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How Soft Geometry's work reflects its founders' Indian legacyBased in LA, design studio Soft-Geometry's work embodies its founders memories of home in India, at the same time 'uncovering the underlying philosophies and natural behaviours that inform subcultures.' The profile is part of our American Dreams series, exploring the work of five American design studios whose founders embody a new generation of global creatives.
By Aditi Sharma Published
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In London, play mini golf designed by Miranda July and Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley'The Art of Mini Golf' at Battersea Arts Centre asks nine artists to interpret mini golf's subversive history
By Hannah Silver Published
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The Prix Pictet's next photography prize will explore the jungleThe internationally renowned photography award has unveiled 'Jungle' as the theme for its twelfth cycle, inviting photographers to respond to one of the planet's most vital ecosystems
By Hannah Silver Published
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Remembering Teruo Kurosaki, a creative entrepreneur who embodied Japan in the 1980sWallpaper* celebrates the legacy of Teruo Kurosaki, founder of the Tokyo-based furniture company Idée and custodian of aspiring designers from Marc Newson to Philippe Starck
By Kanae Hasegawa Published
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14 logos that defined American graphic design historyThis summer, our Anatomy of a Logo series looks at 14 examples of how creative ingenuity combined with design and brilliant marketing to give birth to some of the world's most celebrated logos
By Jonathan Bell Published
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What could our world look like in an alternate reality? Olalekan Jeyifous has the answerThe Brooklyn-based artist and trained architect reimagines social, cultural and environmental realities to create speculative neighbourhoods with a promising future
By Diana Budds Published
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Latine gives Mayfair a Franco-Latin restaurant with a versatile atmosphereLatine Mayfair opens in Lancashire Court with a Franco-Latin menu, interiors by Victoria Vogel and a four-floor journey from crudo bar to late-night lounge
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Englebert pairs gold jewellery with the enduring forms of Swedish ceramicsEnglebert jewellery embodies timeless design principles, celebrated here in dialogue with ceramics
By Hannah Silver Published
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This New York artist uses real human blood to interrogate sexuality, belonging and baseball fandomIn 'Bases Loaded,' now on view at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, Jordan Eagles blends his love of the Mets with the politics of blood donation
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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‘We all need a little madness’: Mario Cucinella brings a living garden to Palermo’s Festino di Santa RosaliaA towering garden chariot designed by MCA takes centre stage at Palermo's centuries-old Festino di Santa Rosalia – a celebration of life, faith, liberation and belonging
By Ali Morris Published
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Inspired by its rare double-corner site, a brick pavilion in Australia ‘redefines suburban living’Hanslope House in Victoria, designed by Olaver Architecture, is a reimagined suburban house for the future
By Tianna Williams Published
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Snøhetta brings Arctic contrast to Huset, the world’s northernmost fine dining restaurantSnøhetta reimagines Huset in Svalbard with red linoleum, stained oak and textile screens designed for polar night and midnight sun
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Federico Stefanovich looks under the sea for his ethereal new lighting collectionPresented by Mexico City gallery Ago Projects, Stefanovich’s Salina Collection harnesses the structural quality of marine organisms in fibreglass and bronze
By Adrian Madlener Published
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Anatomy of a logo: Nirvana by Lisa OrthLisa Orth designed the Nirvana logo in 1989 for the cover of ‘Bleach’, using whatever font was on the typesetting machine (Onyx)
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Heads up, at Scorpios Mykonos, milliner Ruslan Baginskiy gives souvenirs a twistThe Ukrainian headwear designer opens a crafted summer pop-up at beach club Scorpios Mykonos, with wicker furniture and personalised hats in a workshop-style space
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Anatomy of a logo: Levi’s Two Horse PatchThe Two Horse Patch – featuring a pair of jeans being pulled apart by two horses to prove their indestructibility – has featured on Levi’s jeans since the brand’s beginnings in the Gold Rush-era American West
By Jack Moss Published
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In Aarhus, the history of punk is told through the bodyFrom fishnets and fetishwear to performance and protest, ‘Unruly – The Body in Punk’ at ARoS in Aarhus traces how the body became one of the movement’s most potent sites of rebellion
By Sophie Axon Published
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Tour the Paris grande dame still writing its own mythologyMandarin Oriental Lutetia features literary history in its walls, Art Deco in its bones and Saint-Germain on its doorstep
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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Anatomy of a logo: McDonald’s Golden Arches by Jim SchindlerDistilled into a single letter atop a pole or on the side of a building, the McDonald's arches are a throwback to a forgotten era of cinematic, aspirational roadside architecture
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A Mickey Muennig house enters a new life chapter in CaliforniaNicole Hollis' clarifying renovation of a Mickey Muennig house on California's Monterey Peninsula creates a playful weekend retreat
By Shonquis Moreno Published
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Felice Flatiron brings Tuscan warmth to a neo-Gothic corner of Fifth AvenueThe family-run Italian restaurant series arrives in Flatiron with a Bonetti/Kozerski-designed dining room, ambitious wine programme and tableside tiramisu cart
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Anatomy of a logo: Calvin KleinA symbol of simplicity and sex appeal, the sans-serif logo has come to encapsulate contemporary American style. Here, we unpack the logo’s origins
By Jack Moss Published
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Vibeke Tandberg was an early champion of photo manipulation. Discover her work in her native NorwayA new exhibition, ‘They Live’, at Kode Bergen Art Museum, walks us through Tandberg's extraordinary career
By Henry Roberts Published
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These are the world’s best hotel pools worth planning a trip aroundFrom cliff-edge infinity pools to volcanic lagoons and desert swims, these design-led hotels make the outdoor pool the main event
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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Tate Modern’s first exhibition dedicated to Ana Mendieta celebrates her sensual engagement with the natural worldMore than 120 of the Cuban-born American artist’s works explore her untraditional approach to depicting the body in nature
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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The horse is a sensual suggestion in Hermès’ new high jewellery collectionPierre Hardy, creative director of Hermès Jewellery, takes inspiration from the brand’s equestrian past in a dazzling new high jewellery collection
By Hannah Silver Published
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Marta de la Rica brings a 1970s nautical spirit to Club de Mar MallorcaAfter a five-and-a-half-year redevelopment, Palma’s historic marina reopens with whimsical interiors inspired by Riva runabouts and nautical flags
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Anatomy of a logo: MoMA by Ivan ChermayeffIvan Chermayeff's 1960s MoMA logo combines bold graphical simplicity and intellectual rigour
By Jonathan Bell Published
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At Miko Mei Fair, a Georgian townhouse gets a Thai alter egoThe new Thai restaurant from restaurateur Samyukta Nair pairs Koyn Thai’s robata grill with MiMi Mei Fair’s maximalist Mayfair mood
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
