Ocean of Books Go on, judge a book by its cover. Why stop there? Judge it by the home it keeps. In the Tianjin Binhai Library, you might think none of the parts is disconnected. With curves like a brain and delicate fibers like the iris of an eye, it’s a building that seems to […]
A soaring, modern treehouse hotel in Northern Sweden sits amidst an unassuming pine forest canopy, beckoning guests with aerial views. Treehotel offers visitors a unique experience to connect with nature, and the hotel’s most recent magical creation, in collaboration with renowned design firm, Snøhetta, offers an innovative approach to melding the environment with architecture. Treehotel’s […]
Inspired Creation A once unassuming restaurant and bar in the small town of Bridel, Luxembourg has been transformed into a Japanese-inspired modern wonderland. BOOS Beach Club and Restaurant, known for its fine dining fare and live music, has seen a major revamp with the help of Luxembourg based architectural design group, Metaform. With an angular […]
Boca do Lobo & Denis Kosutic Truth be told, two is always better than one. Such is the case when the union of design and quality form an alliance that cannot go unnoticed. The recent collaboration between Boca do Lobo & Denis Kosutic brings a display of art well crafted with the finest of elements. […]
A coffee mug, a wedding dress, and a fake pair of plastic breasts. What do each of these things have in common? They’re all relics of past romances on display at the Museum of Broken Relationships. The permanent installation features over a hundred objects alongside personal stories about ended relationships from across the globe. Each […]
From Parisian Literary Café to Madison Avenue: Sonia Rykiel Opens New Manhattan Outpost Red lacquer bookshelves filled with colorful French books line the walls at Sonia Rykiel’s new outpost on New York City’s affluent Madison Avenue. The boutique was transformed into a Parisian café where shoppers can linger at one of the tables and skim […]
Three gems across the country to satisfy your deepest vintage cravings. Pretty Parlor Pretty Parlor, located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, charms instantly with its pink ombre walls, dreamy boudoir aesthetic, and shop cat, Sophia. A rainbow of petticoats and parasols hang from the ceiling beside paper lanterns and chandeliers. It is a retro paradise […]
In a country that’s famous for its bizarre experiential hotels—from the IceHotel in Lapland to the floating Utter Inn that features an underwater aquarium for guests to sleep in—comes a new take on the red eye flight. Arlanda’s Jumbo Stay hotel repurposes a retired Boeing 747 and turns it into a travel experience, offering passengers […]
The British film institute resists definition. It is a movie theatre comprised of three thwarted and an IMAX cinema. It is the home of the worlds largest film archive. It is a charity governed by Royal Charter. It is a film academy. More than anything, the BFI is a London cultural institution. It’s easy to […]
Merci (“thank you”) is more than an essential French word that visitors need to know when visiting Paris. MERCI is a multi- brand fashion and lifestyle concept store that was previously a wallpaper factory for over a century. Prior to a recent ownership change, Bernard and Marie-France Cohen turned it into a spec- tacular shopping […]
The mere act of being inside of a recording studio raises some- one’s street cred, but Denmark’s Delta Lab Studio takes that cool factor and raises it to the 10th power. Thomas Troelsen, an accomplished singer, producer and songwriter, has outdone himself with this designer recording studio. Originally created in 2001, the studio underwent a […]
Victoria Beckham’s First Flagship Store Dover Street in Mayfair, London is known for its Georgian architecture dating back to the 1700s, and has been a hub for creative individuals like Charles Dickens and John Ruskin. Now it is home to a new crowd of fashion design houses like Saint Laurent, McQ by Alexander McQueen, and […]
Saint Laurent Flagship Store Re-opens in Beverly Hills The world’s largest Saint Laurent retail store for women, located at 326 North Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, reopened on September 13th with a new concept guided by Creative and Image Director Hedi Slimane. Slimane has been at work reforming the brand since the beginning of his […]
Style and sound go together like rock and roll, so it’s no wonder Experience Headphones CEO and co-founder Dean Horsfield tapped into the design-minded audiophile demographic. The Vancouver, BC-based retailer has filled the niche of designer audio accessories, supplying brands that specialize in fashionable headphones and earbuds crafted with exceptional sound quality. Horsfield’s criteria for […]
The mere act of being inside of a recording studio raises some- one’s street cred, but Denmark’s Delta Lab Studio takes that cool factor and raises it to the 10th power. Thomas Troelsen, an accomplished singer, producer and songwriter, has outdone himself with this designer recording studio. Originally created in 2001, the studio underwent a […]
 Fashion shot, Sambuca shot, shot, shot, shot. When one hears the name Armani, a house synonymous with Italian tradition, three F’s come to mind—fashion, food and well…you know. Armani 5th Avenue has found a way to seamlessly blend Armani’s Italian roots with a New York setting. 5th Avenue is one of the most well […]
Stockholm’s smashing success of a brand, ACNE (or Ambition to Create Novel Expression) has cut the ribbon on its new Acne Studio location in downtown Los Angeles. The label has accumulated over 40 worldwide locations, just barely 18 years after its founding. The new store is relative to others, with space age lines and a […]
Bristol Old Vic Director Tom Morris and the South African Handspring Puppet Company have joined forces once again to realize one of Shakespeare’s most popular and fantastical plays—their first collaboration since the hugely successful War Horse, a show that conquered the theatre world. Dale Franzen, Director of The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA, is […]
The financial crisis of 2008 (and its legacy) has drawn our collected attention into a magnified glare on our own respective nations’ our own day-to-day living expenses. In times of austerity, questions are raised over what aspects of our society are truly affordable or, to put it clinically, what aspects are “cost effective.” Certain institutions […]
Canberra, the Australian capital, is 100 years young this year. An aerial view still shows swathes of native scrub and gums. Last year the population of the city grew 2.3 percent while the national rate was 1.8 percent. However, for university students, public servants, visiting dignitaries, journalists and members of the military, it still remains […]
Few things can cause immediate headaches as swiftly as the prospect of legal woes. The time, research and money that has to go into it, and not to mention the paragraphs of legal jargon that are at once both mind-numbing and boggling, can send even the calmest and most stoic of us into a hyperventilating […]
Korean-born designer Rejina Pyo’s eye for striking forms and finely tuned affinity for materials was immediately apparent at the Central Saint Martins Fashion MA show. As models carrying totemic, charred wooden structures floated down the runway in long, draped robes at once ethereal and dramatic, her elegantly modern pieces stood out as highly wearable yet […]
In a country that’s famous for its bizarre experiential hotels— from the IceHotel in Lapland to the floating Utter Inn that features an underwater aquarium for guests to sleep in—comes a new take on the red eye flight. Arlanda’s Jumbo Stay hotel repurposes a retired Boeing 747 and turns it into a travel experience, offering […]
Ten years ago, Manhattan’s Meatpacking District was in the process of gentrifying from a once desolate neighborhood—historically for slaughterhouses and derelict factories—to an emerging gritty-turned-glitzy, club and restaurant scene. In the 1980’s, the area was known for drug dealing and prostitution. With what seemed like an overnight regeneration, New York’s hippest hotels, like the Standard […]