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Don't know about you, but we're starting to get rather excited about a certain little European competition that's kicking off tomorrow. England's expectations may be at an all time low, the Olympics may be causing an unwelcome distraction - but...
Publications
Teaching your kids about the beautiful game is most dad's dream - especially now that Euro 2012 is just about to kick off. Interestingly we've just spotted an excellent introduction to Swedish and world-wide football greats, in the latest...
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For such a wee place, just eight million inhabitants in a landlocked country that's dwarfed by many other European nations, Switzerland has a hard-hitting global reputation for its graphic design. Like the Scandinavian's reputation for product...
Ljubljana
Wouldn't it be nice, to live in a world where conformity was a prisonable offence? Where convention had been replaced by chaos with a smile, playing by the rules was treated with heavy medication, suits were substituted by Hawaiian shirts and pink...
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Debuting his Daydreaming with... concept back in 2010, James Lavelle has been continuing to evolve and progress his art meets music project since, and is surely pleased with himself for having pulled off its first international incarnation in the...
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"The concept that inspires the Apple Jet is Hello Kitty Loves Apples. The apple is the symbol for Hello Kitty. Hello Kitty is five apples tall and weighs three apples. Her favorite food is her mother’s homemade apple pie. Along the fuselage of...
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The international, multi-award winning artist, Gary Taxali, launched his first UK solo show at Steve Lazarides' The Outsiders gallery in London last week. Running until early June, the exhibition includes over forty works of various media and...
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Setting up in Helsinki in 2007, Agent Pekka is an award-winning creative consultancy and artist management agency - the only of its kind in Finland. When it came to launching their first continental Europe office, the Dutch capital - famed for its...
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After a crazy day running around London on Thursday, I finally managed to get to Pick Me Up at Somerset House. Now in its third year, the UK’s first annual contemporary graphic art fair and festival had a slightly different feel to it this year....
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Right. Sit up. Everything down. Eyes on me. If you haven’t heard of the mighty Insect, then you will most certainly possess some of his work – if, that is, you buy music. Master illustrator, oddball image maker, surrealist and auteur, Luke...
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Hong Kong-based Peony Yip is a young lady with high standards. Her effortless illustration work is both delicately beautiful, and whimsically haunting. It's inspirational stuff, but she still refers to herself as an “imperfect amateur” - we had...
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We recently stumbled across a surprising take on the abiding tradition of animal skin rugs. New York based artist Joshua Longo's monster skin rug had us in raptures; we had to find out more. Turns out Joshua is a multi-disciplinary artist with a...
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
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...