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Interiors
Russian designer Anna Strupinskaya has created a bar stool from 300+ champagne corks, in a project which addresses both functionality and ecological issues. The soft Abrau-Dyurso champagne (which is Russian champagne, so therefore shouldn't...
Lifestyle
You know The School of Life, you know their cerebral products. You know that Christmas is around the corner. Hitting a brick wall when it comes to letting the learned person in your life know you care? Stick a card game that calls on the likes of...
Interiors
Living space is at a premium for the majority of us — extortionate rents are rocketing and, coupled with a desire for city living, we find ourselves increasingly seeking design that reflects this negative equation. La Fonction, founded...
Interiors
Rotterdam-based Sabine Marcelis explains that her studio is “forever in search of magical moments within materiality to create unexpected experiences”. Which is a roundabout way of saying her work is largely based in aesthetic wonder. In this...
Interiors
Swedish furniture designer and art director Camilla Ödmo wanted to create a worktable with an element of fun, eliminating the traditional 'heavy and conservative' entity — which usually serves to 'underline the seriousness of work'. The result:...
Dispatches
You know Airbnb, but you might not know Lapka. The tiny product design company founded by Vadik Marmeladov (referred to as a bizarro Russian gadget company by Wired.com) — won our hearts a few years back with their Personal Environment Monitor,...
Paris
The amazing renovation job at bohemian bathhouse turned infamous nightclub turned ultra-swanky hotel Les Bains means even the briefest of visits to the Paris venue is sure to be a memorable one, but that doesn't mean it's not worth taking a souvenir...
Interiors
Pondering the question “why is so much (product design) still like a white cube: geometric and sleek?” led Erika Emerén to create Transforming The White Cube; as part of her graduate collection at Beckmans College of Design,...
Interiors
When Vei Tan struggled to find employment after graduating from Melbourne’s RMIT in 2011 with a Masters of Architecture, she decided to take charge of her own destiny. A staunch passion to create led Tan — along with partner Patrick Macasaet —...
Interiors
Fieldwork, are a consultancy who work by way of ethnographic research: “shedding new light on old habits, cultural things that have become ingrained and no longer serve you, things that are invisible because you pass them everyday, and things that...
The Edit
The Cité radieuse in Marseille is perhaps the most famous example of Le Corbusier's innovative post-war urban housing design known as the Unite d'habitation. The cast concrete building, protected by the French government for its architectural...
Journal
The Dutch Design Week 2014 event Sense Nonsense at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, had some amusing exhibits on show – a motorised, four wheeled aquarium in which the fish's movements drive the vehicle, for example – but it was Helmut Smit's more...
City Notes
Opened in September 2025, HYLL brings a new interpretation of country hospitality to the Cotswolds, a hotel rooted in its landscape, designed to slow the pace and dim the noise. Set within a restored 16th century manor house, the 26 room property...
City Notes
Sircle Collection, the international hospitality group behind a growing portfolio of hotels and restaurants, introduces The Cover Vienna this November, a private members’ club in the city’s 7th District. Set within the Max Brown Hotel, the club...
City Notes
In the centre of Bergen, a new chapter has opened for a concrete landmark designed by Egill Reimers in 1920. Once home to bakeries, offices, shops and social services, the building has been reimagined by architecture studio LOCAL as Bergen Camping,...
City Notes
On Barcelona’s recently beautified Avinguda Diagonal, a new kind of café experience has arrived, one that has already piqued the curiosity of both locals and visitors. Jaç Hi-Fi Café, designed by Isern Serra Studio for owners Ligia and Arnau,...
Dispatches
Joint pain from arthritis can make even simple movements feel like a challenge. Many people face a tough choice between using a cream that targets pain at the surface or taking a pill that works throughout the body. Each method provides benefits,...
Dispatches
Ever notice how some people seem to effortlessly achieve gorgeous hairstyles while others struggle for hours to recreate the same look? The secret often comes down to understanding hair texture, a fundamental aspect of hair care that many overlook....
Dispatches
People often hope that once they decide to end a marriage, the finish line comes quickly. But divorce has its own calendar, built on paperwork, negotiations, and legal requirements. Some timelines shrink when couples agree easily. Others stretch...
Dispatches
South African cities chime with energy, its coastlines stretch for miles, and pockets of wilderness feel almost otherworldly. It’s a place where history is still close to the surface, yet the day-to-day rhythm is relaxed, creative, and rightly...