Building beautiful matters for our collective health
In Building Beautiful, a superb collection of essays published last week by the think tank Policy Exchange, the architect Marwa Al-Sabouni reflects that “if people are made to exist on the margins of society in ugly environments, and if they are deprived access to beautiful ones whether by cost or government choice, they are likely to […]
Design conscious or image-obsessed?
For the past few years, the travel world has been somewhat obsessed with millennials. Hotels and tour companies have been racing to reinvent themselves for the demographic. Many of the innovations have been great: fast and free Wi-Fi, intuitive tech, in-room workout gear, communal work and social spaces, cool design, locavore restaurants, Instagram-ready tableaus and […]
