Hotel Parco dei Principi, Sorrento
Parco dei Principi, a true architectural icon was designed 52 years ago by Gio Ponti,…
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Monaci delle Terre Nerre, Etna, Sicily
Monaci delle Terre Nere is a Sicilian estate at the foothills of Mount Etna, Europe’s highest…
Italians do it better. Hotel Capo La Gala
I’m often really surprised how hard it can be finding a modern hotel with a…
London’s W1 for the London Design Festival #LDF13
CENTRAL WC1 These spots are all within easy reach of Design Junction. You’ll need some…
East London for #LDF13
Get off the main drag and dive into one of these spots to refuel. Galvin…
The best of London’s “Brompton Design Quarter” for London Design Festival #LDF
If you’re pouring out of an event at the V&A or following an SW7 design…
PUNCHDRUNK MASTERCLASS IN DESIGN, AUG ’13
Marion Boucard aka Miss Marion dissects her Punch Drunk experiences in A DISORIENTATING PROMENADE. Back…
House of Peroni
“The House of Peroni opens its doors for a month from the 3rd July, presenting an…
BLITZ mag 80s retrospective at the ICA
At the forefront of 1980s counter culture, BLITZ magazine arguably paved the way for the…
United Micro Systems: Design Fiction
UmK presents perspectives on a fictional future for the United Kingdom, as imagined by designers…
WOOL FRENZY IN LONDON – EWE!
London’s having a mini wool ‘moment’; there’s still a couple of days left to catch…
Gaultier brings his Breton to the Barbican
Love a bit of Gaultier. Admittedly he’s fallen off the radar a bit, but you’ll…
Germanic joy on sale
Enough to make design buffs go quite dizzy and weak at the knees, a private…
Shanzai in SE1
Shanzai are imitation Chinese products, a design phenomenon. These shams used to be sub-standard but…
The day I shook hands with Marina Abramović at Art Basel
Here is Marion B’s first piece for Tropolis – review of Art Basel + Guide: …
Serpentine Pavilion
I have to say….I’m not feeling it this year, maybe I just don’t get it….
The Warrington, a fine W9 pub
And so to the Warrington. I haven’t been for too long so I think it…
The London Design Festival West London crib list
The end of summer is buffered by some serious back2back creative fun and games. London…
Holiday inspiration: Italy
If anyone is stuck for a summer holiday idea, here’s a good ‘un. I am…
Metropolitan Works, E1
Metworks is a brilliant centre for digital manufacture for the creative industries. If you’re looking…