387 items found
You're viewing posts tagged “Books”
Publications
It barely seems like months since we were uncovering, and interviewing, British creatives — posing questions like "does location effect creativity?"; "is Britain’s creative industry too London-centric?"; "you couldn’t live...
Publications
No one does death quite like the Mexicans, and no one documents the country's unique and spooky folk spirituality like Angus Fraser. The UK photographer has scooped the inaugural Bar Tur Photobook Award for his Santa Muerte project, which saw the...
The Edit
At the end of August, around 70,000 people will convene in Nevada's Black Rock Desert and watch as a neon-lit, wooden effigy measuring 100ft becomes a towering inferno. The Burning Man festival has grown in every conceivable way since its beginnings...
Publications
God bless America. Where would we be without their military going around building bases in other countries' backyards, making everyone feel so much safer? Back in 1953, Spain and the USA signed a treaty of economic aid and defence, and the diggers...
Publications
Los Angeles is a city like no other. A sprawling, sun-bleached and dehydrated mass, supine in the California earth under a heavy blanket of heat and exhaust gas, head wreathed in national park forest, body choked and clogged, feet stretching to the...
Publications
The hippie movement was very much of its time. With the aftershocks of the Second World War still reverberating loudly, the counter-culture movement rejected the conventions of the pre-war Western world, turning its back on the notions of capitalism...
Publications
Who exactly is Peaches, and what does she do? She is Toronto-born Merrill Nisker, and she does pretty much whatever the fuck she wants. Musician; singer; performance artist; producer; filmmaker; actor; writer; provocateur; icon — the Berlin-based...
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...
Dispatches
Georgie Glass at Kosmonaut © Latisha Vasianna Photography 2015 The Northern Quarter, Manchester, and local favourite Kosmonaut was last week the venue for a very different kind of dog show; Manchester's rainy, cobbled streets home to the...
Publications
Film buffs! You probably think you know everything there is to know about Stanley Kubrick, right? Think again. Even the most fanatical Kubrick completist will find plenty to sink their teeth into in Stanley Kubrick: New Perspectives, as the book (an...
The Edit
When life is getting you down, and your Keep Calm and Carry On tea towel just isn't cutting the mustard, reach instead for the uplifting messages of Jeremyville. The Australian artist has just launched the first book from his Community Service...
Publications
It's the people that make the character of a city, but people need a place to get together if magic is going to happen. New York City is perhaps only rivalled by Paris for world-famous centres of creative expression — whether they be artist...
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,...