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New York
It's not often a design studio gets to shape both the structural architecture and the interior design of a major hospitality project, but that was the challenge for king and queen of vintage Roman and Williams at the lavish Viceroy New York, a new...
Los Angeles
For those avid viewers of Salvage Hunters like me, wondering where all the green and white pendant factory lights that Drew is always buying end up, the answer is places like Bar Amá in Los Angeles. There's a big white van full of them at the...
Publications
To those at We Heart Towers, artist Tim Head seems like a kindred spirit. In an interview with Vice, he described himself during his early teenage years as “flannel tied round the waist, long centre parting, trying to ollie in battered Converse,...
Melbourne
We're heading back to the 1980s now folks, not by hitting 88mph in a time travelling DeLorean, but by the much easier method of stepping inside Davis Yu's Mexican restaurant Touché Hombre Eléctrica in Melbourne. The second Hombre to stride into...
Berlin
Descend the stairs of Tante Lisbeth (Aunty Lisbeth) in the stupendously cool Kreuzberg neighbourhood of Berlin and you find the centrepiece of the whole place - a vintage bowling alley from the time when alleys were really alleys and not the 20-lane...
New York
They don't make student digs like this any more – what is now The High Line Hotel in New York City was built in 1894 as accommodation for theology students, complete with a pretty quadrangle in which to sit and ponder the mysteries of life and the...
New York
Prepare your tastebuds New York, things are getting spicy in Brooklyn with the opening of Balinese restaurant Selamat Pagi. Anyone who knows anything about Bali won't be surprised to hear that there's an Australian involved somewhere in this...
Bucharest
Funny places are sports bars; cavernous and largely vacuous, the bars in America are propped up by trucker-cap-wearing moustached gentlemen with infinite knowledge of Super Bowl history, bar snacks and head gaskets, whilst their British cousins...
London
As well as giving one a boost of outward energy in the morning, coffee is renowned for getting certain internal parts of the body moving, so it's a convenient match that this hot new espresso bar has percolated inside Attendant, a former Victorian...
Bucharest
You won't need many guesses to suss out what kind of restaurant this Bucharest place is while strolling past. Your first clue is the enormous yet brief name emblazoned on the outside awning, and the second, the colour scheme, has an unmistakably...
Madrid
Pharmacies are generally grim places to visit, with their super-white, sterile interiors, and people generally feel like crap trying not to cough on each other as they wait for their prescriptions. De Los Austrias Pharmacy, Madrid, is turning that...
Journal
What do you get when you come across 625 remote controls? Nope, not a salvage yard or a creep old guy's workshop - but an actual operational television set. Well, that's the general gist of the latest installation by interactive artist Chris...
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
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...
Dispatches
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...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Eight: Restorative Home Design. In the pursuit of wellness, many people are turning their attention homeward....
Dispatches
Austin’s housing market has seen a significant boom in recent years, with many homeowners looking to boost their property’s value through home improvement projects. In a city where home prices continue to rise, updating key areas of a property,...