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Considered one of the first buildings of the Art Nouveau movement, Casa Vicens was also the first house designed by a certain Antoni Gaudí. Located in the Barcelona neighbourhood of Gràcia, brick and tile factory owner, Manuel Vicens i Montaner,...
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Art and fashion, intrinsically linked and more so than ever. From clothing design to catwalk show art direction, major labels to boutique houses, the word of fashion is falling over itself to involve important names from a diverse range of the...
Publications
Conceived in 2017, The Anonymous Project is committed to collecting and preserving colour slides from the last 70 years; the project's founder, filmmaker Lee Shulman, having bought a random box of vintage slides and fallen head over heels in love...
New York
With a whopping 512 soundproofed guest rooms, the TWA Hotel—JFK's only on-airport hotel—has opened with much fanfare, breathing new life into a world-renowned architectural landmark as it undoubtedly confirms itself as a one-of-a-kind...
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In the early hours of Monday 31 August, 1970, Jimi Hendrix took to the stage on a chalk down near the village of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. That same day, acts such as Leonard Cohen and The Moody Blues had entertained the record-breaking...
Journal
Inspired by classic South Korean picture books of years gone by, visual storyteller, JiYeun Kang, illustrates in an old-style aesthetic to bring her narrative alive. She is known to elongate and exaggerate human features, capturing humble elegance...
The Edit
Considering Charles M. Schulz would proclaim his iconic comic strip was "about nothing", the influence of Peanuts on popular culture has been—and continues to be—nothing short of monumental; Snoopy and his human friends inspiring artists to...
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When a chance meeting led Fleet Street photographer Derek Cattani to cross paths with Australian-born John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke, little did he know that he'd become a trusted member of a lion cub's human pride. It's a story...
Barcelona
Built between 1883 and 1885 by a then 31 year-old Antoni Gaudí for Manuel Vicens i Montaner, Casa Vicens (a summer home for the Barcelona-based brick and tile factory owner) was the first of the iconic architect's commissions to truly show off the...
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Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, it was in 1938 that Todd Webb bought his first camera aged 33, joining the Chrysler Camera Club and striking up a friendship with fellow budding photographer Harry Callahan; the pair developing a life-long...
Publications
The host of WTF Podcast, stand up comedian Marc Maron, says all you need to know: 'without Paul Major I would know nothing about all the great records people know nothing about.' That, my friends, is Mr Major in a nutshell. Savant of the oddest...
Journal
Florence is a Renaissance city; there’s no getting around that fact. Narrow cobbled streets wind their way from the banks of the Arno to the Piazzo del Duomo, where one of the most impressive feats of 15th century engineering and design still...
Dispatches
Las Vegas Culture: A look at why 'Sin City' has more to it than meets the eye. Ask any star of popular culture who’s endured their ‘moment of shame’. Reputations are hard to shake. Cities, though, can be many things to many people. A...
Stuff Crush
As a young gay man growing up in 1980s India, Hormazd Narielwalla had little stimuli from Western culture. "It would seep in very gently, drop by drop," he explains. And then MTV happened, the popular culture channel giving India a breathtaking bolt...
The Edit
Following a sold-out run along Miami’s prominent Lincoln Road, Seven Deadly Sins has hotfooted it to New York City's Meatpacking District. A series of short plays where no subject is taboo, it takes audiences through seven uniquely designed...
City Notes
Built in 1861 and reconditioned in 2021, Hotel Saint Vincent dominates a corner spot on the New Orleans streets of Magazine and Race. Originally founded as The Saint Vincent’s Infant Asylum by Irish immigrant Margaret Haughery, the red brick...
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There are many beauty treatment terms that we're familiar with, but don't quite know what they are. It's important to understand exactly what treatments involve is before diving in. In this article, let's try and answer the question "what is a body...
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Autumn signals change. With winter looming, attention turns to how to stay warm in cold weather. It doesn’t really matter whether you prefer the warmer months or the crisp feel of winter, no one wants to freeze their limbs off when really cold...
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Las Vegas Culture: A look at why 'Sin City' has more to it than meets the eye. Ask any star of popular culture who’s endured their ‘moment of shame’. Reputations are hard to shake. Cities, though, can be many things to many people. A...
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Fall is undoubtedly the best time of the year, the weather is excellent, and it is when you get to drink pumpkin enlivened lattes, warm up in your favourite sweater and wear those fuzzy socks everywhere in your house. It's the season of cosiness. If...