Una Burke’s leather accessories are sculptural, artful and timeless. Handcrafted in London using traditional leather-working techniques, the Irish-born designer draws her inspiration from psychological, military and medical sources- think internal organs and plenty of…
Monthly Archives
October 2018
Saudi Arabia’s capital city has become a hub for the nation’s most visually pleasing new architectural landmarks. There’s the Kingdom Centre with its majestic skybridge, the King Fahad National Library and its lozenge-shaped textile awnings…
This gorgeous weekend getaway beach house is located on the coast in Amchit, Lebanon, around 40km north of Beirut. It was designed by Karim Nader Studio and Blankpage Architects, a Lebanese firm comprised of Walid…
Whether it’s 1970s knee-highs, industrial-style workwear, or new-gen cowboys, this season you simply must get yourself some new boots. “Statement boots are seen in an array of styles,” says Elizabeth von der Goltz, Net-a-Porter’s Global…
In September we were invited to San Francisco to witness the future of Audi, and the future it seems is quiet, expensive and electric. But let’s not ignore how consumers are now buying more fossil-fuelled…
You know you’ve made it when the queen herself gives your label the seal of approval. That’s Queen Bey, of course, and the label is Azzi & Osta, a name that’s garnered an incredible buzz…
We all love the full-on cinematic experience of watching a movie at home on a massive television but the problem is what to do with such an ugly eyesore when it’s not in use. Sure…
My interview with Blankpage gets off to an unsettling start. Sat in their black-walled meeting room, sparsely furnished with Barcelona chairs and large, aesthetic lumps of wood and stone that function as sculpture and furniture,…
From the moment you cross the scorching Maldivian runway, enter the sweaty main terminal, wait for your luggage, realise you have one bag missing, queue in line to file your claim and finally emerge at…
In Nadine Labaki’s office, on the first floor of a well-located Ashrafieh building, you can trace her career, past and present, by looking at the walls. The slapdash approach to decor in the utilitarian space…