Created in 1993 by Miuccia Prada and her husband Patricia Bertelli, Fondazione Prada is a philanthropic project whose main interest remains loyal to the investment of ideas and the analyses of present times through art. Supporting the the world of contemporary art through artist commissions, research exhibitions and initiatives related to cinema and the hosting of contemporary philosophy conferences, the Fondazione’s mission is to encourage and support the opportunity to extend and intensify the process of learning.
Set directly in the heart of Milan, literally just a two minute stride from Piazza del Duomo, Room Mate Giulia is the newest member of hotel group Room Mate’s expansion of affordable design stays around the world.
With a complimentary car pick up from Marrakech airport, it's just a fifteen minute journey home toVilla des Orangers. The reference to home is appropriate for never have fewer places ever felt so homely, somewhere so foreign. Upon stepping inside this beautiful Riad style hotel, it's quick to materialise that the world outside it's walls fades into nothing but a distant memory.
Sitting atop the city of London, Duck & Waffle, the 24/7 high-rise destination restaurant and cocktail bar is something of an ethereal escape from the rat race below. Upon arrival, the dedicated entrance for those dining in the Heron Tower is something of a fun beginning, stepping into a glass elevator that whisks you from floor to forty in seconds, there’s a sense that whatever awaits atop your ride north has to be pretty slick.
Gulla Jonsdottir’s completed projects include some of the most luxurious hotels, restaurants, bars, lounges and galleries the world over. The architect and interior designer’s appreciation of space, uncompromising beauty and the delicate dance between the sensual and empirical awards her the prestige as one of our generation’s most fresh and dynamic innovators.
This week's Hotlist is all about nerding it up and adding a little new number or two to your bookshelf or a little chic to your coffee table collection.
As one of Ireland's most prolific emerging artists, Leah Hewson is no stranger to the limelight. With three solo exhibitions under her belt, of which her most recent, Scintilla showed at the prestigious RHA Gallery in Dublin (not to mention was a complete sell-out), the young artist is a success of her own making.
Occupying an entire building on Redchurch Street, Barbour & Parlour is one of London’s funkiest destinations. One of the newest additions to the Soho House portfolio, it plays home to an array of points of interest.
As part of the rather chic Hotel Santa Teresa, Restaurante Térèze is undoubtedly one of Rio de Janeiro’s most beautiful dining experiences. Set in the hills of the Santa Teresa neighbourhood and amid the hotel’s elegant expanse, guests can expect to be transported by the global fusion of tasteful delights and elegantly casual vibes.
Set in a gated space in the trendy Rio neighbourhood of Santa Teresa, Mama Ruisa, is an old and stately mansion that once played home to a wealthy Brazilian family and today to guests who wish to find themselves lost in a tasteful yet very authentic Brazilian experience and amid the hillsides of this magnificent city.
When it comes to art and culture let's check out what's hot, where, now..
American photographer Slim Aarons’s iconically tantalising and delicately desirable images are recognised as some of the most absorbing snapshots into the lives of the jet-setters, celebrities and socialites who played subject to a considerable part of his life-long career in photography.
Whether it’s the Dallas or L.A location, the feeling of discovering new worlds is hard to deny when you step into Tenoversix. Perhaps it’s the idea that the entire store itself is somewhat of a finding, or more than that, it’s contents an uncovering of the hottest interlacing of brands you could imageencountering in any one place.
Separating itself from the masses with it’s distinct tenacity and Downtown Dallas vibe, The Joule is Dallas’s bold little number with the perfect touch of Southern hospitality. Reflective of the city’s somewhat more refined tone in comparison to Austin or Houston, The Joule is a finely restored 1920’s landmark building that now plays home to the city’s visitors wishing to temporarily escape the norm and embrace the unexpected.
Whether you've got a date night with destiny, you're simply in need of a little aprés-weekend pick-me-up or perhaps your next remote adventure is scheduled and fast approaching there's never not a time to get lost in a HSF hotlist..
Fewer people could be more in the know and as L.A's most fabulously knowledgable "go to person", Jackie Brander is your girl. Beginning her career under the wing of Fred Segal she quickly moved up the ranks and at just 19 became her own boss at the helm of the infamous L.A boutique her mentor had founded and synonymously named, Fred Segal.
Nerding it up doesn't get more charismatic than doing so at Booksoup in L.A. Located in West Hollywood on Sunset Strip, directly across from Tower Records and the first Spago restaurant, it's the ultimate floor-to-ceiling situation to find ones next read.
Innately in her blood but not exactly on her radar when choosing her career path at first, L.A based designer Raquel Allegra has been paving her way into the wardrobes of infatuated clients since 2002.
Uncompromisingly cool and collected, distinctively unique and promisingly unlike many other high-brow gourmet dining encounters, In Situ is one of San Francisco's hottest fine dining experiences. Situated at the heart of the arts, the concept restaurant is SFMOMA's flagship restaurant and places itself front and centre on the ground floor lobby of the city’s iconic Museum of Modern Art.
Los Angeles is the nucleus of the contemporary art world. Home to some of the most iconic originators in art, architecture and cultured creations, since September 2015 the city is also home to the world's most impressive modern art museum, The Broad.
