The Edit
However much fine art permeates contemporary culture — with art hotels, art restaurants and so forth — a stigma of stuffiness still remains within the white cube format of traditional galleries. Even those who know their Roths from their Rothkos...
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a gargantuan city of some 10 million inhabitants and growing — and if the proposed Hong Kong-Shenzhen metropolis was to go ahead, that would be 'growing considerably'. It is 2016, which means: any good metropolis needs a craft beer...
San Francisco
Do you like scuttling around abandoned places? I do. Just thinking about the idea gets me excited. How do you feel about the notion of getting lost deep underground, before stumbling across a cordoned-off, abandoned Victorian Tube station beneath...
Amsterdam
Born amid the massive minimalism — or essentialism, as they call it — wave five years ago, ETQ is now an established label for clinical footwear obsessives. The brand is dedicated to quality, ageless products that suit forward-thinking fashion...
Interiors
We are increasingly living our lives through filters. Through social networks, through smartphones, through the mortal coil of fibre and unseen airborne nexus. We're closer, yet further, than ever. In the communication age, it is so often through a...
Food & Drink
With a sold out inaugural guide, how do the peeps behind Barcelona Foodie Guide make a second edition work just a year later? Lucky for them, Barcelona is a city in the midst of change; new places opening on the regular ... a street food...
Durham
The Triangle, North Carolina, a region anchored by cities Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, that takes its name from Research Triangle Park; a 1950s masterplan that created one of the world's largest research parks. It is now more commonly known as a...
The Edit
The desired effect of visiting an art exhibition: get lost, escape from reality ... whatever the final destination, whatever the journey can lead to. Jess Johnson's latest show completely disturbs its visitors' senses through a stunning immersion...
London
With micro-distilleries already launched in Berlin, Amsterdam, Detroit and Seattle — and more in the pipeline (Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Houston) — pioneering locality-conscious brand Our/Vodka is produced by a growing global family, that...
Barcelona
Art Strikes Back! It is not solely the name of Fundació Gaspar's debut exhibition, but a battle cry; a defiant call to arms, a declaration of the new Barcelona gallery's intent. Open for 90 years from 1906, Joan Gaspar i Xalabarder's Sala...
Melbourne
Mr Miyagi always looked the sort to abstain from any vices, although it seems that when Mrs Miyagi's back is turned the crafty old bugger looks to his young mistress Yukie for kicks. Wax on, wax off indeed. Seductive Yukie revealed herself to...
Sydney
"Our mission is to redefine tea." Say Sydney's The Rabbit Hole. I don't know about the tea, but by calling on designer Matt Woods, they've successfully reinvented the teashop ... there is nothing quaint about this incredible, stylised...
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
There are many reasons to move house, but that creates a conundrum that homeowners should ask themselves: Should I sell my house or rent it out? The 2024 Zillow Consumer Housing Trend Report shows that 66% of homeowners considered renting their...
Dispatches
Polish crypto traders looking for the best exchange for perpetual trading have several options, but BYDFi and MEXC stand out as two of the most accessible and feature-rich platforms. Whether you're a high-frequency trader seeking deep liquidity or a...
Dispatches
Medical alert systems are one of the latest revolutions in the adult care and wellness industry. They help senior citizens get instant help in an emergency. So, whether you’re around or not, you are confident that your loved ones will not be...
Dispatches
Circuit breakers are vital components in the world of electrical systems, playing a crucial role in ensuring the safety and integrity of electrical networks. These devices are engineered to automatically interrupt electrical flow in the event of a...