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Biutiful Shop Annecy: a concept store rooted in French Alpine tradition
On Rue de la Poste, founders Céline and Ludovic bring together the atmosphere of Annecy’s old village shops with a selection of everyday objects, design pieces, beauty products and publications
Vista Verona preserves living heritage through quiet, contextual design
Sixteen suites inside a restored building near the Arena: raw materials, seasonal food, and services designed to support orientation rather than transform the experience of Verona
OGR Torino: how a former railway depot became a center for art and innovation
OGR - the former Officine Grandi Riparazioni of Turin — a 35,000-square-metre industrial complex restored by Fondazione CRT — artistic experimentation and technological innovation
Tiffany & Co. turns a historic Milan palazzo into a Prix Versailles winner
Milan’s Tiffany & Co. boutique on Via Montenapoleone is named World’s Most Beautiful Emporium 2025, recognised for its reworking of Palazzo Taverna’s neoclassical envelope and its interior design by Peter...
Minimalism with a backbone: Gion A. Caminada carves Hotel Maistra 160 into Pontresina
Not another chalet and not Belle Époque cosplay, but a heavy, precise monolith of gneiss, terrazzo and Swiss stone pine that turns a central Pontresina plot into a sanctuary of...
Where Chiado meets Bairro Alto: inside Lisbon’s most storied boutique hotel
Rooted in historic architecture yet open to the city’s present, Bairro Alto Hotel interprets the genius loci of this part of Lisbon, from the ground floor to the upper levels...
Patina Osaka and the castle line: architecture framed through light and materials
Overlooking Osaka Castle Park, at Patina Osaka Hotel stone-and-timber architecture and an OJAS analog listening room - the city’s craft heritage and contemporary cultural identity
International publications at street level: Revistas Internacionales Barcelona
The newsstand has not moved from Carrer de Muntaner 447 since the fifties and it has been passed between generations in the family: today it is run by Marta Montes...
MASA Gallery, Mexico City: Brian Thoreen presents Non-Zero-Sum – collectible design
Founded in 2019 by Brian Thoreen, Age Salajoe and Hector Eraswe as a nomadic gallery – now a permanent space in the house that was formerly the residence of Federico...
A journey through Oman, between tradition and tomorrow
Across deserts, ports, and mountain plateaus, Oman blends tradition and reform, building a future centered on green industry, digital growth, and a steady diplomatic voice in a shifting region
A Journey Through Contemporary Art and Architecture on the French Riviera
At Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Design Converges with Art and Architecture Saint-Paul-de-Vence: A Historic Village Meets Contemporary Art Situated in the south of France, Fondation CAB opened its second location in...
How can AIs be used to benefit contemporary culture?
The digital space has transformed the way we perceive, value, and circulate culture, and we[dot]art intervenes as a counter-proposal of accessibility
Monograph Bookwerks, Oregon: a bookstore and an archive hub research project
John Brodie and Blair Saxon-Hill opened Monograph Bookwerks in 2010 for people to study, explore and purchase books about art, politics and theory
Soul Studio. Can you exist online? Defining visual identity and style
The online store Soul Studio selects curated products and publications: it includes a collective collaboration among designers, artists, and brands to create limited edition prints and objects
Eriro Alpine Hide: a mountain refuge for travelers drawn to meaning and beauty
At Eriro Alpine Hide, the welcome is wool socks, not passwords: a high-altitude reset where no Wi-Fi and strong materials – larch, spruce, sheep’s wool – gently push travelers back...
Aedes de Venustas brings 1990s New York back into the present
Rooted in the history of a real 1990s East Village bar, Café Tabac by Aedes de Venustas translates a New York atmosphere into scent, combining tobacco, resin, fruit and smoke...
Gudberg Nerger, Hamburg. The future of digital is print
Founders Jürgen Nerger and Jan ‘Gudberg’ Müller-Wiefel on the conscious act of choosing a well-crafted book or magazine and diving in without being distracted by hyperlinks and clickbait
L’Objet Blindfold: a study in material design and sensory precision
Blindfold continues L’Objet’s development in perfumery, translating its design discipline into a musk-driven scent conceived with perfumer Yann Vasnier
Santedicola: the rebirth of a Roman newsstand as a civic and cultural hub
Santedicola, Piazza Imola, Roma: Gaetano Orefice and an abandoned newsstand in San Giovanni district: a small-scale cultural hub, adaptive reuse and sustainable design
YJY Maike Flagship Centre, China. The layout of an ancient Chinese palace led to a cultural complex
A 4,500 square-meter complex for culture in the city that is the starting point of the Silk Road and the National World Heritage site of the Terracotta Army
In Munich, an urban hotel drawn to the edge of a botanical horizon
With its curving volume, The Charles Hotel extends the serenity of the Old Botanical Garden into the city’s fabric, pairing rational architecture with biophilic interiors
Amanemu: natural hot springs and black cedar in Mie Prefecture
Amanemu by Kerry Hill Architects in Japan’s Ise-Shima National Park is built from local stone and cedar, featuring geothermal hot springs and a sustainable design rooted in tradition
Found objects, fabrics, flesh: Art Basel Paris and the return of materiality
From digital drift to material presence. How everyday matter became contemporary meaning. Art Basel Paris: a new stability
Librairie Sans Titre, Paris. An independent-publishers and artists’ hunter
Finding the spot was a chance event for Mathilde de Galbert, who discovered what she says «looked like a bookshop», while cycling around the neighborhood, one Sunday morning
Brick and mortar comes secondary, print comes first: Paper Pages, Sofia
Georgi Michokov explains Paper Pages as being an online entity born from the adoration for printed materials, providing niche publications to Bulgaria
The Library Project, Dublin. A shop, gallery and festival dedicated to printed photographs
«It all started with a crazy idea», says Ángel Luis González, the man behind Ireland’s number one address for photobook lovers. A conversation about his cultural hub in Dublin’s Temple...
NERO Design Gallery, Arezzo. An archive for the sensorial experience of design
A journey through the language of shape and matter. A way to discover and to advance, on the edge between the past, present, and future. In conversation with Nero Gallery...
Le Cornichon: A Contemporary Palimpsest of Parisian Café Culture
How a Paris café in the 11th arrondissement channels 1970s French design to restore the spirit of neighborhood hospitality
Avril 50, Philadelphia. A time capsule of 1984 with magazines and journals
Established while he was completing his second master’s degree, Shahidi founded Avril 50 as a response to the lack of stores carrying magazine publications and academic journals that catered to...
Soho News International, New York. Three-thousand magazines on Prince Street
Magazines span in volumes at Soho News International – showcasing a diverse set of titles in genres. Esoteric and well-known, catering to the wider sense of audience in the New...
Areadocks, Brescia – a chamber of wonders: design, art, food, hospitality and more
In Brescia, Italy's Capital of Culture 2023, Alberto Marengoni has made a multifunctional space possible that has been a hub of entertainment and hospitality since 1995. Latest openings: a boutique...
Between Roses and Stone: Alila Jabal Akhdar, Oman’s Green Mountain Retreat
Perched two thousand meters above the Omani desert, Alila Jabal Akhdar is built from local stone, powered by sun and wind, and scented by the region’s wild roses
Forestis and the architecture of reduction in the Dolomites
From untreated larch wood to biomass heating, every design choice at Forestis is shaped by the goal of minimizing impact — an interview with Teresa Unterthiner, general manager and owner...
OWSpace, China. A space designed on the concept of solitude
Boxes and corners provide a shelter for those who seek solitude and quiet with levels of interaction at OWSpace Bookstore, on the Golden Beach of Qinhuangdao
Cape of Senses rises 240 meters above Lake Garda within a 10,000-square-meter garden
Above Torri del Benaco, Hugo and Alessia Demetz have created a low, amphitheatrical structure that flows with the hill’s topography, bringing together local craftsmanship and sustainable building systems
Park Hyatt Kyoto: hillside terraces and the preserved skyline of Higashiyama
Architecture rooted in timber, stone and paper, gardens shaped with temple precision, a model of sustainable hotellerie within a UNESCO heritage site, and dining rituals framed by Yasaka Pagoda
Contraste: Matias Perdomo Creates a Theatrical Dining Narrative
When cooking is an inventive laboratory, the dining room at Contraste becomes a theatrical set—somewhere between Uruguay and Italy, within interiors reimagined by Debonademeo Studio
Livraria Mandarina, São Paulo. Where mandarins are metaphors for growth and resistance
«We compared the Livraria to a mandarin tree. As its seeds become fruits, books turn into knowledge in the process of reading.» - In conversation with Roberta Paixão and Daniela...
Ronin Milano reshaped a Milanese Liberty residence
From street-food informality to a private lounge, Ronin Milano layers gastronomy, music, karaoke and omakase across four floors, reflecting Tokyo echoes in the urban fabric of Chinatown
Bulgari Hotel Tokyo integrates sustainability in a dialogue between Rome Japan
Designed by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, Bulgari Hotel Tokyo fuses Roman geometry with Japanese rhythm, embracing a plastic-free policy and local sourcing at Il Ristorante
The Waterval brothers – three brothers behind Traders Pop
Nestled in a Maastricht, Traders Pop offers a selection of clothing, art books, and magazines that are otherwise unobtainable in regular mainstream stores
Lake Como Design Festival: waste, work, and the life of materials
The seventh edition of Lake Como Design Festival examined waste, material honesty, and circular practices, showcasing how designers rethink resources today
Belvedere and the making of cosmopolitan Mykonos
A 19th-century villa transformed into a “petite-grand hotel” where Cycladic architecture, international gastronomy, and curated sociability converge: a story within the larger story of Mykonos
Over the Rainbow: cinema, erotic photography, and poetry at Centre Pompidou
After the release of the song Over The Rainbow from Wizard of Oz, ‘a friend of Dorothy's’ became a code name to discuss homosexuality in the 70s at the Centre...
De Reyghere Boekhandel, Brugge: literature that has survived world wars
De Reyghere Boekhandel acts as an institution of change for the inhabitants of Brugge, supplying domestic and foreign literary goods – in conversation with fifth generation Thomas Barbier
Norbert Niederkofler and the short supply chain that changes the mountain
From the origins of Cook the Mountain to three destinations: Atelier Moessmer, Ansitz Heufler and AlpiNN – Norbert Niederkofler has built a model rooted in Alpine biodiversity, short supply chains,...
Printed Matter, Inc., New York. Where publishing, social activism and inclusivity take precedent
«Our guardian trajectory is to take art off the pedestal and out of the sanctity of the museum, and fold it into everyday experiences». Max Schumann, Director of Printed Matter,...
Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Venice: a 2023 of art and events on the Grand Canal
Chronorama, a show dedicated to Twentieth century photography, and Icônes, a collective exhibition featuring works of the Pinault Collection that develop the theme of spirituality – in conversation with Mauro...