little bit of what you fancy every now and again, check out Polka Gelato. Rather like the Italian version of ice-cream on sale here, designers...
Bangkok
When you design such an exacting furniture shop, it must be a bit of a wrench to actually sell anything. Of course, We*Do, in Bangkok, is not just a furniture shop. In fact it's a showroom for the work of interior designer Francisco Polo and...
Toronto
Toronto, Canada’s biggest city but not the capital as the rest of country will quickly point out, doesn’t immediately conjure up images of hot hot heat and outdoor summer games. It’s usually tagged with the more ice and sleet sensibility of...
Los Angeles
Who says High Street retail is dead? Certainly not Angie Myung and her husband Ted Vadakan. The pair behind online success story Poketo have made the move into real-life real estate with their first bricks-and-mortar shop in Los Angeles. The...
Ripon
We're living in harsh times. The economy is in the toilet, unemployment is rife, and suddenly all the materialism of the recent past can at times seem a little bit, well, distasteful. What better time to reconnect with your spiritual side, and get...
Journal
“Oh, Mr Soft, won't you tell me why the world in which you're living is so strange?” Soft City is Hariton Pushwagner's first solo exhibition outside his native Norway, and that he's chosen Milton Keynes' MK Gallery to host it points to the...
Miami
With interiors by Kelly Wearstler and a Philippe Starck-designed spa, the very stylish Viceroy Miami has it all. Although a little bit big to be defined as a boutique hotel, everything has been carefully studied to give the same impact and service...
Odessa
You're in Ukraine, you've just had your fifteenth bowl of mouth-puckering vinegar soup in three days, you suddenly crave an Italian. We hear you. Now tourists and Odessans alike can say boo to borscht and instead enjoy some mouth-watering...
Journal
The 50km walk has been run, the last hammer has fallen, the last Eastern European disgraced for cheating, and the flame has been passed to Brazil. Yes, the Olympic hangover has well and truly started. But before you run to cry on the shoulder of...
Journal
* Dach & Sons is permanently closed Hampstead's new Dach & Sons has certainly been causing a gourmet junk-food storm of late, both on and offline. Brought to you by the guys and gals at Fluid Movement - key movers in the speakeasy cocktail bar...
City Notes
Salon Volta is a new barbershop in Laval, Quebec, that rethinks the familiar codes of grooming through a concept centred on craft and community. Moving away from the traditional model, the project positions itself as a space where barbering unfolds...
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...
Dispatches
Hospitals and medical staff are held accountable for anesthesia errors through medical malpractice laws, internal reviews, and professional standards. When a mistake happens, the key question is whether the provider failed to meet the accepted...
Dispatches
A lawyer can help after a concert injury by protecting your rights, gathering evidence, and fighting for fair compensation while you focus on healing. When things go wrong in a crowded, high-energy setting like a music concert, it’s easy to feel...
Dispatches
Some people discover mixology behind a bar on a busy Friday night. Others come to it through years of hosting dinner parties, obsessing over flavor combinations, or spending too much money on bitters collections they absolutely did not need. However...
Dispatches
There was a time when wedding bar service meant a single bartender, a few bottles of wine, and maybe a keg if the couple was feeling casual. Those days are long gone. Today's couples are rethinking the bar as one of the most meaningful parts of the...