Kämp Hotel Bar, Helsinki Finland
“My dear Aino, how would I know? I am a composer, not a fortune-teller.” This quote by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in the 1890s is...
Restaurants & Bars
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March 29, 2021
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March 26, 2021
Shuckshuck Oyster Bar – Chinatown Vancouver BC Canada
For many of us, an oyster is as raw a food as it gets. A slurpy mouthful of a sea-seasoned bivalve mollusc. You love it...
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January 16, 2021
Bananananana Coffee, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Instead of going for cozy or comfortable, the designers of Bananananana Coffee went for shock value in their design concept for the 60-square-metre (646 sq.ft)...
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November 1, 2020
Gran Fierro Restaurant, Prague, Czech Republic
Designed by Prague-based design and architecture studio Formafatal, Argentinean restaurant Gran Fierro in Prague is the second act in the two firms‘ cooperation. This year, Formafatal...
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June 27, 2020
ilil Café, Cheongju, South Korea
We are getting more and more bored with the uniformity of branded corporate coffee shops although their familiarity and predictability still feel convenient and safe...
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June 26, 2020
Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong
Cleverly executed retro is always worth another look. We do like Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining, a restaurant that is part of the Ming Fat House cluster...
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May 4, 2020
The Berkeley Bar & Terrace, Wilton Place, London, UK
For decades, The Berkeley hotel has been considered one of the finest hotels in London and its Blue Bar one of the city’s finest hotel bars....
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April 14, 2020
% Arabica Coffee Shop – Shanghai, China
The newly renovated % Arabica coffee shop in the Xuhui District of Shanghai is another perfect example of the Small is the New Big trend that we’ve...
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April 7, 2020
Republiek Bloemendaal Beach Club, Bloemendaal aan Zee, The Netherlands
Republiek Bloemendaal is a beach club and event space located in the chic seaside resort of Bloemendaal aan Zee on the Dutch coast, about 30 minutes’...
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January 16, 2020
Bosco Mishka Bar, Red Square, Moscow, Russia
Moscow-based twin sisters Irina and Olga Sundukovy founded their design firm, Sundukovy Sisters or S+S in 2004. In the past 15 years, they have grown gradually...
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December 4, 2019
Restaurant Pavilion The Traveller, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
The Traveller is a pavilion-like 900 square-metre (9,687.5 sq. ft) restaurant in Amsterdam’s multicultural Zuidoost neighbourhood. Its façade is made of a curvy glass and...
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October 19, 2019
Matteo’s Restaurant at Annabel’s – Mayfair, London, UK
The British eccentric interior design is a bit excessive for those of us with minimalist leanings, but if anyone can handle it, it would be...