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Fashion
This post has been produced in collaboration with North Sails, all opinions remain those of We Heart. Founded by Lowell North 1, an American sailor who took gold at Mexico City's 1968 Olympic Games 2, North Sails was founded just over a decade...
Vieques
Resting on a space formerly occupied by a single three-bedroom house in the small coastal town of Vieques, Puerto Rico, is El Blok; a breathtaking LEED Gold-certified, 22-room hotel with a unique modernist structure. Opened in July 2014,...
Journal
Dubai might have a reputation as a city teeming with tall, sparkling skyscrapers and ground-breaking Guinness World Records, but there is more to the Emirati city than meets the eye. Its design scene is blossoming at a steady pace, with reports...
Cape Town
Turning onto a long gravel driveway, the bright white curves of an Elysian structure up ahead vies for attention with the imposing natural landscape it inhabits. Inspired by Psalm 36:7 — 'people take refuge in the shadow of your wings' — this is...
Art & Culture
From Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte's frankly bizarre Bierpinsel (beer brush) tower, built during the early 1970s in the 'Sci-Fi Brutalist' to the iconic Fernsehturm television tower, utilitarian apartment blocks to gems like Walter...
London
You've probably heard: London's revered Design Museum has moved to Kensington High Street, an investment of £83m seeing the museum triple in size to 10,000sqm; and fulfilling its future role as the world’s leading institution dedicated to...
Publications
Those who suffer from bouts of the green-eyed monster, look away now. Residents: Inside the Iconic Barbican Estate is a self-explanatory publication that affords the many a moment inside the world of a few. 'I wanted to allow the public to get a...
Fleinvær
In need of a sharp jolt of creative inspiration? Even the most creatively constipated would rekindle their artistic fires with one look at the astounding natural beauty of arctic archipelago Fleinvær; which is where a new 'artist’s retreat'...
Art & Culture
Blue Crow Media have released its second map dedicated to Brutalist architecture. Diverting attention across the pond to the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C., the guide features 40 well and lesser known structures and architectural gems; from the...
Melbourne
A hotel (well, AirBnb apartment), design showroom, and shop — all rolled up into one imaginative little space; Micro-Luxe is a refined urban den located in Melbourne’s happening Fitzroy neighbourhood. 'What’s in a name?' For...
The Edit
Busy bees are fluoro-fanatics Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan, as they of the world-renowned lo-fi build, hi-fi aesthetic, cultural installations are at it again; this time as part of Graz art festival Steirischer Herbst. Open Wide is a...
The Edit
A question for the starchitects: what is your work doing for the greater good of the rapidly expanding world? Think Global, Build Social! Architecture for a Better World, an exhibition at Johannesburg's MOAD Museum of African Design, is questioning...
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
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