Amsterdam
Coffee shop, gallery, bookshop, juice bar, and... marketing agency? Coffee Concepts in Amsterdam's Oud Zuid (Old South) district is certainly a novel combination of services under one roof, founded by sisters Fabienne and Pelou and their friend...
Berlin
Making coffee fresh from their Diedrich roasters since 2010 - roasted no longer than three days prior - Five Elephant's founders have been embarking on a voyage to deliver Berlin's best cup of caffeine. Tucked away on Kreuzberg's Reichenberger...
New York
Interiors agency Ghislaine Viñas Interior Design describes its back-and-forth method of collaboration with furniture guru Francois Chambard, of UM Projects, as a “creative game of ping pong”, which sounds like a nice way to spend one's working...
Melbourne
This café in Brunswick, in northern Melbourne, had been in the same family for more than half a century, but had fallen on hard times when the younger generation decided to take things in hand and give it a new lease of life. Now part of the...
Sydney
Outside, the hustle and bustle of Sydney's busy Kent Street, inside the calming oasis of an urban forest. Although there's no shortage of pep in the coffee, Greenheart Espresso is just the tonic for city workers to take things down a notch or two...
Hong Kong
You might not think of the UK as much of a coffee exporter, but in the former imperial colony of Hong Kong there is a little café in Wanchai that has more than the usual amount of Brit flavour. St Francis Street – aka {sfs} – is a neighbourhood...
Melbourne
Just when you feel like mankind is beyond saving, along comes a heartwarming tale of altruism to remind you that there are still some good eggs out there. Kinfolk is a café in Melbourne which puts all its profits into development projects, staffed...
Melbourne
As Fitzroy's Industry Beans prepares for its first birthday (well wishers: it's tomorrow, Friday 7 March - and free coffee all day is on the menu), we swung on by to find out what makes a thriving caffeine enterprise tick, aside from the obvious. A...
Sydney
We've heard of good coffee being elevated to an art form, but there's quite a bit of science behind the perfect cup of Joe, too. Melbourne born-and-bred Sensory Lab has just opened below the Boheme apartment complex in Bondi, Sydney, and is all...
Melbourne
Whoever Barry was, he was important enough to have had a street named after him in Northcote, Melbourne, and now a snazzy new café has popped up bearing his name too. Good on ya Barry. Barry The Caff, as I've just decided to rebrand it, is on the...
Berlin
Nestled in the bosom of its confidante and partner-in-hip, Berlin's Companion Coffee is the in-house coffee shop of stylish Kreuzberg garment peddler, Voo. Matching in aesthetic and defiant approach to simplicity, Companion Coffee offers up coffee...
Cape Town
We get all our biker parlance from Sons of Anarchy, and as of season four, the differences between a café racer, a street tracker and a bobber have yet to be explained, but we do know that they all sound cool, and that La Macchina Speed Shop is the...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
Dispatches
Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
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Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...