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Muralist Camille Walala Brings Her Pop-Tribal Style to the Sonos Store in London

The audio brand collaborated with local artists for its first European concept store.

HOTEL
Resort Designer Bill Bensley Fashions a Fanciful World in Vietnam

For his latest property, the Bangkok-based designer conjures a narrative of a fictional university...

BAR
A Ralph Lauren Alum Brings an Industrial Patina to a Napa Tasting Room

Designer Catherine Kwong ups the style quotient with touches like Flavor Paper wallpaper depicting...

STORE
The Oliver Peoples Miami Store Is Pure South Beach Flash

In addition to the art deco design, two special-edition frames were created in tandem with the...

Hotel
Why Are Art Aficionados Flocking to This Tuscan Farmhouse?

Owner Riccardo Barsottelli's Locanda al Colle is a treasure trove of rare works from his private...

INSIDER
The L.A. Store Where Sex Toys Meet Doorknobs

Gallerist Benjamin Trigano's newest venture is an art space that doubles as a shop for eccentric...

HOTEL
These Boutique Hotels Act Like IRL Social Networks

Three European brands bring intimacy, idiosyncrasy, and connection to the luxury hotel...

Travel
The Ancient Thai City Rebranding Itself With Contemporary Design

Ayutthaya’s landscape of Buddhist temples and archaeological ruins is being reshaped by stylish...

DESIGN
The Best-Designed Stores of 2017

These 15 retail destinations around the world prove that shopping can be about far more than simply

Store
Gallery? Showroom? London’s House of Toogood Defies Classification

Faye and Erica Toogood’s boutique and exhibition space is a warren of covetable homewares and...

Destination
Destination: Shanghai

China’s most vibrant city is undergoing a glamorous transformation that’s putting it on a par...

Design
The Best Restaurant and Bar Design of 2017

These 15 venues, from San Francisco to St. Moritz, New York to Athens, set a new bar for what a...

Restaurant
Tom Dixon Revives Paris’s Original Midcentury Drugstore

French master chef Éric Fréchon will lead the culinary vision for the Champs-Élysées brasserie.

Design
A Restaurant at Dubai Opera With Down Under Vibes

Chef Sean Connolly’s antipodean seafood aerie transports patrons to his adopted home of Australia.

TRAVEL
The Best Designed Hotels of 2017

We look back at the year of openings to isolate the most standout new properties around the world,...