Matthew McCormick to unveil the Mila pendants at Milan Design Week 2018

Celebrated designer Matthew McCormick will present a collection of pendant lamps that feature pearl-like glass spheres balanced inside of oval metal frames during Milan design week (17-22 April). The Mila pendants, which will be unveiled next week on the second floor of Spazio Rossana Orlandi, will combine two geometric forms in what McCormick calls a "perfect equilibrium".  ...

Avia Edition for Slamp by Zaha Hadid Design

Slamp and Zaha Hadid Design present the Avia Edition, a vibrant new collection of the chandelier series handcrafted in three different shades - turquoise, blue and ultramarine. Avia Edition is a limited-edition series of only 99 chandeliers in each of the three colours. The Avia chandeliers embody the originality of Hadid’s architecture, integrating design complexity...

Reviewing the new hotel on the block, the Wyndham Grand Phuket, Kalim Bay

Perched on a hilltop facing south, overlooking Phuket's Patong Beach, Wyndham Grand Phuket, Kalim Bay's location was certainly not compromised when designing the foundations of what was said to be 'a new kind of luxury' away from the wild nightlife and polluted streets of Patong. Opened recently (December 20, 2016), the hotel offers 214 elegant guestrooms...

Amsterdam – in town for a day or two

I was in town on business. My brief to review two new but contrasting hotels was met with an open mind. To some, it's the 165 canals with a combined length of 100 kilometres, which makes this place unique. To others, it's the fact that even in a city surrounded by water; there are more bicycles than people. To me, it's the opportunities available for...