The word on a string
Digital pieces, magazine articles and books on visual culture, creativity and technology, the idiosyncrasies of urban living, travel in the age of globalisation, and why we'll always have Paris.
ARTICLE | EMIRATES MAGAZINE
In times when youngsters play on touchscreens from the cradle, the urban sketching movement rescues the wistfulness associated with old travel diaries.
BOOK | LUXESAGE PUBLISHING
Come away with me. Off to a tropical island. To a far-flung destination. Down by the Equator, where the sun is never shy and the moon lights up the sea.
ARTICLE | EMIRATES MAGAZINE
Apicius old aphorism, "We eat first with our eyes", has never felt more accurate. But as the digital era reinforces the reign of food visuals, is there hope beyond rainbow bagels?
ARTICLE | CNN TRAVEL
Overshadowed by neighboring Andalusia, this sunny region revels in bucolic charm and medieval heritage, Roman sites and a well-rounded calendar of festivities.
BOOK | LUXESAGE PUBLISHING
Awarded the Palace status reserved for outstanding hotels, these prestigious addresses embody and celebrate Paris’ long-standing affair with luxury. Welcome to glamorous Paris.
ARTICLE | EMIRATES MAGAZINE
Oliver Twist wouldn’t believe his eyes if he fell down the chimney of a current-day, London factory conversion – to find anything but the scenario he would expect.
ARTICLE | EMIRATES MAGAZINE
As Rome, Florence and Venice were among the world’s first cities to deal with the pains of overtourism, the Italian countryside has been telling a tale of a different sort.
ARTICLE | QATAR AIRWAYS
There is something simultaneously unsettling and soothing about the large-scale portraits carved by Alexandre Farto – aka Vhils – in walls across the world.
BOOK | LUXESAGE PUBLISHING
Seville and Toledo are cities of character and characters: when in the mood for reverie, one can almost hear their distant voices drifting over the rooftops.
ARTICLE | EMIRATES MAGAZINE
Born in the early nineteenth century in rooms alike across the old neighbourhoods of Lisbon, fado is simultaneously a voice of the quotidian and a desperate cry of love.
ARTICLE | LUXESAGE PUBLISHING
A Musical Kitchen
Overlooking the Monte-Carlo Casino, the Joël Robuchon restaurant at Hotel Métropole looks elegant yet relaxed one hour before opening for dinner.
