It’s common to meet the idea of intuition with an eye roll. We tend to value reason over everything else, using expressions like “think before you act,” “think twice,” and “look before you leap.” We don’t trust intuition. In fact, we believe it’s flawed and magical thinking, either vaguely crazy or downright stupid. After all, good decisions should always be reasoned.
Known as the murder capital of the world at the start of the 90s, by the late 2000’s Medellín, Colombia, had undergone a revival. As violence ebbed, it welcomed new investment and visitors from abroad. Backpackers roaming the streets became a common sight.
An amber-colored glass paperweight sits in my nightstand drawer. It used to belong to my dad, who recently died, and to his grandmother before him. It’s shaped like a cube, with delicate flowers painted on each side, and it’s heavy in my palm. But I rarely pick it up, because I have no papers that need weighing down. The object occupies valuable space that might otherwise be used for a book, tissues, or anything else that I actually use. Still, I keep it, along with a few other pieces of what you might call “sentimental clutter”—personally meaningful yet impractical objects: a box of old birthday cards, a chipped seashell, a loyalty card for a café that no longer exists.
THE HOME OF Lena Terlutter is one of the most bold and modern spaces that we have ever featured here at TIG. The fashion entrepreneur, who opened the concept store Belgique Boutique in 2010, lives in a large open-plan loft style space in Cologne, Germany with her husband and four children. The home features an all-white palette punctuated by rustic wood beams and large-scale framed black and white photography ...
THIS INSTALMENT OF 10 IMAGES features the chic, chic! life of Brenda Weischer. Hers in a home filled with fashion books and monochrome, ultra-modern pieces of furniture, lacy lingerie and a wall of mirrors. And it's no wonder, for Weischer has an MA in fashion journalism from Central Saint Martins, and as such, there's a wonderful intelligence to her style. Scroll through for a glimpse ...
SPENT MOST of the day Wednesday convalescing on the sofa by the fire, having fallen ill the night before with what is most likely the stomach flu, possibly brought on by food poisoning. It was most unpleasant, but given the current state of things in the world, could have been much, much worse, and for that I am grateful ...
WE DISCOVERED these stunning photos of Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) by @helenlovestulips on Instagram and immediately fell in love with the wonderfully over-the-top Baroque-style maison de plaisance (pleasure palace) in Benrath, now a borough of Düsseldorf...
If you have ever thought relocating to a new city, then you will know the internet is awash with lists...
Cologne, Germany-based photographer, Candida Höfer, is known for technical perfection and a strictly conceptual approach in her work. The photographer began taking colour photographs of interiors of public buildings--offices, banks and waiting rooms--in 1979 while studying in Düsseldorf.
IF THERE EVER WERE A SERENDIPITOUS discovery, it would be the Instagram photos of Jannik Obenhoff. Discovered while compiling this week’s 30 Images, the talented and Munich-based Obenhoff is only 14 years of age and his website is a Dropbox folder.
[slideshow — if arriving from bloglovin, click here] IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME since we whisked you away on a grand tour...
HAPPENED UPON THIS bright & airy apartment in Wiesbaden, Germany, late last week and was drawn to the concrete ceilings and...
Pondering the possibilities for a series of posts on this beautiful blog lead me first to the conclusion that I...
“I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.“ —Vincent Van Gogh . ....
. . . have been storing up quite a collection of photographs on the phone of the past three amazing...