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It wasn't so long ago parents were warning their children that too much TV would turn their eyes square. How things have changed. The debate now is whether toddlers are too young for tablets, whether their motor skills and reading are helped or...
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Extreme Measures represents Chris Burden's first major exhibition in the US for 25 years, and as if to recognise the gravity of the event, the New Museum in New York has given over all five of its floors, the façade, and even the lift space to...
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Chinese speakers can now benefit from American artist Jenny Holzer's pearls of wisdom as she presents Light Streams, a collection of new works and past pieces translated into Mandarin for an emerging audience. Holzer began her career in the...
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Now in its fourth year, the Wallpaper* Handmade exhibition is fast becoming a staple of the annual design calendar. Imagine, if you will, Jonathan Bell (Transport & Technology Correspondent at Wallpaper* magazine) makes the crazy suggestion...
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There's no getting away from it, this project from artist James Thompson is bleak, bordering on horrifying, but compelling like the proverbial car crash. Mental health treatment was in its infancy – to put it kindly - in 1888 when West Riding...
Journal
Never mind the ghastly passport mugshots, everyone knows the real purpose of shopping centre photo booths is cramming your mates into for a face-pulling competition. They do lack a little room for manoeuvre though, which is where the Thermobooth...
Technology
Camberwell was forever immortalised as the birthplace of the Camberwell Carrot, the ludicrous superjoint made by Danny the dealer in Withnail and I, and Nick Brennan of the more recent Camberwell Collective product design group - recently exhibiting...
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Hero of the Week Award goes to Thanet District Council for giving the go-ahead to Alex Chinneck's brilliant and ambitious intervention, in the Cliftonville district of Margate, which saw the artist “peel off” the front of a disused house to...
Journal
Artists Christine Istad and Elizabeth Pacini will bring the SUN to this year’s 100% Norway at Tent London. The public piece of art that represents their country at this year’s 10th anniversary exhibition will be a first for London. An imposing...
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The origins of Alex Noble's Creatures from the Kaleidoscope begin with his Mannequink project, an altogether more monochromatic venture in which he and photographer Joe McGorty transformed three female musicians into bondage dummies. In his latest...
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Every Spring the festival performers are announced, and and sure as eggs is eggs the fanfares are followed by the inevitable grumblings that so-and-so is missing and plans are made for an expedition to brave the portaloos while James Blunt takes up...
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The eerie mystery of science fiction and the suspense of the cinematic thriller collide in the imagination of Mario Wagner, who with his Controlled Spaces collection of mixed media wood panels invites the viewer to fill in the gaps in 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...