Eating Out
It's hip to be square at Rotterdam espresso bar Lokaal – everything about the place looks like it has been stacked from the ground up. Clean lines and edges dominate the interior by design firm weaponofchoice, whose philosophy of keeping things...
Culture
This may be what is known in journalism as burying the lead (or LED in this case), but we're going to begin with telling you not about the traffic-stopping looks of LED Clouds in north Amsterdam, but the idea that brought about the project in the...
Culture
I was recently very lucky to spend a day in Amsterdam on a design walk curated by Dutch interiors magazine Eigen Huis & Interieur. Days don’t come much better than that! One of the stops on the walk was The Frozen Fountain and we were treated to a...
Culture
In the past the workers at the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam concerned themselves with shipbuilding, but these days the creative energy of the folk in the dock is focused on more artistic endeavours. Where once were industrial units, we now find a commune...
Shopping
Welcome to Amsterdam's one-stop-shop for all your interior decorating needs, and not a Swedish meatball to be seen. Mariska Meijers' flagship store in the 9 Streets district is a far more boutique affair than the usual out-of-town warehouse style...
Eating Out
What a blast from the past these two restaurant siblings are – if they'd have filmed a Dutch version of Back to The Future, this is where Marty Van Fly might have gone to drink milkshakes and hit on his mum. There's 1950s written all over Dit...
Shopping
If you're in the market for a new shopping experience, one that fuses retail with art, and which redefines the way you view product displays, look no further than Damage Playground in Rotterdam. The founders of this extraordinary creation,...
Culture
A pair of stepladders isn't the most obvious choice of inspiration for an art installation, but the chaps from Studio Bertjan Pot like to work with what they have, and at the time of the conception of Stairway to Heaven, that was what happened to be...
Eating Out
Here's a place to warm the cockles of your heart on a cold November morning – Restaurant De Kas, Amsterdam, a re-purposed greenhouse that takes the concept of locally-sourced ingredients to another level. Originally part of the city's municipal...
Hotels
There's nothing hipper right now than chucking some vintage chairs and tables, a kitchen and some staff into an untouched former warehouse - and it would seem that nobody, nobody, is doing it better than those terribly hip Dutch folk. Amsterdam's...
Shopping
They say men and women are two different species, and at this second shop from denim vendor Tenue de Nîmes, the designers have approached the task at hand with that very tenet in mind. The team - architect Pim van Lingen, interiors man Jacob...
Culture
Run for the hills, they've landed! Oh no wait, it's not the mothership from a B-movie incoming extra-terrestrial invasion, but the new extension to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. It is certainly alien, however. Berthed incongruously next to its...
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,...