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Publications
Once largely abandoned and populated solely by maintenance workers — occasionally the odd Hollywood action hero leaping from one to another — city rooftops have enjoyed a renaissance period of late; as outdoor space becomes more difficult to...
New York City
When an über-cool hospitality venue starts gaining the mass that comes with a growing reputation, it's usually the prelude to a stellar collapse. Scenesters will always be on the lookout for the next undiscovered gem, and when they start moving on...
London
The Royal Academy of Arts has recently reopened The Keeper's House in London's Mayfair; the Academy's social hub underwent a £6.5 million renovation to bring back the glory days, and rising to the challenge (under a fair bit of pressure) were...
Interiors
Smoke machines are rarely used to good effect. Wedding DJ; no. School disco; no. Nestled in the corner of a small room at New Dutch Design, during Milan Design Week; surprisingly, yes. Eindhoven Design Academy graduate Frederik Roijé had a...
Publications
My, how tree houses have grown up. Once the preserve of middle-class children (well mostly, you need a garden and a tree, for a start), now the quirky hotel alternative for the middle-class adventure traveller. You wouldn't have thought there...
New York
In the words of Rupert Brooke “...there's some corner of a foreign field that is forever England”, and while the quote is a gross misappropriation, taken out of context it does seem to sum up Crosby Street Hotel in New York, the first in what...
Amsterdam
Here's a place to warm the cockles of your heart on a cold November morning – Restaurant De Kas, Amsterdam, a re-purposed greenhouse that takes the concept of locally-sourced ingredients to another level. Originally part of the city's municipal...
Amsterdam
Whether you're being dragged around a seemingly endless mall by your better half, or you are doing the dragging, there comes a time on the spree of even the most devoted shopper when you have had enough, and the thought of the drive home sends you...
Chester
A lovely little city, Chester. The Romans founded it when they built a fort here, and the city walls that remain are some of the finest surviving examples in Britain. After that, a succession of important historical dynasties left their...
Sydney
Residents of Sydney are waking up to an award-winning new café which delivers much more than just a jolt of caffeine. The Grounds has set up shop in a former warehouse and pie factory and maintains links to its roots thanks to designer Caroline...
Journal
Britain wouldn't be Britain without an international crowd. That's what makes it great - full of flavour, variety and creativity. So I popped to my home town of Milton Keynes for this year's International Festival, a week long 'happening' -...
Journal
London-based designers Studio Weave are a small practice with a very modern outlook on design, architecture, urban landscapes and planning. That's not to say you can expect to see steel, glass, and futurism gone mad... no, this is a studio...
City Notes
Leaving behind careers in advertising and production, Fergus and Sharmin Jackson hotfooted across the pond to San Francisco to indulge in their first love: bread. Specifically the crusty, chewy, slow-fermented, sourdough...
City Notes
As has been the case with Wynwood and the Miami Design District, many of the long-abandoned spaces dotted throughout Miami's urban core have seen regeneration at the hands of savvy developers who have one eye on the strong cultural reputation the...
City Notes
Chotto Matte is drenched in the drama of Miami Beach from the moment you meet a mammoth pivoting door that punctuates a stark white façade. It only gets more impressive. A retractable ceiling sees Herzog & de Meuron's iconic 1111 Lincoln Rd car...
City Notes
Aureli Mora and Omar Ornaque of architecture practice AMOO have transformed an old bar in Barcelona's slow-paced Gràcia, transforming an elongated tube-shaped space—typical of buildings in neighbourhood—into a bright and contemporary locale...
Dispatches
One of the things to admire most about those behind the A’Design Award is their sheer commitment to recognising new talent across an exhaustive spectrum of design. In fact, with some 100 categories, plus many more sub-categories and...
Dispatches
We live in times of unparalleled exposure to brilliant design. It's everywhere. When Jony Ive took Dieter Rams's principles of design mainstream, a whole generation became more in-tune, gained a higher capacity to appreciate great design, demanded...
Dispatches
PUMA have been pushing the boundaries of sports and culture for the last 70 years, collaborations with renowned designers ensuring the brand is seen on athletes the world over. Their latest sneakers channel West Coast USA, the reimagined Cali...
Dispatches
The hip Everly Hollywood—part of Kimpton hotel brand—have embarked on a headline-grabbing collaboration with LA-based artist Colette Miller. Renowned for her Global Angel Wings Project, whereby she paints interactive (and Instagram-ready) street...