Interiors
Following on from our recent post about Charlotte Kingsnorth, fellow exhibitor at Milan Design Week's Ventura Lambrate, Bert Loeschner is another designer imbuing chairs with human characteristics - but for Bert, it’s less about what they are...
Interiors
Two years. One hundred and twenty artists, designers and illustrators. One enormous art project, a paper mill and a dog called Gerald. What do you mean you don't get it? Do I have to explain everything? OK, in this case I probably do, so let's...
Interiors
On the move or on the run? Travelling or fleeing? These are the questions that pass through the mind when watching the tales of Bojka, aka Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri, who unveiled their new Migration Stories collection at Spazio Rossana Orlandi...
Interiors
Taking "the road less travelled" is something that Stockholm-based studio Very Very Gold say they'll always do, artist Farvash Razavi (whose CV declares a background in Chemistry and Experience Design) and designer Michel Bussien striving to create,...
Interiors
Spazio Rossana Orlandi played host to a match made in heaven, or perhaps hell, during last week's Milan design shenanigans; tongue-in-cheek Italian brand Seletti partnering with Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari's fabulously bonkers magazine,...
Interiors
Smoke machines are rarely used to good effect. Wedding DJ; no. School disco; no. Nestled in the corner of a small room at New Dutch Design, during Milan Design Week; surprisingly, yes. Eindhoven Design Academy graduate Frederik Roijé had a...
Art & Culture
Tessa Koot's work straddles that most playful of boundaries, the cross-section between art and design... product and objet d'art. We first stumbled across the Dutch designer's aesthetic meanderings at last year's Milan Design Week, and it was at...
Interiors
Platonic. Outside of philosophy lectures (and possible inside for all I know) one of the most heartbreaking words in the English language, no matter which end of it you're on. It's pretty fitting that Christian Wassmann's 5 Platonic Objects have...
Interiors
When rugs are this beautiful, it would be a crime to chuck them on the floor and trample all over them; these floor coverings are more at home hanging from your living room wall as an artwork than covering up that wine stain that's been blighting...
Interiors
Mandy Fleming's Belle & Vidére is a fledgling interiors company (developed by creative agency Rosie Lee), with a focus on a craft oft-overlooked in these modern times; the humble lampshade. With more than a healthy dose of quintessential...
Art & Culture
Imagine tip-toeing down the stairs to the handsomely decorated tree, excitedly unwrapping your first present and finding it was a miniature version of Damien Hirst's For the Love of God, made and signed by the artist himself. That would be a hell of...
Interiors
Like fresh green shoots emerging from the scorched earth, UM Project's stylish collection of furnishings for the Reclaim NYC movement is testament to the adage that whenever there is destruction, rebirth will always follow. The destruction in...
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...
Dispatches
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...
Dispatches
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....
Dispatches
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,...