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Nostalgia klaxon! Prepare to be reminded how rubbish things are for children these days compared to when we were young. Who needs Call of Duty when you could use your imagination and a LEGO gun to smite the evil-doers? And they call it...
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There was a shop in our town growing up that sold nothing but wool. We called it The Wool Shop. Actually it probably sold needles and thread bobbins and such like, but you know what we mean. Anyway, this was back in the days when knitting was still...
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Food has long been influencing design – one only has to remember Brizilian bombshell Carmen Miranda's fruit-basket headgear in the 1940s for one of the less subtle examples – but in more recent times the extent to which the edible is an...
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We wouldn't want you to think we're thumbing our noses at you when we say that this event was good, and you missed it, but it was, and you probably did. Don't blame us though – the Alley-Oop Design Exhibition was a one-night only affair, so unless...
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Happy Waitangi Day to all our New Zealander readers - for those of us north of the Equator, today is an annual Kiwi holiday, celebrating the signing of the country's founding documents; the Treaty of Waitangi. Now, to prove we're not a bottomless...
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There's always one desperate, sandal-shod chancer at every party telling anyone who'll listen that growing hemp is the only way the Earth is going to survive in a post-fossil fuel scenario. They are usually stoned, or in the process of becoming so,...
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This collection reminds me of an old joke. What do you call a creature in a floral jacket with the body of a man, the head of a fox and a huge gold-plated pistol? Sir! Ahem, sorry, probably a bit early in the day to be polishing off the inexplicably...
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Hands up if you've ever described an object as 'sexy'. I'm sure Apple fanboys are particularly guilty of this sin: "phwoar, look at the bevel on that". Opening last week at La Triennale di Milano, KAMA, Sex and Design is an exhibition that seeks to...
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This is a niche project if ever there was one – preserving the neon signs of Cold War Poland. However, the country's first (and we'll venture only) neon museum, in Warsaw, attracted 10,000 visitors in one night at a recent event, which isn't to be...
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We first encountered Dutch designer Tessa Koot earlier this year, at this spring's Salone del Mobile - her whimsical furniture-cum-art the very last word in design/art boundary muddying. For her next act, the young designer has blurred those thinly...
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The following interesting pieces of reinvented furniture are credited to architects Marcio Kogan and his Studio MK27, Manuela Verga and Paolo Boatti, and were displayed at Gallery Fumi for London Design Week (although remains visitable until 30th...
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Generally speaking, shop displays usually work in three broad ways. Put your stuff on the floor, stick it to the wall, or hang it from the ceiling. Bored with the conventions of these display methods, Beijing-based designer Yoshimasa Tsutsumi...
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...
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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...
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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...