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Journal
Inviting the world's top street art talent to create one-time works and installations that will never be on public display, and are soon to be lost forever, may sound a little extravagant; but when you're the decaying shell of a nightclub that once...
The Edit
Call him pessimistic, call him realistic, Dean Stockton certainly isn't looking on the bright side in New World Disorder, his pop-art series of love, loss and the impending annihilation of Earth. Okay, the last bit might be a bit of an...
The Edit
The journey to work can be a grind, but it can also be time put to good use, as artist Stephen Powers demonstrates. While most subway commuters cocoon themselves against the rest of humanity with iPods and Facebook status updates, Powers sketches,...
Toronto
Brick, steel and graffiti - sounds like a gritty urban hangout, right? Wrong, what we have with Annie Aime is a bright and breezy clothing outlet in Canada with a colourful freshness and not a speck of grit to be seen. The brick and steel at this...
Journal
Billy and Alex is Alex Godwin aka Billy. Confused? Yeah we were too. Trust me, there isn’t a split personality thingy going on here (OK, maybe a little), just some brilliantly vivid, bold and cheerful work by one inspired artist. Instantly...
Los Angeles
Welcome, brothers and sisters, to a place where only true believers should venture to tread. This is Church Boutique, a shrine to all that is fashionable, stylish and avant garde. A 5,000sq ft temple of cool. The kind of place that Rihanna and Halle...
The Edit
Tagging has a pretty unsavoury reputation – an act of vandalism or aggression performed furtively under the cover of darkness by urban hoodrats. Street artist Hush is presenting the maligned activity in a new light with his collection Unseen,...
Koh Samui
After just under a week in Southeast Asia, we'd traversed the insanity of Bangkok and indulged in a big-city comedown at Koh Samui hideaway Silavadee - two very different sides to Thailand's complex coin. Keen to lose ourselves in sufficiently more...
Melbourne
Being the baking brains behind cake wholesaler Box Brownies wasn't enough for Pia Hambour and George March – the duo wanted a bricks-and-mortar outlet of their own from whence to sell their product, and here it is: Tomboy in the Melbourne suburb...
Journal
...aaand breathe. This year's Milan Design Week may not be over for everyone involved, but we're safely back from the madness and in the process of prepping tons of intoxicating design stories for you to take a hit on over the coming days and weeks....
The Edit
They may only come out at night for Greg Simkins, but they now are on show to the public during the day – we are talking about the nightmarish creatures which have been haunting the artist for years during his periods of nocturnal...
Journal
Fresh from trying to reintroduce good old manners to his fellow New Yorkers as part of his Subway Etiquette and Metropolitan Etiquette Authority series, artist Jay Shells returns to his familiar street sign reinterpretations (that echo the brilliant...
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
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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,...