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One of my favourite London landmarks has to be Battersea Power Station. I have been lucky enough to get a look up-close and inside this incredible monument and to attend a lecture from the 20th Century Society about its history, so I thought I’d...
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Woop. What better word to start the New Year with. A sheer expression of joy. And what more appropriate name for a design studio who came together over a shared love of collective nouns – that’s off the scale on my geekometer!...
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Playful Portugese design collective, Dose, came up with a cunning plan to deal with the problem of restricted budget and space for a temporary bar at Porto's annual academic festival. Debuting their 'TUBE-IT system', the team - António Martins,...
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The Westcountry is an inspirational place. Whether it’s the light, the air, or the water, there is definitely something in the South West corner of our fair isle that fires the creative spirit. And Young & Norgate, a small group of designers...
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We must confess to having let this one slip through the net when it won a New Designers Designersblock Award for “Outstanding Creativity and Original Thought” back in July, so apologies if you've seen it before, but we couldn't let Patrick...
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Thanks to financial news giant Bloomberg, and the creative vision of architect Akihisa Hirata, Tokyo's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT) has a rather impressive new pavilion to stand beside its main entrance. The mysterious yet graceful white box,...
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We feature an awful lot of glitz and swank, so much so that at times it can get almost a little weary; sure, these bastions of haute-design with their mega-bucks architects and multi-million pound budgets look 'wow', very 'wow' in fact, but...
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As our lives continue to revolve increasingly around online content, there's a growing trend for apps and inventions that integrate our offline worlds with our online worlds. But, as televisions are tweeting and cars are wirelessly syncing, Leonardo...
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You may think piña coladas and sunburnt Brits before world-class architecture; but Tenerife is an island with considerably more strings to its bow than just Sunday roasts in the sun. With the Tenerife Espacio de las Artes and the Plaza de España's...
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Berlin based architects J. MAYER H. don't do things by halves. Early on this year we featured their great leviathan of timber in Seville, a colossus of sculptured wood that can rival any public space in the world for the title of most jaw-dropping,...
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Well, last week I promised you design-excitement of pretty epic proportions, so I’d better deliver hadn’t I?! I thought I’d start with the designers of the very chair I mentioned in my introduction. &Then were without doubt my favourite find...
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We've been big fans of Katie Treggiden's blog, Confessions of a Design Geek, for some time; her refreshing, everyman take on design and designers demystifies much of the awkwardness that often surrounds design writing, and her first book is a joy to...
City Notes
Chefs Karina Mejía and Israel Montero combine the tradition of Provençal cuisine with the soul and passion of Mexico in Saint Jacques Bistrot, their new gastronomic spot in the capital city's affluent Polanco neighbourhood. Allowing diners to...
City Notes
Located next door to Hotel Wilmina, which is housed in a former Berlin-Charlottenburg women's prison, Lotta Tagesbar has opened its doors, the café cum deli and bar designed by the same team behind Wilmina and serving an exquisite menu of healthy...
City Notes
With an enviable seafront location close to Barcelona and its airport, and having undergone a recent refurbishment, AC Hotel Gavà Mar is a 69-room hotel that is ideal for the business traveller, but also a surprising destination for the discerning...
City Notes
With interiors inspired by the Art Deco of Palm Beach County in Miami, and serving delicious ice cream on a newly pedestrianised street just off Barcelona's renowned Passeig de Gràcia, Amiko is not simply a 'heladería', rather it's a sensory...
Dispatches
Minimalism and elegance, too, are gaining fast as popular choices for serene, sophisticated interiors. Simplicity, clean lines, and curative approaches to decor are all that these two styles are made of, bringing home really calm and clarity within...
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Finding the best Botox experts in Toronto can feel overwhelming, given the many options available. To focus your search, consider professionals with extensive experience and positive client reviews. A key step in identifying top specialists is...
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Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
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Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...