here are countless places to have coffee in New York City. Blue Bottle and La Colombe are reliable chains when you are in midtown. There are the cafés that are aesthetically pleasing on Instagram, but are misses when it comes to coffee. A wave of Australian cafes has emerged on the Upper East: anyone is an ideal choice before a visit to Museum Mile. On nearly every corner is a deli for a basic of cup of joe with a dash cream.
WE’RE MORE THAN a bit obsessed with Copenhagen-based LVMH Prize finalist Cecilie Bahnsen. Evidence of the designer’s time spent working for Erdem and John Galliano can be seen in her own collections, which are works of art, blending couture craftsmanship and voluminous, sculptural silhouettes, as well as the minimalist aesthetic of her Danish heritage.
WE FIRST FEATURED the stunning home of Ludovica and Roberto Palomba at The Belgrave Journal in October 2016. Located between the coasts of Ionian and Adriatic Seas, the grand 400 m² space was once an oil mill in Publia that was abandoned for thirty years.
You may or may not have heard of the name Mart Stam, despite the fact that he created one of the great cornerstones of twentieth century seating design.
ONE OF THE fashion world’s most beautiful and enduring platonic love stories was almost never to be. As the story goes, in 1953, while filming Sabrina, Audrey Hepburn paid a visit to French couturier Hubert de Givenchy's studio in Paris to discuss the possibility of his designing the dresses for the film.
JUST IN FRONT of the Centre Pompidou, in the Place Beaubourg, there lies a small building in which a fascinating permanent exhibition is held. This exhibition is of the works of Romanian-born sculptor, painter and photographer Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957).
WE WROTE ABOUT Mathias Kiss' mirrored sculptures and other work (here) in 2014, but as the new year is often a time for reflection, we thought we might take this point literally and feature a few of our favourite artistic works rendered in mirror.
WE FEATURED Carolina Irving’s (second) Manhattan apartment that she shared with her then husband, Ian, back in February 2014. Published in Lonny that same year, it created a stir with its colours and textures, ruffled chintz slipcovers and romantic bohemian vibe.
In 1973, the architect discovered an old cement factory no longer in use in Sant Just Desvern, a town in Catalonia, Spain, just outside of Barcelona. The factory was dated from the first period of the industrialization of Catalonia, and as such, was not built at once or as a whole, but as a series of additions as the various chains of production became necessary. It consisted of enormous silos, a tall smoke stack, machine rooms, some four kilometres of underground tunnels and stairs that climbed to nowhere.
The act of consuming music, film, art and books on the surface may seem simple enough, but in fact, exposure to these media is a much more complex and multi-faceted experience. Memorable books and music weave their way into our own personal history and form the tapestry of our identity.
In this new series we will be looking at what books, music and films have influenced successful artists, musicians, actors, directors and authors.
While the doors of the beautiful Villa Borgo Santo Pietro in the Tuscan countryside are closed for the chillier winter...
HOW WE ONLY CAME ACROSS the one-bedroom Notting Hill flat of antiques dealer and self-proclaimed Master Plaster Caster PETER HONE now, is quite a mystery, and a rather scandalous one at that!
The Philosopher David Hume said “We are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other with inconceivable rapidity, and are in perpetual flux and movement.”
EARLIER THIS WEEK, we featured the ethereal work of Stephan Sills Associates. Today, we’re taking you inside the famed, Hi-Low...