Born is one of those areas of town that have undergone major transformations in recent years. You know the type of place, every city’s got ‘em – hookers and drug dealers moved along...
We were in snowy Stockholm last week, braving the sub-zero temperatures to delve into the talent on show at the iconic Scandinavian design fair. The big names of design were out, as were an ever-impr...
Gravity Suit Sandra Cohen Callman Exploring the possibility of giving life to an object through tactile experience, creating a fragile, feminine object by countering traditional ‘masculine̵...
Young Stockholm-based designer, Clara Lindsten, presented her elegantly disheveled debut furniture collection at last week’s design fair. Raw and distinctive, the hero of the collection was mos...
Retro-tech. The kids can’t get enough of it. Cassettes look cool – a damn sight better than CDs anyway. And those brightly coloured things we put them inside in the 80s? Just too très-coo...
Grandpa In 2009, Australian photographer Louise Hawson embarked on a journey in her own ‘backyard’, picking up her camera and exploring a new suburb of Sydney every week for a year. Each suburb was a...
Super-cool bakeries are all the rage, hey? Last year we featured Turin’s VyTA Boulangerie and Greek bakery Elektra – both of which looked more like swanky bars than humble purveyors of br...
Swire Hotels’ new blog, You’d Be Much Better Here, have given us an introduction to some of the artworks that were commissioned for their Hong Kong property, EAST. Designed by William Lim...
Advertising continues to become more and more intrusive, as your life becomes more and more transparent. In the 21st century you’re prepared to tell the world exactly what you had for dinner ...
The Kwik-E-Mart, Monk’s Café, Satriale’s Pork Store… they’re places many of us have invested time in, but have never visited – and never will for that matter. Fictional ...
The Royal Festival Hall has always been one of my favourite spaces in London. When I first moved to London and hardly knew a soul, I would often wander along the Southbank and find myself there. But ...
Part sculptural artworks, part site-specific installations, London-based Parisian Noemie Goudal‘s photography is often unsettling – always captivating, and utterly beautiful. The Central ...
It’s that time of year again; card shops are stocked with glossy, over-priced ways to show your loved one you care, petrol stations are awash with sales reps using a £4.99 bunch of roses to dis...
Maarten van der Horst Last week we featured StudioXAG’s turquoise explosion for Future Map’s window at Selfridges’ annual Bright Young Things showcase. Well, we’ve had picture...
Ornamental plates. Making somewhat of a comeback they are. No longer are they the preserve of your blue-rinsed grandma and Royal wedding souvenirs. It was only the other week Katie was writing about ...
We’ve been obsessing over Swedish design studio Form Us With Love‘s sweetly stripped-back approach since We Heart began, and their latest works do not disappoint. Working with “frie...
Pay attention! This is a chap’s face you’ll be seeing a lot more of. But not nearly as much as his voice. Looking like a young Mos Def, but sounding like anything from a battle-worn Delta...
Just as a dog craves his bone, a Daily Mail reader yearns for casual racism or a Jeremy Kyle guest hungers for unprotected sex; we simply cannot get enough of exposed concrete. The folk behind Porto-...
Parisian artist Suzy Lelièvre creates fascinating works that surprise and enthrall. Are they functional objects? Are they sculptures, intended for gallery display? Contorting tables – tied into...
Ever a brand to have their fingers in many a creative pie, Red Bull opened up the alternative Parisian art space, 12Mail, at the end of 2009. The gallery – curated by DJ/label-boss/blogger/inso...
For a long time it seems ‘The Colonies’ have been hidden in the shade of British Imperialism. But as attention turns to the new world, countries like Australia and New Zealand are using design to tel...
“I do not expect to be a mother but I do expect to die alone” Tony’s Gallery, London 2012 East London gallery Tony’s are presenting crochet street-artist (yes, crochet street-artist) Olek‘...
Andaz Liverpool Street has been open for a few years now, but it wasn’t until recently that we had the distinct pleasure of bedding down there for the night. Sure, we’d been along to see ...
Blink and you missed it. This collaboration between fashion giant Prada, architecture icon Rem Koolhaas’ research studio – AMO, and celebrity obsessed artist Francesco Vezzoli, opened on ...
iBride launched the Visconti Family Tree at Maison & Objet on 20th January. Ostensibly a collection of tea trays, when viewed collectively they form a feline family tree. Each tray features a sp...
As Bob’s times were ‘a-changing’, the last few years have certainly seen business ‘a-changing’, as the modern business folk work – to quote another early 60s class...
When you think of a stylish, super sexy getaway Ipswich isn’t somewhere that springs to mind, unless of course you already know about the Salthouse Harbour Hotel. The hotel is housed in a conve...
From the early 1900s, through to such perennial classics as 2010′s Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, the section of LA’s Griffith Park known as Bronson Caves have been a backdrop for movies and T...
Here it comes, the winter’s here at last – the temperatures are dropping outside, so why not head inside and indulge in some art, design, cinema and gastronomy. Welcome to The Weekend Edi...
‘Funky’ new restaurants pop up all the time. Offering quirky takes on traditional staples, intriguing new fusions or rebranding some other country’s cuisine to fit with an egotistic...
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