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Journal
There's a movement afoot. All around the world, and most certainly in London, craft is on the up, makers are on the rise. Urban gardening, supper clubs, lo-fi architecture... design is no longer solely the preserve of mass-manufacturers, high-end...
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Silverstone. Mid-morning on Friday, 7th July 2012. It’s the British Grand Prix’s opening practice session and the day’s a bastard: rain, mud, rain, mud. The traffic’s backed up to the A5, no one’s allowed to park and the track looks a...
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Commissioned by Audi to celebrate the launch of their new Audi City "cyberstore" in London's Piccadilly I was lucky enough to attend the unveiling of Chris Cunningham's latest work. Housed in a rather masculine and futuristic lab, the 'store' is...
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From investigating "parallel lives" to predicting the future of superstitions and fortune telling in the year 2029, London-based designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating often toys with the curious concept of bringing hypothetical theory into the...
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An obsolete relic of our not-too-distant past, the 3 ½" floppy disk is a fascinating insight into digital progression - imagine how far 1.44mb would get you these days? Informed by consumerism, technology, identity and cyberculture in...
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Invited to join Volvo at last week's Goodwood Festival of Speed, our initial response was to be expected... "Volvo? Festival of Speed", but we're open to new ideas here at We Heart Towers, so listened to what they had to say. OK, so this wasn't a...
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Ex-model turned still life, art and fashion photographer - for the likes of Ralph Lauren, New York Magazine and Stefan Sagmeister - Henry Hargreaves is also behind some personal projects that put the fun back into photography; not least his 3D boobs...
Barcelona
A little gem of a hotel in the cool area of Born in Barcelona is the brilliantly named Chic & Basic. Located within ten minutes of the beach, the Ramblas and some of the best tapas in Barcelona, this 31 room hotel is ideal for the design, culture...
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Having been invited by Ford to a very special unveiling at Salone del Mobile 2012 only seven days earlier - erm, hell yeah - we boarded the decidedly early morning flight and embarked on our fleeting journey. Arriving at Linate airport just under...
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The world of social media we live in has afforded photography somewhat of a welcome renaissance - the likes of Instagram turning everybody into a photographer, and in-turn heightening the Lomography-craze even further. High quality cameras on...
Interiors
Japanese bathroom and kitchen brand LIXIL introduced their A New Desire concept in Milan last week. Designed by Kenya Hara, the 'foam bathing' experience aims to blur the distinction between your home's dry and wet areas - challenge your perceptions...
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Journal
The concept’s quite simple. Take a (new Honda Civic) car, its raw data, the nuts and bolts of its design, and use every bit to create an enormous audiovisual art work. House it at MUMA Kraftwerk, Berlin’s industrialised homage to all things vast...
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
With every step, stretch, and movement we make, our bodies are performing an act of self-care. While physical activity has long been touted as essential for maintaining fitness, a new wellness paradigm is emerging that emphasizes movement as an...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number Two: Hormone Balancing. In today’s wellness landscape, hormone health is increasingly coming to the forefront...
Dispatches
Wellness Trends for 2025: A series of posts designed to uncover the most progressive concepts in wellness for the year ahead. Number One: Sleep Tourism. In a world that’s never quite switched off, sleep has become both a luxury and a necessity...
Dispatches
Founded in 2008 by Brazilian native Fabio Giolito, We Heart It was a social media platform that became a global hub for image-based inspiration. It also ‘almost’ shared a name with another website closer to home. Frustrated by the exclusivity...