367 items found
You're viewing posts tagged “Travel”
Journal
Conceived whilst commuting by bicycle through Paris' Champ de Mars; Oklahom-born, Paris-based artist/designer/photographer Taylor Holland's Eurobus series examines the bright, bold, brilliant and brutish world of European touring bus graphic...
Phuket
The boat from Koh Phi Phi was a blue journey for more than one reason. Leaving the beautiful island nearing the end of our tour we were eager to cross the ocean and get to the much talked about Sri Panwa. Not giving up on the dream we were met by a...
Bangkok
Our second day in Bangkok was fascinating and exhausting. Clocking mega-mileage at the humongous Chatuchak market and spending Baht in the thousands, we were literally spent (ahem). With dinner reservations at the renowned Bo.lan that evening, the...
Marseille
Thankfully, when art and hotels meet, it's increasingly through more than just the banal hanging of a painting. Hoteliers are getting serious about art, and artists are getting creative with their spaces. The latest lodgings to welcome their guests...
Journal
Regular readers will by now be familiar with Zürich's The Proposal - a convention-clobbering marriage of art and accommodation that, back in December, we called "not just a gallery, but possibly the most astonishingly unique B&B we can recall"....
Paris
The undisputed heavyweight of big-name boutique hotel brands, W have finally found their way to the city of romance, fashion and chic - shacking up inside a beautiful 1870s Haussmann-era building in the city's Opéra district. Reigning in some of...
Switzerland
The story's familiar - couple, with an illustrious career behind them, want to settle down somewhere nice, open up a little B&B, and enjoy the slower pace. What's not so familiar, perhaps, is the cosy little B&B being an effortlessly stylish...
Journal
They clearly don't have that whole '7 years of bad luck' thing in Sweden. Whilst in town for the recent Stockholm Design Week, we dropped in on super-stylish hotel Berns to review their Asiatiska restaurant (more on that to come) - and, whilst we...
Fashion
It was a London icon that inspired Australian jewellery designer, Phoebe Porter, to create her awesome ‘Transit’ series of jewellery. Taking their visual cue from Harry Beck’s famous 1933 London Underground map, the pieces “explore ideas of...
Netherlands
We've seen major fashion house's opening their own hotels, we've seen major designers commissioned to splash a little of their creativity over existing hotels and new openings - but dressing hotel rooms as if they were models? That's the premise...
Journal
In 2009, Australian photographer Louise Hawson embarked on a journey in her own ‘backyard’, picking up her camera and exploring a new suburb of Sydney every week for a year. Each suburb was a new blog post on 52 Suburbs, keeping many thousands...
Porto
Just as a dog craves his bone, a Daily Mail reader yearns for casual racism or a Jeremy Kyle guest hungers for unprotected sex; we simply cannot get enough of exposed concrete. The folk behind Porto-based guesthouse Casa do Conto (House of Tales)...
City Notes
Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
City Notes
The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
City Notes
TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
City Notes
Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
Dispatches
Unlimited mileage: what it usually means in the United States On many mainstream US rentals, unlimited mileage is the default - especially for standard cars collected in major hubs. It’s one reason road trips are so doable. But it’s not...
Dispatches
You're looking at kratom gummies online or in a store, and they all claim to be high quality. Premium ingredients, potent extract, laboratory tested, maximum strength. Everyone says their gummies are the best. How do you actually separate quality...
Dispatches
Human hair extensions have quietly become one of the defining materials of contemporary self-presentation. Once confined to salon makeovers and celebrity transformations, they now sit at the intersection of personal branding, performance, and...
Dispatches
In most modern history, all these years, “doing more” usually meant “hiring more”. Growth was believed to be directly proportional to headcount because the work was manual. More customers created more tickets (issues), more orders created...