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Romance. Reflection. Remembrance. These are the three principles on which David Parsons, lead designer with Florida design studio Tatron, based the Park Hyatt Melbourne. Uninspired by other international hotels which seem to have little identity or...
The Edit
Members of Team We Heart are often to be found cowering under their desks, but there was a time during the height of the Cold War when this was positively encouraged by governments. As the fingers of power edged ever closer to the big red button,...
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Vegas, gambling. Amsterdam, vice. Manchester, rain. Cities oft become bywords for the thing that defines them. Melbourne, coffee. The Australian capital of culture sure has a lot going for it, but coffee is the fuel that the capital of Victoria runs...
Melbourne
Listen up: forget everything you think you know about Indian restaurants. Pink embossed wallpaper - fire up your mental wall-steamers. Those weird lenticular pictures of waterfalls, wall-mounted 1980s tellies blasting out Bollywood classics,...
Journal
An art project highlighting the struggles of underprivileged children through mural depictions of their stories has unfolded on the streets of Melbourne. Known as HEARTCORE, the undertaking features a collaboration between children from the Berry...
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Founded in 2007 by designers Stephanie Fleming and partner Kyle De Kuijer, Melbourne's Five Boroughs is very much the quintessential labour of love. Hand-crafted from graphic design to build, it's a blood, sweat and tears kind of place. The deeds...
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Think you're a kind and generous person? Think again; you might give away your last Rolo, donate a percentage of your income to charity, or help old ladies across the street, but there's a tribe in northern India which puts the rest of the world to...
Melbourne
Bearing no relation to Henry, Jane or even Peter, the ever-expanding Fonda family we're meeting today is a restaurant group in Melbourne. I say group – Fonda Flinders is the third outlet following hot on the heels of their second-son in Windsor -...
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Melbourne is nothing if not cosmopolitan, and if the city's eateries are a melting pot of culinary styles, then Le Bon Ton in Collingwood is contributing the slow-cooked flavour of America's Deep South to the mix. Primarily influenced by New...
The Edit
Street artist Rone is causing busy workers in Melbourne's CBD to walk into lamposts with his recently-painted, and rather gigantic, attention-grabbing Collins Street mural – said to be the biggest in Australia by a single artist. Called...
Journal
These days when it comes to music, most of us have our head in the clouds; music is no longer a physical experience, but merely a collection of digital information, held somewhere else, called upon remotely and streamed over the ether directly to...
Melbourne
Melbourne's Electric Brain is a bona fide Mecca for devotees of retro counterculture, punk and Rockabilly sensibilities, zine-scene comic book corruption and all-round odd-ball conduct. And by all accounts a bloody good place to mosey on down for a...
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
Starting a home-based embroidery business can be an exciting and rewarding venture, offering a range of opportunities to tap into the custom apparel, gifts, and home decor markets. But, one of the most important decisions you’ll make when...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Nine: Emotional Fitness Coaching. As the concept of wellness evolves, so too does our understanding of mental...
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...
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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...