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Journal
“We’ve never quite felt this welcomed anywhere else,“ admits Réka Pasztor Turak of ‘live global, experience local’ map platform, Local’s Lore. And she’s right. There really is a special essence to Antwerp, one that means you feel at...
Dispatches
‘God's own country’ is famous for many things, most deservedly so for the humbling countryside from which it derives that nickname. The Yorkshire Dales, which can’t be said without hearing that most joyful of British accents; the bracing North...
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Social media has seen a kind of global homogenisation of experience in which the new and exciting rapidly becomes the ‘been there, done that’; it is harder than ever to discover travel experiences that beguile, experiences that stay with you...
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Stretching out to the country’s farthest tip, Cornwall is a county of inspired beauty. Surrounded by some of Britain’s most alluring waters, it is a region rich in maritime heritage, but enjoys all that brings to this day; namely jaw-dropping...
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In rural areas of Morocco, up to 83% of women are still illiterate. And despite the government’s support of education policy and women’s rights, still more than half the country. They’re depressing figures, but one charity is doing incredible...
Journal
The design of Brad Neuberg's blog, Coding in Paradise, has not stood the test of time, but the concept he defined in a 2005 post sure has. Having worked with Google and Dropbox among other major platforms, Neuberg introduced a new way to work in...
Journal
Sonny Crockett, Tony Montana, and pastel hues might define it, but Miami has deep cultural depths that can surprise even repeat visitors. A rich tapestry of culture, art, and music coupled with a rousing nightlife scene (and let’s not forget our...
Journal
Ask any star of popular culture who’s endured their ‘moment of shame’: reputations are hard to shake. Cities, though, are usually many things to many people. A cornucopia of diversity from gritty emerging neighbourhoods with artist-led...
Dispatches
“Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavour,” so wrote William Cowper in his 1785 poem, The Task, thus giving way to a phrase that would affix itself firmly to the modern lexicon. Of course he was wrong, for spontaneity is...
Publications
As consumers, choosing a sustainable future is something we have control of from a perspective of the food we choose to eat, the things we buy, even the way we travel. As more and more travellers are switching on to the fact that there's a more...
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Devon is many things, but one quality that is inescapable is its raw beauty. From the drama of towering cliffs crashing into the Atlantic to vast and rousing moorland, down to staggering beaches and Riviera glamour, the expansive county sees...
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Wales is a beautiful, often untouched country. Raw and majestic, dramatic mountain ranges, rolling hills and breathtaking coastline. And, if you’ve ever heard Super Furry Animals or Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, it can be downright weird too. Wood...
City Notes
Located high above the Atlantic Ocean, close to the cliffs of Portugal's Azenhas do Mar—a seaside town with whitewashed cottages and beachfront restaurants—Casa das Arribas welcomes guests looking for serviced holiday apartments combined with...
City Notes
Occupying four distinct fifth-floor storefronts over a total of 16,000 square feet at mega-money project The Shops at Hudson Yards, Forty Five Ten—the forward-thinking Dallas-founded brand that merges fashion and art—brings the new, the...
Journal
Britain’s national treasure, fashion designer Sir Paul Smith (CBE RDI), is globally celebrated for his distinctive coloured stripes that accentuate, individualise and enliven his many fashion wares and accessories. Combining tradition with...
City Notes
Located in a former Singer sewing-machine store and onetime hardware outlet T.B. Rayl and Company, the two buildings—married in a thoughtful restoration by architects Kraemer Design Group before being decked out impeccably by designers Gachot...
Dispatches
The nine-to-five cubicle office workplace is a relic, clinging onto society like a Brexit uncle who just won’t go away. The rise of creative companies, Silicon Valley influence, the coworking phenomenon … if an office space doesn’t share...
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Al Freeman's summer exhibition at Forty Five Ten's Dallas boutique is a tongue-in-cheek show that turns common objects such as razors, cigarettes, toilet seat covers and lava lamps into mammoth deflating synthetic leather pillows. Located...
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What did domestic cats do before the internet? LOLCats to I Can Has Cheezburger?, dogs—traditionally our favoured house pet—never found the same fame online as their feline foes. A 2010 research found that some 42% of Americans identified as...
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And just like that, the 2019 edition of the A’ Design Award and Competition has drawn to a close. The competition—the world's largest of its kind—recognises the best designers, architects, and design-oriented companies globally; a jury made up...