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One of the oldest landmarks in Hungary, the venue for this installation is a Benedictine abbey dating back to 996AD, but since its founding the monks have been joined by the boys of a boarding school more recently attached. This school's gym is the...
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Unable to experience Keiichi Matsuda’s flagship installation, the Veuve Clicquot-commissioned Prism, at the V&A during London Design Festival (too late, too busy we finally gave up), we instead chose to marvel at the Prism Cabinet, a collaboration...
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Shoreditch bar-cum-gallery DreamBagsJaguarShoes is consistently one of the capital's best places to find work from hot new design, art and fashion talents - whilst enjoying a tipple to boot - and, their contribution to this year's London Design...
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This year's London Design Festival saw Kouichi Okamoto of Kyouei Design present two wildly intriguing works as part of the many installations scattered around the iconic V&A. Contrasting the building's history and grandeur, both Musical Table and...
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It goes without saying that New York has some amazing architecture, but the Williamsburg Savings Bank in Brooklyn is probably among the lesser known, despite boasting an impressive 63ft vaulted ceiling in the main hall. This was the venue for the...
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Tucked away right up in the north-east of France is a place called Delme, you may well have not heard of it. However, thanks to the daring work of artists Berdaguer & Péjus (Christophe and Marie respectively) - you may well be hearing a lot more of...
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This is another of those occasions where you wish you had carried on with your Swedish lessons as a child, or at least travelled more extensively in the country's northern mining region of Bergslagen. We shall do our best to explain what is going on...
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Inspired by '70s antique catalogues, childhood interests in the grotesque and gory, Baroque kitsch, and otherworldly fictional fantasies; RCA graduate Ben Wheele presents unhinged artwork that defies boundaries and conventions - in a world where...
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London Design Festival usually means not much sleep and long days on your feet, so something called “Cozy Shelter” was always going to go down well. The installation was originally designed for the Design Musuem in Helsinki as part of an...
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I am fascinated by how things are made, so I was very excited to see X3 at Super Brands London as part of this year’s London Design Festival. London-based branding and graphic design studio Creative Research and Development commissioned three...
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Bursting through the floor like something from a disaster movie, The Lift, by Oded Hirsch, is a literal breakthrough for the Israeli artist. Normally operating in the realm of video and photography, this is Hirsch's first installation outside a...
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Covent Garden’s celebrated village of Seven Dials has seen a mini-transformation this September, however blink and you may miss the seven installations suspended high above ground. Gracing each road off the Seven Dials pillar, the installations...
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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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