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Dubbed the Picasso of Design and the guru of biomorphism, Marc Newson crafts sensual products that are fluid in line and cosmic in conception. Yet beyond the futurism lies a rather different, defining sensibility.
In some cultures the way food looks matters as much as its taste. Anissa Helou considers how Japanese and Arab chefs alike treat the plate, the bowl and the arrangement as essential to the meal.
CEO Yves Carcelle prizes the emotion a single artwork can bring. At L'Espace Culturel, Olafur Eliasson's lift plunges visitors into forty-five seconds of darkness, cleansing them of the city before art begins.
Ride the escalator to the atrium of New York's Conrad and you might mistake it for a museum. This unusual five-star has no spa, but art fills every corner and room, complete with guided tours.
David Lake and Ted Flato took lessons learnt in Morocco and applied them across the United States. We tour Arizona's Brown Residence, a desert house of panoramic views from which our region might learn.
Barcelona is celebrated for Gaudi and its Gothic Quarter, not skyscrapers. Yet two modern towers stand out: Jean Nouvel's Torre Agbar and the soaring Hotel Arts, both symbols of the city's post-Olympic renaissance.
From the unmissable genius of Gaudí to the legendary tapas of 1929-vintage El Xampanyet, our two-day itinerary distils the Catalan capital's architecture, flavours and unhurried pleasures into one gloriously well-spent weekend.
Having just opened at the end of May 2012, the Bvlgari was readied just in time for London’s Olympic rush. With a two-floor spa, its own cinema, a ballroom, 85 rooms and suites, this shimmering gem isn’t cheap. But then the best things in life never are. I must confess, I don’t like jew…
Pronounced just so, Hyatt echoes the Arabic word for life. Whether coincidence or not, the Chicago chain is pressing ahead with an impressive expansion of its varied properties right across the Gulf region.
Vast and inhospitable, the Namib in south-western Africa is a land of ghosts. Along the notorious Skeleton Coast lie the wrecks of ships and their crews; venture inland for famed ghost towns and elusive ghost horses.
Our guide to summer's most seductive Mediterranean escapes opens in Santorini, the crescent-shaped Aegean idyll spared the loutish crowds of other Greek isles, where boxy white houses and luxurious hotels cling to a volcanic crater wall.
A year after revolution swept the Arab world, Dr Marwan Iskandar weighs the economic decline, entrenched corruption and popular fury that toppled regimes from Tunis and Cairo to Tripoli, Damascus, Manama and Sanaa.