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Journal
Evoking memories of Roy Castle and the McWhirter twins seeing how many badly clothed, spotty teens could be squeezed into a Mini Cooper; Renault have decided to see how much originality 4 artists can cram inside their new Twingo. Now this isn't...
Interiors
Haiko Cornelissen, a Dutch architect with an office in Amsterdam and New York, clearly misses nature when he's holed up in his city apartments; his picNYC table offers the surreal, yet stimulating, answer to those who share these emotions. No more...
Journal
Spiky geometric interiors, sharply contoured walls punctuating spaces with razor-edged elegance; it's all so en vogue don't you know? Situated within a 3,000 sq ft, three-storey gallery in Hangzhou, Arthouse Café - by Hong Kong agency Joey Ho...
Journal
J'adore this cute little poster, for an optician in Montpellier, that French agency Figurez-vous sent through to us. Given a carte blanche by the client, whose sole brief was to "symbolise winter", the local studio drafted in street artist The...
Journal
Playful Portugese design collective, Dose, came up with a cunning plan to deal with the problem of restricted budget and space for a temporary bar at Porto's annual academic festival. Debuting their 'TUBE-IT system', the team - António Martins,...
Journal
Dealing with the issues of data accessibility, internet privacy, our willing online exhibitionism and the constant flood of information; Joern Roeder and Jonathan Pirnay - students at Germany's University of Visual Arts and Design Kassel - have...
Singapore
There's a fair bit of dollar knocking around the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore. A major player in gambling, oil-refinery and the world's largest oil-rig producer; it's ranked number 5 in the 'global power city index', and a bottle of...
Journal
The Westcountry is an inspirational place. Whether it’s the light, the air, or the water, there is definitely something in the South West corner of our fair isle that fires the creative spirit. And Young & Norgate, a small group of designers...
Journal
We must confess to having let this one slip through the net when it won a New Designers Designersblock Award for “Outstanding Creativity and Original Thought” back in July, so apologies if you've seen it before, but we couldn't let Patrick...
Art & Culture
A 50-strong (and growing) collective of creatives with a passion for pounding the streets, Run Dem Crew is based at Nike's Shoreditch-based concept store cum creative space; 1948. Documenting the crew's participation in the 2011 London Marathon,...
Art & Culture
Remember kids, Christmas is about more than stress, financial strain, crowds and chewy turkey; it's about having a bit of fun, and what better way than to dress your presents up like a cheeseburger? Sure, it's not your traditional festive amusement,...
Journal
Thanks to financial news giant Bloomberg, and the creative vision of architect Akihisa Hirata, Tokyo's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT) has a rather impressive new pavilion to stand beside its main entrance. The mysterious yet graceful white box,...
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
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...
Dispatches
Do you want to give your bathroom a fresh, trendy look with new tile? Tiles in the bathroom do more than just keep water from getting on your walls and floors. They can also give your area a joyful, colourful, tranquil, or futuristic vibe. There are...
Dispatches
Traditional birdwatching frequently seems like a commitment. It may involve long-haul flights to remote locations, getting up early in the morning, and spending hours in uncertain weather. Even then, sightings can never be guaranteed. For many, the...