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Cosy Cool in the Mountains
Cosy Cool in the Mountains - meet the ‘Softies of the Alps’, comfort-laden hotel outposts that celebrate the juxtaposition of smooth relaxation shrouded by snow-capped, jagged peaks.
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Petits Fours des Blanc
Looking for a luxury little guesthouse this winter? Check-in to these wintry favourites for a spot of chill time wrapped in blankets of fresh snow, frosted webs, dewy mornings, hot stoves, cracking fire pits and doorstep nature.
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Architect Stephanie Thatenhorst - a design studio of hotels and retail to a cool dentist
A true chameleon stylist, Stephanie dips into a creative plethora of design heritage, whereby not one specific touchpoint defines her touch; refreshingly alive; it's edgy, clever, disruptive, and often, but not always, popped with sorbet colours.
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Chicken Farming to Education - The Shule Foundation in Uganda
Run by New York-based entrepreneur Jacqueline Wolfson, Shule means ‘school’ in Swahili and the Shule Foundation’s aim is to break the cycle of the street child and instead empower boys with educational, vocational and skill-building opportunities, allowing them to be free-thinkers, socially and financially aware, becoming role models for gender equality.
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Copenhagen and the Ceramics Stage
A city of effortless cool & pioneering Scandi design Copenhagen has long been at the heart of the world’s ceramics stage, from practical to the performative.
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The Island Edit of Hush
Poseidon’s Sanctuary, the Ilha Verde or the basecamp of cashmere, these wild island hush outposts of myths, folklore and cultural soul are well worth finding your sea legs.
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Lisbon’s MAAT – Architecture, Art & Tech
Lisbon's sleek MAAT is the city's latest cultural hub, where the worlds of architecture, art and tech collide - a museum of force in glazed ceramic form.
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Wirtz Landscape Designers
Established in the 50s, Wirtz has masterminded projects such as the lush Kanazawa Belgian Park in Kanazawa, Japan, Tuileries Garden in Paris (1990) and the Jubilee Park (2000), Canary Wharf, flanked by an upward urban sprawl of skyscrapers.
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Belén
Recently recognised by Formafantasma as one of 25 creative leaders of the future in Wallpaper Magazine, Dutch designers Brecht Duijf and Lenneke Langenhuijsen of Amsterdam-based design studio Belén are known for their creative design processes using textiles, materials and artistic thinking.
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Art Guide to Vienna
Browse our unique Vienna Art Guide below for all there is to know about Austria’s art and culture capital. Once the epicentre of the longstanding Habsburg empire, Vienna is awash with galleries, artists, museums and odes to moments of age-defining culture, as well as a new generation of creatives call this city home, once again.
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Chef Ramón Freixa – Spain's Culinary Legend of Soul
Madrid’s celebrated two-Michelin star Chef Ramón Freixa talks about his love of L'Empordá and he draws on a quote from Josep Pla that continues to inspire him: 'The cuisine of a country is its landscape in the casserole'.
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Savour Mallorca by Bicycle
Starting off with bike foodies routes around Mallorca, Mar and her business partner Carlos are now forging new cycling pathways around Catalonia, Basque Country and Rioja that focus on a high quality inside track to each region, all to be experienced on two wheels, giving you that enviable sense of freedom and fresh air with a wholly authentic access.
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