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The Edit
This weekend Battersea Arts Centre will be swinging open its doors for a art event featuring over 400 works of art from amateur to professional artists the world over. These pieces — celebrating London icon Battersea Power Station and its cultural...
The Edit
We each absorb experiences and sensations from the moment we are born, and our childhood influences naturally play an important — and in some cases defining — role in our adult lives. This would seem to hold especially true for visual artists,...
The Edit
London is a very different place to how it was in 1992; 23 years is a long time in most cities, in London it feels like a millennium. For 23 years is how long not-for-profit organisation Open House London have been indulging the city's voyeuristic...
Los Angeles
Eli and Edythe Broad's foundation has been lending major artworks to major galleries and museums for the past 30 years, but now the philanthropists' incredible collection has a permanent home of its own in Los Angeles. Aerial photo of The...
Paris
The amazing renovation job at bohemian bathhouse turned infamous nightclub turned ultra-swanky hotel Les Bains means even the briefest of visits to the Paris venue is sure to be a memorable one, but that doesn't mean it's not worth taking a souvenir...
Copenhagen
As a child in Iceland, Olafur Eliasson would gaze at the harbour and wonder at the ranks of fishing boats moored in ranks, so numerous and packed so tightly that he imagined walking from one side to the other by stepping across their...
London
What can we say about the Tate Modern? In case you've recently been defrosted from some long-running cryogenic experiment, here are a few facts about Britain's official national museum of modern and contemporary international art. The galleries...
London
This operation began in 1993 in New York, and hasn't stopped gaining momentum. Several Big Apple locations were followed in 2012 with the first London outpost, and what a place. Anyone who's played Monopoly will recognise Mayfair as the most...
Journal
A certain glitz and glamour has endured at W Hotels. When in need of a little bit of sparkle on your travels; when you find the urge to get in touch with your inner fabulousness — darling — it's hard to find a better series of city...
Dispatches
With its use of eye-zapping neon signs and attention-grabbing flags and totems, Superstructure can only be the work of Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan; who work together as the "loose collective" Supergrouplondon. The wooden construction is a...
Warsaw
Venture from the well-trodden tourist trails of Warsaw's historical Old Town and there is a whole new vibrant city just waiting to be discovered. Design firm Mamastudio want to help visitors experience the alternative Warsaw, and their Autor Rooms...
Publications
We have been living in a digital world for some time now, and the influence of technology is firmly ingrained in every aspect of society and culture. We increasingly see the world via computer screens rather than through glass windows, and the...
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
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...
Dispatches
We’ve all seen them. You know, rickety and rusty carports dragging down a property’s curb appeal. In fact, the eyesore is all you pay attention to. Even though carport designs have improved over the years the structures still lack some curb...