Hotels
Just five more minutes. No, I’m not desperately hitting snooze. In fact, I haven’t even gone to sleep yet; so engrossed I am in getting to the end of the next word, page, chapter. In these heady days of falling asleep in front of Netflix and 3am...
Hotels
'The concept is simple,' say the team behind Japanese multi-venue arts-hospitality venture BnA Project, 'we create art hotel rooms with artists, the artists receive a percentage of the booking fee every time their room is booked. Room design, from...
Lifestyle
Minä Perhonen Koti is the new directly-managed shop showcasing the wares of fashion brand Minä Perhonen. Actually, it feels like rather more than that: as the use of the term 'Koti' — Finnish for 'house' — suggests, the site feels less like a...
Eating Out
What's going on here then? Has a batch of exploding spaghetti been left on the hob for too long? Have the aliens landed? Or maybe this is the aftermath of a military experiment at one of those eerie mock towns the Americans build out in the desert?...
Eating Out
Watching the gelato being made at Snow Picnic in Nakano, Tokyo, is quite a spectacle. Liquid nitrogen is combined with a liquid concentrate ice-cream mixture to make the dessert as the customer looks on at the fun scientific theatre. The science...
Hotels
Many of our readers have no doubt been bitten by the cycling bug, God help them, and if wheeling around in skin-tight spandex, throwing water bottles at small children and shouting at motorists sounds like your kind of weekend, have we got a treat...
Eating Out
The crux of the problem at this restaurant in Tokyo lies at the heart of most architectural challenges in the city: space, or rather what to do when you don't have any. In the case of Shikata, a barbecue restaurant in Meguro-ku, the problem was...
Eating Out
The wow factor of this restaurant in Tokyo begins before you even arrive at the door. As one approaches the black, contoured ribs of Yutoku Soba look like a solid surface from an acute angle, the gaps opening up to let out light and let in the...
Lifestyle
Ladies and gentlemen, in the red corner, the owner of this beauty salon in Osaka, and in the blue corner, interior designers Yasunari Tsukada Design... Well, it wasn't really that serious, but when two sets of passionate people meet, sparks fly....
Lifestyle
The architect behind this extraordinary beauty salon in Osaka described the concept as “a treasure hunt in the woods”, and what a little gem it is. Starting from the principle that Onico Hair & Nail needed lots of places to hang things, with her...
Shopping
Like many bohemian city neighbourhoods, Tokyo's Nakameguro began life when creative types moved into cheap apartments and art studios - the inevitable influx of hip bars, eateries and design-led shops followed - whereas most of these low-rent spaces...
Shopping
Two stores, one concept: to deliver Parisian style to the fashion conscious consumers of Tokyo. In a romantic gesture worthy of the capital of love, Maison Kitsuné opened the doors at its sister stores on St Valentine's Day, with each venue...
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....
Dispatches
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,...