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Netherlands
Keeping their collective foot firmly on the peddle on a determined drive through dark times, The Student Hotel Group open their 15th hotel, taking their innovative concept to the canal-ringed city of Delft. Sandwiched between Rotterdam to the...
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Life as a student is often the key transition from childhood to adulthood, your first days of freedom allowing you to begin to write your own rules, develop your personality and your practices, establish new skills such as time management....
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Travelling can expand your thinking. Additionally, it can improve your discernment and intelligence skills. For most students, travel is an integral constituent of a well-versed or comprehensive education. There are several ways of mixing travel and...
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Herodotus once said: "If a man always insisted on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it." Stress is a part of any learning environment. Deadlines and challenging...
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Everyone knows that the life of a student revolves around writing assignments, whether it’s an essay or a narrative, a student can claim to know perfectly how to write in general, but not every student can meet the accepted writing standards to...
Publications
It was 1997, Cool Britannia at its peak and Tony Blair's Labour government elected. Britain was riding high on a wave of euphoria and optimism. Britpop was its soundtrack. Fresh out of university, Leeds-born photographer Matthew Finn took a job at...
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Since 2010 the Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) has, through sheer determination, attracted some of the globe's very best creatives, becoming what is now 'the' largest student design competition in the...
Florence
The Student Hotel have recently set up campus in Florence, a converted palace in the heart of the city representing the first property in Italy for the progressive Dutch chain that—since their freshers' week in 2012—counts cities such as...
Barcelona
Digs with a difference, The Student Hotel Barcelona Campus is a 21st century coliving/coworking hybrid that provides studious minds with exclusive design-led accommodation options. Along with plenty of the extra-curricular activities you might...
Journal
A few steps and a tiny door in a corner of Ventura Lambrate led to the Geneva University of Art and Design’s Conversation Pieces – an immersive apartment created entirely by the university’s students. Based on an idea by Alexandra Midal, the...
Amsterdam
Being a student in Amsterdam must be a severe test of one's powers of concentration and willpower at the best of times, so sharing your halls of residence with hedonistic tourists seems like it would be a step too far for mere mortals. Presumably...
The Edit
Despite the title, there's nothing superficial about the SURFACED exhibition – a body of photography from students of the Manchester School of Art. The collection brings together 19 vastly different artists in a culmination of their studies, the...
City Notes
A former Diamond Exchange has been given a new lease of life; style icon and artist, Maarten Spruyt, given a free rein in the curation of Capital C, a creative hub with offices, event spaces, pop-up art galleries, co-working spaces and a newly...
City Notes
With 123 guest rooms, food and beverage offerings from chef-partner, Patrick Kriss, and a rooftop bar and lounge slated to open later this year, Ace Hotel Toronto marks the design hotel brand's first foray into Canada; the "ground-up project" having...
City Notes
You know the Mediterranean. It’s long lingering lunches in an Italian fishing village; sunset parties on the white sands of Ibiza; yachts and the highlife in Sardinia; olive trees and mezze in Greece. It’s pink salt ponds, flamingos and shabby...
Journal
By just after 10pm on the first evening of the first day, you know that everything is alright again. It’s been two long years of hope and no hope, false starts and new restrictions, but at last we’re back on the fake green grass of home. Sónar...
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Realistic drawing and painting can be confusing when you’re a beginner. The entire journey to realism is at times difficult and disappointing for many – but it doesn’t have to be. Realistic art looks the most true-to-life. It looks...
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Mattress in a box is the latest concept in the world of mattresses. It has moved away from the troublesome task of transporting heavy and bulky mattresses rather it makes one deliver the mattress right to your doorstep as it is. The mattresses are...
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At the end of the work week it’s nice to put down some money on an online slot machine or classic casino game - but for your safety it should be at the best English casino sites. After all, it’s not much fun sweating it out at casino sites...
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Some of the best adverts are the ones that stick in our mind. When it comes to creating effective marketing strategies, it’s important to consider memorability. Not everyone is going to buy your product there and then. Some of us prefer to shop...