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Marseille
Thankfully, when art and hotels meet, it's increasingly through more than just the banal hanging of a painting. Hoteliers are getting serious about art, and artists are getting creative with their spaces. The latest lodgings to welcome their guests...
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Floating curiously, high above the hustle and bustle of downtown San Francisco - almost like a human-sized birdhouse - Manifest Destiny! is a charming, yet provocative, statement on the arrogant perseverance of the city's early settlers. Named after...
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Ever since 1970s New York, trains have been the graffiti artist's time-honoured canvas of choice. Every spray-can clutching, sneaker wearing b-boy worth their salt will have let their creative juices flow on a carriage or two. Imagine then, the...
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East London gallery Tony's are presenting crochet street-artist (yes, crochet street-artist) Olek's debut UK solo show, and - much like her work - it looks set to be utterly enthralling. From guerrilla knitting a lovely warm jumper onto New York's...
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Cornea shattering, iris exploding; Craig & Karl's latest large-scale mural literally rips your eyeballs from their optic nerves and smashes them around with colourful fury and rage. 72DP - as they call it - is essentially the transformation of a...
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J'adore this cute little poster, for an optician in Montpellier, that French agency Figurez-vous sent through to us. Given a carte blanche by the client, whose sole brief was to "symbolise winter", the local studio drafted in street artist The...
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Dramatic, unique and often haunting; Italian street artist Moneyless uses ropes for paint in a series of interventions around the world. Growing increasingly constricted by the traditions of graffiti, he began to subvert all he knew. Choosing to...
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We were understandably excited to witness the much-hyped Banksy installation at the United States' first major street art exhibition; Art in the Streets at LA's MOCA. What we weren't necessarily expecting was one of the most exhilarating modern art...
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Mutilating consumerist imagery has never looked so elegant. French street artist, Thom Thom, reworks billboards, hacking and dicing his way through them, before realising his mosaic like reinterpretations. What were once repetitive corporate...
Barcelona
Similarly anti-chic to East Berlin's gritty and creative Michelberger Hotel, Barcelona's Hotel Acta Mimic shares an unpolished vibrancy with its local surroundings, the infamously seedy, yet decidedly creative, El Raval district. Once home to...
Berlin
One of the latest openings in a city famed for its street-art, designers, illustrators and all round creativity, is Dudes Factory, a fabulously unique laboratory cum boutique, that allows visitors to consume, deconstruct and experiment with art and...
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...
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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...
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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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