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There's a trend among leading design talent to shun technology. Perhaps it's the staid repetitive nature of mass-produced tech, perhaps it's its machismo, or perhaps the need to break away from the surrounding digital oppression we live...
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As part of this year's edition of the London Design Festival, Portuguese design brand Two.Six will be laying roots at Aria’s Islington showroom. The collaboration will take visitors on a creative journey imbibed with fiery Portuguese...
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Stoke on Trent-based Reiko Kaneko will be presenting All That is Broken is Not Lost at this year’s London Design Festival. The ceramicist-designer who fine-tuned her trade at Central Saint Martins builds on from Exploring Glaze at LDF 2015 by...
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Some of Scotland's leading designers have been commissioned for a pop-up exhibition as part of the country’s 'Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design'. Located at Edinburgh Airport, Local Heroes is set to become the country’s biggest design...
Dispatches
The outstanding architectural legacy left by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, is undoubtedly one of the 20th century's most significant. Pioneering Urbanism, inadvertently triggering the Brutalist movement, conceiving...
Dispatches
This is an advertorial for Safestore Clean and crisp, clutter kept to the bare minimum, Scandi-cool. You know the script: minimalism rules. Right? Wrong. Maximalism has been making a quiet comeback of late — extravagant Parisian hotels that...
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George Wu and Sara Melin have been dispatching oodles of affordable design to followers and fans of their regular pop-up, The Poundshop, since 2010. Their latest edition sees the duo having set up camp north of the border — Glasgow to be exact —...
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Having been around Art Basel Miami and Milan Design Week, Studio PSK's Polyphonic Playground is back home this weekend, for a two-day event that honours the cultural dawning underway at Stratford's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Emergent...
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Not many folk, one would presume, could get away with turning the Eiffel Tower into a massive cock, and suspending it in the iconic dome of Paris's most esteemed department store. Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari — aka TOILETPAPER — can,...
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When you're renowned for creativity, for making things, spaces, or places look great, folk always want to know how that transfers to your own living arrangements. Artists are famous for the live-work studio — perhaps its paint-splattered canvases...
Journal
‘Look at that subtle off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark…’ Patrick Bateman has been usurped, and he is not happy. Bateman, the key protagonist in Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, is...
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There's something about the freedom of youth that inspires great creativity. Bands rarely recreate the exuberance of their first record, artists are seldom as visceral as the moment they break through. Sure, designers frequently go on to greater...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
Dispatches
Paintings have transcended their origins as the crown jewels of galleries and museums. Today, they hold a central place in homes worldwide, where they not only decorate but also communicate personal taste, style, and emotion. Whether chosen for...
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When it comes to your child’s health, dental care is often the one that gets overlooked. After all, baby teeth fall out so why bother? But establishing good habits and visiting the dentist from an early age is crucial for your child’s health and...
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When buying a used car, you need to know the car’s history. The last thing you want is to buy a car with hidden problems, whether it’s been in an accident, has outstanding finance or has been stolen. A full car history check can make or break...
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Escape rooms are a popular team building activity, but they’re more than just an hour of fun. They create a high pressure environment where communication is key. Working together fast, sharing ideas and solving problems under time pressure shows...