Opened earlier this month, One Leicester Street is a stylish hotel, restaurant and bar- all in one. Located in the middle of China Town just on the border of ever-busy Leicester Square, this small hotel offers a calming environment with a soothing color scheme dominated by slate grey, bright white and petrol blue complemented by chic Scandinavian-inspired Mid-Century interiors. Designed
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As part of Clerkenwell Design Week, Zaha Hadid’s Design Gallery in East London has opened its doors to the public.
The new showroom on Goswell Road in East London showcases select pieces from legendary architect Zaha Hadid’s extensive archive, and is also hosting several events during the festival.
Futuristic furniture and innovative designs are shown across two floors; for this week only,
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While covering the vibrant Clerkenwell Design Week, Stylesight attended a very inspiring talk at the Vitra showroom, where iconic product designer Erwan Bouroullec and Icon Magazine Editor Chris Turner discussed the ways design is influencing the changing nature of the workspace.
"One should not forget that office environments are changing and that the furniture will outlast many office concepts. This means
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Last weekend (May 18), was the opening of Yasmin Sewell's BEACH IN THE EAST — a temporary "Lords of Dogtown" style retail space offering a selection of unique '70s Californian skateboarder style products from today's most exciting and international designers, artists and brands. Located conveniently beneath the Stylesight London office, the SS Denim Team dropped by to speak to Yasmin on the exclusive
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Celebrating a centenary of gardening magnificence, the world-renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show opens today in London.
Each year, this annual spectacle attracts thousands of visitors to the grounds of London’s Royal Hospital in Chelsea. Flower enthusiasts and green-fingered gardeners from around the world gather to see the latest in horticultural design, as well as new plant varieties, botanical color trends and
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Currently in soft launch mode with an official opening date on the 23d May, the Great Northern Hotel is reopening in all its splendor seconds from the ever-busy Kings Cross station in London. Built in 1854 by Victorian architect Lewis Cubitt, the six-storey hotel has gone through extensive renovations, featuring 91 elegant rooms inspired by the old-school glamour of rail
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British publishing house, Phaidon has just unveiled a gastronomic app to accompany the highly successful book, Where Chefs Eat.
The Where Chefs Eat app lists over 400 of the worlds top chefs' recommendations of their favorite places to eat, from eccentric chef Heston Blumenthal to David Chang, founder of momofuko. With culinary hotspots from around the world, the 2,000+ recommendations include
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This weekend, urban agriculture initiative FARM:shop in Dalston, London hosted a Sunday lunch with a futuristic twist.
Entitled “The 2063 Project,” the event aimed to consider the future sustainability of today’s diet, and uncover what we might be eating fifty years from now - particularly focusing on the luxury sector.
An eclectic menu came courtesy of the Rebel Dining Society’s Shay Ola,
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Costumes from Baz luhrmann's The Great Gatsby by Miuccia Prada & Catherine Martin, currently on display at Prada's Soho store in New York City.
In this new weekly blog series, London-based Vintage Archive Beyond Retro guest-curates a post on the Vintage Vault. For this inaugural post, Archive Manager Joseph O'Brien looks at The Great Gatsby influences sure to hit fashion in
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Released today in select Louis Vuitton stores across the globe, the new Louis Vuitton Travel Book series features a contemporary vision of travel, mixing independent illustration with travel tips and journey ideas. First in the series are books on London, New York, Paris and the slightly more unexpected Easter Island. Following the success of the popular LV City Guides, the
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