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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...
Dispatches
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...
Publications
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...
Dispatches
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, the house commissioned by brick and tile factory owner,...
The Edit
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...
Publications
There are no jokes left for what Dalston has become in the 2010s. Vice made them all. Literally. The Tumblr kids have GIFfed the East London suburb into oblivion, its retro '80s (then '90s) clubs with moustached DJs playing sets entirely comprised...
The Edit
Plenty of readers will struggle with the concept, but in the 1980s cultural content was difficult to come by. Decades before YouTube, documentaries on graffiti or international film from your Herzogs or Fassbinders were as rare as hen's teeth....
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
Known for her bright and bold designs, Morag Myerscough has created a message of thanks for the frontline workers in Leeds, the colourful collaboration—led by curated street art project In Good Company, with support from Leeds-based advertising...
Dispatches
Modern life is busy. Or at least it has been until the last few weeks. Does your diary typically brim with appointments? Does your smartphone ping every few minutes with app notifications? Are your cupboards overflowing with stuff? As the world...
Dispatches
If you are planning to move, you will have plenty planning and organising ahead of you. Even though it is the beginning of an exciting new chapter in your life, it can be a stressful time. While the physicality of moving can be tiresome and...
Dispatches
Over the decades and centuries, our world has seen many horrific situations and tragedies occur, natural disasters to serious terrorist attacks; devastating wars to the climate crisis. However, over recent weeks, we have all had to come together as...