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Journal
Martina Spetlova is a designer and innovator who is fighting for a more ethical world of fashion and textiles. Her luxury hand-woven accessories and jackets are designed and made with transparency, ethics and sustainability in mind, but her design...
Journal
Artist Charlotte Edey has been demanding our attention with her ethereal and dreamy works for some time. Capturing our collective imaginations with work that depicts the natural world through water, deserts, and mountains alongside human-made...
Interiors
A stunning design collection that extends from carpet to ceramics, Ornamental Crime is a project created by designer Claudia Cauville in response to an infamous essay by modernist Adolf Loos; in which the Austrian and Czech architect criticises...
The Edit
When you think of mid-century American design, you think Charles & Ray Eames. And who can blame you, the husband and wife design duo are among the world's most renowned designers. Lesser known, but no less influential, their contemporary Alexander...
The Edit
Henry Hussey is a British artist with one foot way, way in the past. His intricate textile-based artworks (masterfully created with grand materials like lace, silk, damask, velvet, Swarovski crystals, and faux pearls) look the stuff of formidable...
The Edit
Neil Raitt is a young artist who studied at London's prestigious Royal College of Art. He clearly had a lovely time and met some lovely people; opening up London project space Westminster Waste with a few of those pals he met along the...
Interiors
Two years in the making, Inigo Scout was finally launched this January — bringing with it beautiful blankets and a heart-warming social enterprise story. Kimvi Nguyen Founders Josh and Lisa Robinson’s twins Inigo and Scout spent...
Fashion
“We want the world to experience materials that are out of the ordinary, understanding that they are available now and not necessarily just sci-fi futuristic fashion predictions,” Lauren Bowker tells Forbes; the RCA graduate's unconventional...
Interiors
Hailing from Mexico — rich in vivid, graphical heritage — Mestiz stay true to their words: “seeking to spread traditional craftsmanship and local talent into a contemporary lifestyle for its recovery and evolution”. Their first...
The Edit
“Mine's the white coat with the black seams. No, not that one, to the right...” Luckily for the attendant at this cloakroom at the V&A, the 150 nearly identical coats all belong to Faye Toogood, who lends them out as a sort of access pass to her...
Fashion
Birds, never been much of fan of them to be honest. Growing up by the seaside I spent years swerving acts of defecation; on a recent visit home I watched as my sister wrestled to regain control of her fresh-made sandwich ... needless to say,...
Interiors
"Informed by youth culture, antique textiles, high fashion and the history of decorative arts and crafts", Brooklyn-based interiors label AELFIE mainline forward-thinking contemporary aesthetics through the eye of tried-and-tested needle — craft...
Stuff Crush
“I am not sure whether my father totally understood my fascination with his photographs of package holidays,” explains artist Jake Clark, whose obsession with seaside resort architecture has been informed by his childhood growing up in the...
City Notes
Opening today, 28 February, Hôtel Hana Paris is the latest addition to the Adresses Hotels Collection, a fancy group of decadent boutique hotels that includes Monsieur George and Saint Tropez's La Ponche; the five-star luxury property set to...
City Notes
Passing away at the age of 60 in May 2021, Michelangelo Lovelace was a Cleveland-based artist renowned for his vibrant paintings depicting quotidian scenes of urban life, policing, poverty, war, and personal investigations of Black Identity....
City Notes
An urban sanctuary so laid back it's horizontal, Pátio do Tijolo is a truly beautiful 24-room boutique hotel that offers its guests a fusion of authentic Lisbon tradition with soothing contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on the 'slow life' concept,...
Dispatches
Owning a house is a milestone many aspire to achieve. And if you’re lucky enough to have one, you should spruce it up how you want to. Homeowners with ample outdoor space have the liberty to design and make use of their natural surroundings. One...
Dispatches
Maintaining your home appliances and furnishings is crucial. It helps them reach their full potential, typically lasting 9 to 15 years. Investing time and effort into regular upkeep extends their lifespan. That can result in significant cost savings...
Dispatches
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many of us think about work. With lockdowns and social distancing measures making office-based jobs difficult over the past few years, working from home became the new normal for millions. As we move further...
Dispatches
If you can imagine putting wheels on your favourite luxury resort you'll get an idea of what your vacation can be when you use RVshare to rent an RV in San Diego. With RV vacationing, you can combine an adventurous road trip with luxury living on...