Giant hotels are currently being built in London and Dubai, both of which claim to have the “world’s most spectacular pool” on their roofs …
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The Japanese city of Nagoya is part of the international UNESCO Creative Cities Network – and rightly so! Eriko Esaka gives us an insight into the creative culture …
Golden temples that glitter in the sun, Shintō shrines, zen gardens and seeing a geisha – that’s what summarises Japan’s former imperial capital Kyoto. The latest news is that the Ace Hotel group is opening its first location in Japan!
The Danish architecture firm BIG has a real knack for spectacular design. Its recently constructed building “The Twist”, which opened in 2019 in the Sculpture Park of the Norwegian Kistefos Museum, fascinatingly bridges the gap between art and architecture – quite literally …
Wabi-sabi, finding beauty in imperfection, is a Japanese concept of aesthetic values that we really like and wish to embrace in this spring issue 2020 of THE Stylemate magazine. We have once again put together a selection of many beautiful things for you to enjoy, some of which are virtually perfect, while others are so interesting that that could be deemed as their version of beauty. Grab your copy!
When talking about Japanese fashion, you can’t let Uniqlo go unmentioned. The textiles giant can look back on an almost unparalleled success story, which started back in the 1970s …
Designer Megumi Ito makes unique light sculptures that illuminate hotels, bars and shops. She grew up in the historic town of Kamakura in Japan, but since completing her studies at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, it’s here that she now lives and works …
The design hotel Laurichhof is as versatile as its guests, as inspiring as a showroom and as homely as the most beautiful home you have ever seen …
Designer Kenneth Cobonpue presents the indoor and outdoor news of 2020: eclectic and poetic projects, with organic lines, light and strong at the same time …
The new Grand Egyptian Museum is 95 percent completed. The important cultural centre for ancient Egyptian history shows a collection of tens of thousands of exhibits. Many of them are on display for the first time …
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects, have been named the 2020 laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize …
Following up on their spectacular tree hotel, Swedish cabin hoteliers Kent and Britta Lindval have landed a new project – the new boutique hotel ‘Arctic Bath’ offers Nordic wellness with the opportunity to bathe in the ice-cold river Lule älv on which it swims …
Individuality of sitting – Martin Hirth revamps his D8P as a dining chair in good Bauhaus tradition …
Overlooking the protected sand dunes, the Atlantic Ocean and its surrounding beaches the five-star design hotel The Oitavos is located at the westernmost point of the Portuguese coastline …
In June 2019 Vipp opened the doors to the third outpost of the Vipp Hotel, “Vipp Chimney House”. Named after its towering chimney, the heritage building is reborn from ruins by Danish architect, David Thulstrup.
The all-rounder among the side tables. Whether one- or two-coloured: Its colours match the coffee and the new sofa. A special design detail are the rivets: They connect the individual parts with each other and are set in a contrasting colour to the original colour …
Italian traditional dishes are the protagonists at Røst, the new Milanese gourmet restaurant based on no waste cuisine with the rediscovery of poor meat cuts, forgotten foods and peculiar vegetables.
In the style of a Moroccan palace: the new The Oberoi, Marrakech complements the Oberoi Hotels & Resorts group with another luxury jewel. Architect Patrick Collier has based his construction on the artistic Moroccan tradition and, together with interior designer Hayat Kabbaj, implemented it with great attention to detail …