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Journal
At a design event the size of London Design Festival, there's invariably a heady array of big name designers dallying with form over function - even those projects that posses much thought, backstory and opinion end up falling foul to a glaring lack...
Journal
One of the nice things about London Design Festival, and one of its most painful (if you favour form over function footwear, as I do), is the event's sheer spread - you always stumble across something you didn't expect to; A Place to Gather - a...
Journal
London Design Festival, like any major international event, is a hotbed of collaborations, good and bad, often confusing. FOLD - a pop-up lounge at designjunction - was one such amalgamation of design talents and brands, uniting; hold your breath......
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Mini Moderns launched a range of recycled paint at London Design Festival’s Tent. How the hell do you recycle paint?! Well, they’ve teamed up with award-winning eco paint manufacturer Newlife Paints who rescue waste paint from tips and dumps and...
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Maggie’s provide emotional, practical and social support for people with cancer and their families and friends. But they do more than that. They believe in the power of design. Rather than providing these very important things from a room in...
Journal
As loft conversions go, this one in Vancouver is pretty special. Located in a heritage building in the hip Gastown neighbourhood, the brick structure was reworked outside, and a whole new living space inserted inside. Light comes not from a...
Interiors
However many tribal uniforms our contemporary Western cultures may comprise of (from Strokes-inspired spray-on-jeaned rockstar wannabes to oligarch-baiting super-boobed Chelski-girls; a day spent crossing London's suburbs should cover most of them)...
Banbury
A taxidermy polar bear in Biggles-esque flying goggles anybody? Those watching Grayson Perry's recent Channel 4 three-parter, All in the Best Possible Taste, with a keen eye will recognise this home of former rave promoter James Perkins. From...
Amsterdam
There's some pretty nice restaurants about these days, super-modern and stylishly fitted out, but let's be honest, most of us couldn't live with that style 24/7 - it's quite nice to get home to something more... well, homely. Diners in Amsterdam...
Arraiolos
If you're planning to hold the world's governments hostage for $50billion with a space death ray, here's where to hide out while you're doing your plotting. There's more than a touch of the Bond villain about Villa Extramuros, but in the best...
Journal
When you're an interior designer working on a budget, what better way to keep costs down than to use your own apartment, first as a canvas and later as a showroom? That's exactly what young Czech designer Ondrej Bumbalek did, and this is the...
Journal
Attempting to address that age old problem of quality design at prices that don't cause respiratory seizures, Fashion For Home operates a curious 'made-to-order' practice. You might think that not manufacturing in bulk would only increase prices,...
Stuff Crush
Weirdness is a notion long entwined with the concept of creativity. Mocked by the strait-laced confined to their boxes of conformism, celebrated by the bold and the brave who pursue the outré as a means of pushing beyond the banal. In Weird...
City Notes
In Montreal’s Little Italy, a new arrival is making waves with a fresh take on Italian dining. Pasta Pooks, which opened in March 2025, is a compact five-seat takeout counter serving pasta and natural wine in a space that marries Old World charm...
City Notes
A once-forgotten 19th-century residence in Savannah’s historic district has been brought spectacularly back to life, reincarnated as The Douglas; a refined 16-room boutique hotel at 14 East Oglethorpe Avenue, where design meets old-world...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
There's a paradox about self-care, which is that those who need it most are probably the least likely to practice it. If you're one of those people, you might even be put off by the term self-care. Maybe it sounds too self-indulgent to you. If...
Dispatches
Looking for a Japanese tutor in Chicago without breaking the bank? You’re not alone. Whether you’re aiming to order ramen with confidence, ace a language exam, or shape your skills for business or travel, one thing’s clear: good private...
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If you’ve ever looked at your balcony and thought, “What a wasted space,” you’re not alone. Many of us live in homes where every square foot counts, yet balconies often remain underutilized. Whether it’s too small, too plain, or simply...
Dispatches
Recognising the world’s most inspiring work across design, innovation and creativity, the A’ Design Award & Competition stands as one of the most respected and far-reaching international design accolades. Each year, a diverse panel of academics,...