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Paris
A utopian paradise lies just north of the old Parisian city walls. In the birthplace of Jazz Manouche, where the rag and bone men set up shop to sell their wares, lies MOB Hotel; less of a hotel, more of a coworking environment, exhibition space,...
Bonnelles
With 71 guestrooms and suites, Le Barn is a rural hideaway set amidt oaks, elms and silver birches in Rambouillet Forest; which is located west of Paris, covering some 200 km² upon which the public can ramble, hike, swim and spot myriad wildlife...
Paris
Located on the left bank in Paris's 13th arrondissement—an area home to Chinatown, a mixture of upscale and budget Chinese and Vietnamese eateries, and France's main library, the Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterrand—La Felicità is an...
Journal
What makes the ideal place for a short visit or extended stay in France? Enchanting architecture? Beautiful beaches? Rich history and culture? The short answer: all of the above and much more. With companies like Brittany Ferries now offering...
Puissalicon
"We’ll tell our grandchildren: Once upon a time we had to wait." There is a stark polarity in this line from creative agency Lippincott's landmark consumer research report, Customer of the Future. On-demand everything has made our lives...
Lyon
Valencia-based creative consultancy Masquespacio have brought barrel-loads of gusto to a new Lyon eatery by way of their signature kaleidoscopic interior design; use of kitschy neon; and lush on-trend foliage. Housed within a shopping...
Dispatches
With over 369 million French speakers on Earth—the official language of 29 countries across five continents and spoken in many, many more—the romance language is the fourth most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union, and the sixth...
Puissalicon
Tucked away among vineyards in the heart of the Languedoc — the French region that spans the Mediterranean from the Cote d’Azur to the Spanish border — Château St Pierre de Serjac is a romantic estate with a fairytale feel; a retreat where...
Journal
Following a fine night's sleep under eco-cotton sheets in Cannes, a coastal ride later and we were back in Nice. As you enter the city you quickly realise that the capital of the French Riviera is Cannes’ big sister; with its ample size, Nice has...
Pyla-sur-Mer
Boasting original illuminati top brass the Rothschilds, fashion house founder Jeanne Lanvin, and Italian-French actor and singer Yves Montand as long-time 'regulars', The Haitza (as it was known upon opening in the 1930s) is located within an...
The Edit
Founded in San Gimignano in 1990, Galleria Continua is one of the art world's true pioneers. Away from the traditional urban backdrop, in an Italian town steeped in history, three friends — Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi, and Maurizio Rigillo...
Journal
An unassuming cobble-floored storage room in Martell’s Cognac headquarters, just north of Bordeaux. It’s not very warm in here. It’s also dark, which leads to much tragicomic stumbling as we enter — and perhaps even a little more as we...
Stuff Crush
Handcrafting precise physical representations of famed architectural landmarks and cityscapes since 2011, brothers Robert and Gavin Paisley of Chisel & Mouse have meticulously cast over 90 celebrated buildings—including architect Gottlieb Eliel...
City Notes
International research and design lab SPACE10 has opened a outpost in India, the centre—based in Copenhagen, and having popped-up in cities such as New York, London, Shanghai and Nairobi—having chosen Delhi to create a collaborative platform...
City Notes
Located south of Sunset Junction in the heart of the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Silver Lake Pool & Inn sees an evocative 1980s motel reimagined into an alluring design hotel with 54 rooms, an elevated pool deck, and an Italian...
Stuff Crush
As those of us in the Northern Hemisphere enter the third and final month of meteorological winter, there are tiny differences in temperature and light. Although they may not be much, they're enough to have us looking forward to springtime; the...
Dispatches
To put it mildly, 2020 hasn't started off the way we would have liked. We could never have imagined such a time of crisis, and travel bans are implemented almost worldwide. But we must look on the bright side, this will blow over. Eventually....
Dispatches
Design and visual imagery has always been at the centre of propagating messages to the people. From the stone reliefs celebrating Assyrian victories in 860BC to the Bayeux Tapestry in 1066; the constructivist propaganda posters of Soviet Russia to...
Dispatches
If you’ve never paid much attention to CBD, you may now be a little lost in the huge assortment of information available out there regarding CBD. CBD—also sold as hemp oil; CBD hemp oil; and a variety of other names—can provide health...
Dispatches
Due to the horrific circumstances around the world currently, us creative types are having to adapt and find new ways to satisfy our creative needs. It isn’t easy, and it is certainly a struggle at times. Boredom can set in, can’t it?...