The Edit
I haven't had a music poster on my wall for donkey's years, but looking at the collection assembled for the Blisters poster show has got me thinking about venturing up into the attic to dig out the old halls of residence decorations. I seem to...
The Edit
“I love to eat - Kit Kats or cookies-and-cream ice cream. I need sugar like five times a day.” This is a quote from Kim Kardashian, owner of the biggest arse in all of Celebrityville, and the same Kim Kardashian who recently bemoaned her...
The Edit
The interior of Louisiana Museum of Modern Art looks as though it is still recovering from the terrible after-effects of Hurricane Katrina, with tonnes of rocks, silt and shale having washed through the building, carrying away all before it. But...
The Edit
If ever there was a business made to be a pop-up, it's the sex shop. Historically a discreet, even clandestine, sort of place, this particular sex shop is coming with as much noise as possible; it's opening up during the Folkestone Fringe festival,...
Dispatches
Talking to a child of the smartphone generation about Teletext is a bit embarrassing. It's like telling them that people used to listen to music by slotting temperamental spools of tape into mechanical bricks - bricks powered by AA batteries that...
Journal
RCA graduate Johanna Schmeer proposes a series of seven enzyme-enhanced bio-plastic products that could replace our entire food system. For her final project at London’s Royal College of Art (RCA), Johanna Schmeer built upon recent scientific...
The Edit
There's no denying that The Beatles' “White Album” is a true classic, but I'm not sure I'd want quite as many copies as Rutherford Chang. Two or three, sure, but after the first five or so I'd run out of things to do with them. Not so New York...
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“Let me out! Let me out!” That's the imagined (and I'll admit, slightly ridiculous) cry of contemporary art as it languishes in packing crates. As New York gallery The Hole points out, contemporary art spends much of its existence stuck in...
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the canon of literary classics that I haven't yet had the dubious pleasure of wading through yet. I've never seen the Boris Karloff film either, and I only made it half way through the modern version with Robert...
The Edit
It's a long way from a blue collar job in Canberra to the refugee camps of Lebanon, but that's the abridged version of stencil artist Luke Cornish's incredible journey. Louder Than Words is a new collection of artworks arising from a trip to the...
Journal
In a studio near London’s Brunswick Centre, Richard Rhys, founder of Pattern Foundry, is re-imagining not just the way we use tiles, but how we can incorporate patterns into our lives. Since 2005 Pattern Foundry has been steadily, and...
Journal
It’s at the tail-end of WWII when celebrated artist Tove Marika Jansson decides to move into her own live/work studio space in an affluent area of Helsinki - an anti-war advocate, Jansson has been troubled by its destruction and channels her...
City Notes
Trailborn, the hospitality brand inspired by the great American outdoors, opens it latest hotel: Trailborn Highlands a 63-room property situated in Highlands, NC, and within driving distance to the Blue Ridge Parkway and The Great Smoky Mountains...
City Notes
Method Co. are the prolific Philadelphia-based hospitality and development brand behind We Heart-approved projects including ROOST, Wm. Mulherin's Sons, Charleston’s The Pinch Hotel and The Quoin Hotel, Wilmington, Delaware, and are back with the...
City Notes
From Nobu Barcelona to The Riviera Maya EDITION at Kanai, New York fried chicken cathedral COQODAQ to the 1 Hotel Toronto, New York-, Madrid- and Los Angeles-based design studio Rockwell Group have a considered knack for conjuring interiors that are...
The Edit
Having his lens focused on the world of Drag since 2012, UK-based portrait photographer Greg Bailey is perhaps one of the foremost visual artists attached to this glamorous corner of the LGBTQ+ community. A gleefully colourful ode to this passion,...
Dispatches
Christmas is a time for joy, family, and thoughtful gifts that show just how much you care. For many moms, the kitchen is a space of creativity and love – a place where family memories are cooked up alongside delicious meals. If your mom loves...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eleven: Digital Detox Retreats. In an era where smartphones are our constant companions, digital connectivity is...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Ten: Cognitive Nutrition. As wellness moves beyond physical fitness, a new area is capturing attention: cognitive...
Dispatches
Starting a home-based embroidery business can be an exciting and rewarding venture, offering a range of opportunities to tap into the custom apparel, gifts, and home decor markets. But, one of the most important decisions you’ll make when...