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The Edit
Sweden is embracing the current boom in craft beer production with indecent enthusiasm, and the number of breweries in the country has leapt from 30 to 150 in the last five years. Alongside a marked increase in choice comes a thirst for knowledge on...
Stockholm
It was a fortunate group of girls that wandered from third period history to fourth period maths along the corridors of this Art Nouveau treasure in Stockholm, although it would be understandable if they didn't fully appreciated it at the time. Most...
Stockholm
Petter Johansson is not your typical Swedish designer. He says he hates art, but loves artists; he describes Swedish design as “safe”, despite confessing to a house full of it; and recommends beer as a way to stay creative and experimental. He's...
Journal
It's early February. It's time to be astounded by the limitless creativity of the latest crop of young convention-deniers at Stockholm's Beckmans College of Design. On home turf, the students regularly flourish: last year's brief pondered...
Stockholm
If you thought Dagmar was a nightclub that Dirty Den set fire to in Eastenders, then firstly you're old, and secondly you clearly haven't been clothes shopping in Sweden much; Dagmar is a fashion brand run by three sisters with a new in-store shop...
Stockholm
The intention at The Flying Elk was to replicate a classic British pub atmosphere in Stockholm – now I don't hang out in the best areas of town, but if they wanted to recreate my local, designers sandellsandberg should have added a couple of fruit...
The Edit
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...
The Edit
You may know him as the jolly kilted French chap introducing the world's first dildo museum or the annual naked lawnmower racing championships, but when Jean Paul Gaultier wasn't being a naughty boy on Channel 4's soft porn digest Eurotrash, he...
Stockholm
This Stockholm hotel is so offbeat, it's actually marching to a completely different drum from all else. It all started with Häringe Palace's 1930s owner, a safety match baron, who had a slide installed from his bedroom window straight into the...
Stockholm
Metal, garage, trance-formation...the opportunities for wordplay and punning are so plentiful at this former car park turned restaurant and nightclub that I'll let you have some fun with a few of your own while I get on with telling you how...
Interiors
Taking "the road less travelled" is something that Stockholm-based studio Very Very Gold say they'll always do, artist Farvash Razavi (whose CV declares a background in Chemistry and Experience Design) and designer Michel Bussien striving to create,...
Journal
When I was in Stockholm for Stockholm Design Week, I was very lucky to be invited to the studio of Färg & Blanche for a one-off exhibition of their work, some of which they hadn’t seen for over two years, that was brought together for just 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
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,...