The Edit
The Pacific, Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, dreamers have long felt a kinship with America's south west. Dutch photographer Marie-José Jongerius relocated to L.A. in 1999, intent on capturing the faces behind Hollywood and its pretenders, but...
Journal
Brooklyn-based mixed-media artists Adam Frezza and Terri Chiao (occasionally aka CHIAOZZA) are all about play; creating crafted joyful sculptures, installations, collages and paintings ... I love how the duo have made it their mission to create fun,...
Dispatches
'Totally addicted to Berlin architecture and ESPECIALLY the LEGO Architecture Studio Box', Arndt Schlaudraff is the man building his way around the world's (and his own imagination's) Brutalist gems, one LEGO brick at a time. Salk Institute...
The Edit
Central Saint Martin’s graduate Anna Friemoth builds on her 10 Commandments self-portrait series with a sharp new body of satirical work, Words for Women; currently showing at Gallery 151. If you've ever pondered the inanity of labels like 'Sugar...
Berlin
Berlin Mitte's latest interior design and food heaven has been around since July 2015, and is inexplicably still a hidden champ. BUCHHOLZBERLIN and the owner behind Lokal — one of the neighbourhood's favourite eateries — have teamed up ... the...
The Edit
Established in 2011, The Photocopy Club have spent the last five years sticking it to art elitism, exhibiting photocopied photography as far and wide as Hong Kong, Berlin and San Francisco. This month, Matt Martin's global art sensation is back...
San Francisco
Ooh, you Little Gem. Somewhat of a prized treasure on the San Francisco food scene, this relaxed diner — order at the counter and find your own seat — has some experienced jewels in its crown: Eric Lilavois is the former COO at the Thomas Keller...
Rio de Janeiro
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. It is both exact, and inevitable, but intangible and theoretical too; both the day after today and the the abstract notion of where we are going. All of us. Designed by Spanish starchitect Santiago Calatrava, in his...
The Edit
Pop-ups can be banal affairs, can't they? Folk who haven't got enough about them to be popped-up permanently using the ephemeral as a means to shine some, any, light on their half-hearted wares. I don't wish to be disparaging but, since it entered...
Journal
I am, I will admit, not a little daunted as I prepare to speak to Phillip Toledano. Every interview has its unique challenges, but this one more than most. How does one approach a famously impish self-deprecator whose projects are so diverse as to...
Berlin
Johann König is what you call a forerunner among the young savages of the art scene. König opened his first gallery at the age of 21, back in 2002. A good decade on, and he counts among the champions in the gallery business, and has found a...
London
September, 2013: a restaurant that defines the cliché ‘ill-fated’ closes. Ill-fatedly. Damien Hirst and PR guru Matthew Freud had opened Notting Hill’s Pharmacy to laudation in 1998, the United Kingdom basking in Cool Britannia’s glare, but...
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
You may feel a sense of safety and security whenever you get into your car. You get this feeling because you have airbags and other safety features. Airbags have been mandatory in vehicles since 1998, and this regulation has saved countless lives...
Dispatches
Wet roads can be dangerous, especially in the spring, when rain, melting snow, and lingering debris from winter create slick and unpredictable driving conditions. Wet surfaces can result in bad falls for pedestrians, and they pose serious risks...
Dispatches
Any type of car accident is at least an annoyance. Suddenly, you’re dealing with unexpected expenses that can include everything from vehicle repair costs to medical bills. In a best case scenario, you can work out a settlement with the at-fault...
Dispatches
Economic damages represent the tangible, calculable financial losses that result from an injury or wrongful act. While they may seem straightforward at first glance, the full scope of economic damages extends far beyond medical bills and missed...