Art & Culture
Sort your life out! If you hear that a lot, it could be time to seek out help. But where to start? The School of Life could be a good bet. At this school, algebra is out, and the curriculum is focused on emotional intelligence achieved through...
Journal
The Ford Mustang is one of the all-American icons. Let loose on the market in 1964, in design it was both a symbol of the nation's industrial power and a promise of freedom. A whole generation of baby-boomers were hitting adulthood, looking to...
Journal
The girls currently on show at red-hot Melbourne eatery and nightspot respectively, Chin Chin and Go Go Bar, are the offspring of a collaboration by artist Nick Thomm and Jay Ramsay of online retailer Mercy-Merci. The models belong to the latter's...
Kuala Lumpur
Tally-ho old chap. Once the setting for high society soirées and government gatherings, The Majestic Hotel bid farewell in a sorry state, closing its doors in 1983. The years that followed saw local art galleries make occasional use of the...
Lifestyle
If you think the best ideas are the simplest you are going to love the Sine Collection, a collaboration between Kyuhyung Cho and Erik Olovsson from Sweden - the home of simplicity in furniture. The pair are graphic designers at heart (remember...
Bangkok
Pomme Chan and her team took just three months to take Caffe What If from the spark of an idea to a fully designed concept that was ready to roll – just goes to show what you can get done when you are passionate about a project. Although now...
Copenhagen
There's no doubting (unless you're an angry middle-aged motoring journalist) that bicycles are a great form of transport. Relatively cheap to buy and run, straightforward to maintain, easy to park, and if you can avoid being smeared over the road by...
Milan
This building in Milan's art and design rich Brera district has seen its fair share of action over the years. First a blacksmith's workshop, it was later used by architect Michele de Lucchi as a platform to display his students' work, before...
Journal
My fifth form careers advisor laughed in my face. Rock star? Ha. Here I am though, in Nick Mason’s private garage, the Pink Floyd drummer talking me through his modest array of vintage grunters. Modest. Ha. I wonder what the careers advisor would...
Hong Kong
Opened a few months back in the Central district of Hong Kong, Duddell's has quickly risen to become a socialising venue of choice among the territory's artistically minded. It's not hard to see why, for when it comes to selling points, Duddell's...
Milan
A rooftop restaurant and swimming pools... places like Milan can pull such things off, and Ceresio 7 does it in impeccable style. Hardly surprising, given that the venue crowns the headquarters of clothing house Dsquared2, right in the heart of the...
Los Angeles
When Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith broke away from Paramount Pictures in 1919 to form United Artists, it was a bold statement of intent. Throwing off the shackles of the studio system, wresting back control of...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
The bathroom is obviously one really important part of the home/building. This is because of the essential role that it plays in ensuring personal hygiene and overall health. As a result, investment in this important part of the building is ideal,...
Dispatches
Orlando's theme parks are exciting to visit. That is why Disney World attracts 50 million visitors each year. However, visiting the city doesn't have to break the bank. There are many free and budget-friendly activities that you can enjoy in the...
Dispatches
Stress has become an unavoidable part of modern life. Between work, family responsibilities, and personal challenges, many people struggle to find a sense of calm. While traditional stress management methods such as meditation, yoga, and exercise...
Dispatches
Sure, none of us think constantly about potential disasters that could strike our home, such as floods, fires, storm damage and similar. But, things happen. And, when they do, we have to find a way to resolve the situation. Of course, in those...