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The style might be super cute, but don't let first impressions fool you, DabsMyla's murals are very much of an adult-themed experience. Having featured the mysterious Australian couple at the start of the year as they prepared to set out on a big...
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The car is an important symbol of success in post-war Germany, and an important metaphor for artist Thomas Kilpper. He sees the closing of German factories and the outsourcing of manufacturing to developing countries with low wages as a mirror of...
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> He likes to make a point, does Robert Montgomery, and make it in some style, in block capitals up in lights, on prominently placed billboards, and even crowned with fire, almost always right in the heart of the action. The London artist is...
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They say all publicity is good publicity, but as a street artist you can't be delighted when, to show off his cool credentials, David Cameron chooses a piece of your work as a gift for Barack Obama. And when we say David Cameron, we mean one of his...
Chicago
There's magic in the air at Progress Bar, Chicago, magic weaved – or rather screwed in – by Canadian artists Wayne Garrett and Caitlind r.c. Brown and their electrifying Cloud Ceiling installation. The pair from Calgary burst onto the scene...
New York
101 Spring Street in SoHo, New York, is an important house on many levels, even beyond the obvious magnificence of its five-storey, cast iron colonnaded design. Built in 1870 by Nicholas Whyte, each floor has a different design of column which goes...
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Isn't it enough to be a multi-million pound actor with James Dean looks? Apparently not, not for James Franco, the chiselled star of the Spider-Man franchise and 127 Hours who is stretching his creative talent into multimedia installations under the...
Journal
100 things you'll never hear a DJ shout during a set #69: "somebody call this party an ambulance"... Ambulances at raves typically mean all's not well, however, the one we stumbled across at this year's Sónar was more about dancing than...
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Science fiction fans may know the word “frack” as a cheeky way for the writers of the Battlestar Galactica TV series to swear their way around the pre-watershed censoring, but fracking is also a bit of a dirty word in the real-life scientific...
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Canadian Angela Bulloch is an artist who likes things lit up, lined up, squared off. Not for her the chaos of her late 1980s contemporaries, but the order of mathematics, the beauty of geometry, and the calculable comfort of frequency. Since...
Journal
Having been commissioned by an august institution to promote British culture to the wider world, an artist may be forgiven for playing it safe with their choice of subject matter. No such timidity from Jeremy Deller and his series of installations,...
Journal
Did you know that Clerkenwell in London has the highest number of architects per square mile in Europe? If you're a London architect, you probably did, otherwise we bet you didn't. By our reckoning thousands of people have just learned something. We...
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...
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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...