London
It seems that reports of the death of print media have been very much exaggerated. Mainstream glossy magazines may not sell in the numbers that they used to, but there's a thriving market for niche publications of the kind you'll find at Kioskafé...
Rotterdam
Everyone has been to Amsterdam in their youth - been there, done that, and bought the dodgy t-shirt. It's a great city, but no matter how culturally enlightening one's experience might have been, no matter how many museums and galleries visited,...
London
Don't listen to that dickhead Donald Trump, there are some good things happening at the Mexican border. When Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby from Wahaca toured the border states of the US, they found a culinary cross-pollination of ingredients and...
Interiors
Hailing from Mexico — rich in vivid, graphical heritage — Mestiz stay true to their words: “seeking to spread traditional craftsmanship and local talent into a contemporary lifestyle for its recovery and evolution”. Their first...
The Edit
Tomorrow would have been the 75th birthday of John Winston Ono Lennon, co-founder of the Beatles and one half of arguably the greatest song-writing duos of all time. A creative legacy of that magnitude — one which changed the face of popular music...
Dispatches
Stop reading this. You are wasting your time. Go outside. Talk to someone. Poke them. They're fucking real. This screen is not real. Stop reading this. You wake up. You pick up your phone. Your iPad. Sit on the loo? Social checkup. What...
Amsterdam
How could you not enjoy a visit to Toki with that infectious smiley logo pressing its grinning face to the window? The branding at this Jordaan hangout is by neighbouring creative studio HarrimanSteel BV, and across both the fit-out and products...
Publications
Industrial buildings from the Victorian era are some of the hottest properties around nowadays, but back in the 1960s you couldn't give them away. It took courage and imagination to see past the obvious problems at the old Waltham Brothers brewery...
City Notes
Melbourne's Vietnamese sister restaurants Saigon Sally and Hanoi Hannah have been joined by a relative from even further afield as Tokyo Tina arrives on the scene. This Far East feast of street eats and restaurant faves has set up shop on the...
The Edit
Coney Island's future is very much up in the air — although not in the way most New Yorkers would like. The historical resort, located on a peninsula at the southern tip of Brooklyn, once pulled huge crowds of holidaymakers keen to escape the oppressive summer heat of the inner city.
Interiors
Tick. Tock. You know how clocks work. No matter how fancy their technology, the principal has remained the same since the first mechanical time-telling devices entered our world around the start of the 14th century. Things deviated in 1968, when...
Paris
As their name promises, the guys and girls at Quixotic Projects like to do things differently. The hospitality group is on a mission to broaden the culinary horizons of Paris; we are a little hot and bothered over their Mexican restaurant...
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
Stand-up comedy has given several up-and-coming performers their way from the legends. Examples of famous stand-up comedians who honed in their craft for success at top comedy clubs are Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Taylor...
Dispatches
The purpose of nursing homes is to provide older people at risk with the care and attention they require in a secure setting. For some residents, however, the truth is unsettling: abuse by doctors and other medical professionals. Nursing home...
Dispatches
China, the United States of America, and Japan do it again, the three powerhouses ranking 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the fourth consecutive year in the A’ Design Awards' World Design Rankings. Using a slick methodology for ranking countries, the...
Dispatches
It's important to pick the right company to clean your air ducts so that your home stays healthy and safe. When your air ducts are clean, the air quality inside your home is better, which is good for everyone's health. But how do you choose which...