Wellness

Rites: global beauty finds for the design-conscious

Calling all beauty gurus – here’s your definitive guide to the best luxury beauty products of the year. We’re on the lookout for natural solutions that promote a healthy, comfortable (and stylish) lifestyle. Featuring elite nutrition and skincare supplements, contemporary...

Lifestyle / 10 days ago

Susanne Kaufmann celebrates 15th anniversary with a new take on wellness

In 1994, Susanne Kaufmann became the fifth generation to own and operate the Hotel Post Bezau, established in 1850 by her great, great grandfather. It was in this picturesque valley in the Austrian Alps where she first began cultivating her...

Lifestyle / 13 days ago

Myro fights plastic waste with its totally tubular deodorant alternative

Visibility, the design firm behind our 2015 fitness kit for Wallpaper* Handmade, has returned to wellness in its latest product, a refillable deodorant system for Myro that addresses the health concerns and ecological impact of the plastic industry. The New York City-based multidisciplinary studio (that also designs spaces...

Lifestyle / 2 weeks ago

Sink into minimalism at Yoko Kitahara wellness centre in Tel Aviv

Hidden behind an unassuming gate on a small, cobbled street in the old city of Jaffa, just five minutes walk from the new John Pawson-designed hotel, The Jaffa, is the wellness centre Yoko Kitahara, named after its eponymous owner. What...

Lifestyle / 7 Sep 2018

Take a 30 minute holiday in central London with Bompas and Parr’s new outdoor spa

A slice of summery Shoreditch has landed in autumnal Belgravia, complete with a giant pink mist waterfall. Bompas and Parr’s latest London Instagram love-in (recall its immersive ice-cream installation in July), promises to transport you to Paradise Now, and make...

Lifestyle / 3 Sep 2018

A duo of design boutiques lands in the beachfront Cape Town suburb of Sea Point

An organic green grocer and coffee shop have been designed by young South African design firm Master Studio, creating a duo of visually connected spots in the emerging Cape Town suburb of Sea Point. Despite their different functions, the design-focused...

Lifestyle / 30 Jul 2018

Patternity designs ‘mindful postcards’ to reconnect us with our offline selves

Prolific London design duo Patternity has teamed up with print company Moo on a series of ‘postcards with a purpose’. Designed to tempt people offline, and back into the world of paper-and-pen messages, the project aims to ‘form positive patterns...

Lifestyle / 27 Jul 2018

Melbourne’s most laid-back seafront suburb gains a new yoga retreat

Living in Mordi, one of Melbourne’s most laid-back seafront suburbs, has just got even more zen for local yogis. Studio Warrior One has opened its second shala (after Brighton, Melbourne) offering a wide range of yoga classes and training sessions...

Illustration of The Sanctuary Kitchen, by Poliform

Design / 20 Jul 2018

Why thoughtful kitchen design is good for your health

Kitchen design always begins with putting people’s domestic habits under the microscope. What, when, how and where are we eating? How and where do we socialise? Where do we read, watch, work in the home? What rubbish do we jettison...

Interior of RÖ Skin Treatment Rooms, Stamford, UK

Lifestyle / 18 Jul 2018

RÖ Skin introduces contemporary wellness treatment rooms to a rural British town

When thinking of rustic English towns, you’ll be hard-pressed not to conjure up images of charming independent shops, quaint tearooms and attractive old-world architecture. Stamford in Lincolnshire certainly ticks the boxes. However, shaking up its high street is RÖ Skin’s...

Inside the new Clean Market wellness clinic in New York City

Lifestyle / 18 Jul 2018

Clean Market brings smart beauty and on-demand wellness to NYC

There is no shortage of marketplaces in New York City, but of all the wellness-inclined varieties, a new destination has leapt to the top of the list. Just opened in Manhattan’s bustling Midtown area is Clean Market, a holistically-charged nutrition...

Lifestyle / 13 Jul 2018

A former Los Angeles TV studio transforms into Equinox’s new wellness gym and spa

Los Angeles’ fitness fans have yet another beautifully-designed sweat spot to choose from in the form of a new Equinox health club, designed by MBH Architects. Equinox – a 1990s stalwart of American fitness, before social media exploded gym-going into a...