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Travel
Watermelon imagery has infiltrated popular culture immensely over the last couple of years — thanks to a lewd (and incredibly famous) husband and wife, one song, and millions of us hitting up Urban Dictionary to understand just what the...
Dispatches
This weekend's Glasgow Open House Art Festival does exactly what it says on the tin: it’s a festival. Of art. Open to all. Showcased in houses. Just over half of this year’s programme will take place in and around the artists’ very own homes,...
Music
Woodstock, held in the summer of 1969 in the Catskill mountains, New York, was arguably the most influential music and arts festival ever held. Now there's a chance to relive some of the weird and wonderful stuff that happened on the fringes of the...
Journal
You'll have heard the myth about the Great Wall of China being the only man-made object visible from space? Well we're not saying this poster by the Snask creative team is quite that big, but it's pretty bloody big. Big enough to need the...
Journal
This two-day festival in the heart of East London came packing some serious heat, by way of weather and DJ; although I’ll start by mentioning the second day, which was essentially a Pixies gig. The park became awash with misfits and outcasts all...
Journal
Hot town, summer in the city! The mercury is rising in Britain, and it may be starting to feel like the walls are closing in if you live in the claustrophobic capital. What you need is to get out of the house and in amongst all the great live events...
Journal
The humble summer festival, a phenomena that has teetered on the edge of self-implosion of recent years. Michael Eavis' prediction of doom and gloom has become somewhat of an annual event in itself, whether they are a Sir Alex Ferguson style attempt...
Journal
And here's one we made earlier... Make Architects unfolded a couple of extraordinary contributions to the London Ice Sculpting Festival in Canary Wharf in January, but unlike most of the other exhibits, these aren't likely to melt when the sun...
Journal
Four pints of hot cider deep, I'm stood in the main square of a small but perfectly formed ancient cathedral city in the north east of England. Dozens of people gaze into a classic red telephone box full of exotic fish. Its dreamy aquatic glow...
Miami
Heading west of Downtown Miami you arrive at Little Havana with its many historic monuments, colourful murals, restaurants and souvenir shops doused in authentic Cuban culture. Earning its name from the Caribbean country's residents, who descended...
The Edit
We like a Greggs up north, but a pastry necklace is taking things to another level. Actually the jewellery in James O Jenkins' Hunting the Earl of Rone is probably bits of wood, but we haven't had our bacon sandwich yet this morning, and...
The Edit
Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam is returning for a second year following the success of the inaugural event last year, once again throwing the spotlight on emerging talents of the photography world, and a selection of longer-established artists who...
City Notes
Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
City Notes
The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
City Notes
TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
City Notes
Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
Dispatches
Creative work and predictable income feel like they're supposed to be opposites. Artists, photographers, designers, writers, musicians built their practices around the work itself, not around revenue systems and operational infrastructure. Then...
Dispatches
This is it. The final call. The door is almost shut on the 2025—2026 edition of the A’ Design Awards & Competition, and if your work is sitting on a hard drive waiting for the right moment, this is that moment. With submissions closing on 28...
Dispatches
Inspiration seldom arrives empty-handed. As ideas clarify, books, samples, tools, notes, and references accumulate, and the pile may begin competing for space and attention. What started as inspirational fuel becomes visual noise—debris in the...
Dispatches
Freelancers and creatives rarely follow a traditional pay cycle. One month might bring multiple client payments, while the next feels quieter and less predictable. That irregular rhythm makes financial planning more nuanced than it is for salaried...