Slow Travel
Our new series of destinations that are off the beaten path and a true treat for the senses.
Our new collection of a series of destinations off the beaten path that are a true treat for the senses and all the inspiration you will need to find your way off the grid, embracing a slow travel approach.
A tour through the dizzyingly diverse side of Manizales.
City Guides
A carefully curated travel guide to the best restaurants, museums, events, & shopping in Latin America's largest cosmopolitan cities.
Keep reading for our design week guide during this exciting month of Mexican Design.
We traveled to Paris to meet Charlotte Gómez de Orozco, owner of the Parisian wellness hotel HOY, whose pillars are yoga, flowers, good food and finely curated design, and whose interior design is based on the principles of Feng Shui. With 22 rooms, a flower shop, a vegetarian restaurant, a wellness room and a yoga room. In collaboration with Hito Estudio.
Valencia-based studio Masquespacio’s style seamlessly fits the youthful model behind Dutch hotel group The Student Hotel, a new concept in hybrid hospitality that offers design-focused co-living and co-working options for students.
For those in need of some visual wanderlust, we’ve highlighted a few of our favorite spots in Cartagena, Colombia by local interiors firm Vaissié Studio we think might have the potential to contribute to revitalizing the city's sluggish tourism sector.
The new list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, has been announced, and for the firs time ever, a Colombian restaurant has been included. Since opening her flagship restaurant, Leo, chef Leonor Espinosa has had a great influence on Colombian cuisine and in 2017 she won the title of Latin America’s Best Female Chef. A pioneer in the local movement to promote Colombian cuisine by showcasing its rarest and most unknown ingredients, Leo is the female equivalent of Peru’s Gaston Acurio.
In a nod to Europe’s ever-growing gourmet market trend, Boho Food Market was recently inaugurated in Bogota’s foodie neighborhood of Usaquen.
The World's 50 Best named restaurant Pujol the third best in the region after Maido and Central in Lima, Peru, and the best in Mexico. Located in Mexico City’s Polanco neighborhood, Pujol is known for combining rustic Mexican flavors that pay tribute to the rich culinary history of Mexico.
A tour through Maido, Latin America’s Best Restaurant, located in Lima
Masquespacio’s latest project comprises the creation of a concept store for Cuadernos Rubio, a traditional Spanish brand that produces educational tools like text books and workbooks, resulting in a recreational and interactive experience center in the heart of Valencia, Spain.
Concept stores, disruptive formats, retail experiences: with the world growing evermore digital, brick and mortar stores have been forced to create experiences with a bit of added value. Luckily, Medellin concept store owner Claudia Correa has always been a bit averse to the traditional. Her design store, 902 Showroom, was founded ten years ago on the idea that people appreciate a little extra, and an alternative to the same old malls shop goes a long way.
Our series on concept stores selling Latin American goods continues today in Cartagena, Colombia, the vacation capital and coastal gem of the country. While they say the best time to visit is usually Christmas or New Year’s, Cartagena enjoys relatively cooler weather until about April, which means there’s still time to make it your next travel destination. And if you’re wondering what the shopping scene for local goods is like, here are our top three spots for discovering Colombian design in all its diversity.
The Miami shopping scene is not exempt from Latin American influence, with independent concept stores springing up throughout the city to showcase the best fashion and accessories these countries have to offer. For part 4 of our series on concept stores, we’ll walk you through three of The 305’s most exciting representatives of Latin American fashion.
This summer, design studios Cinco Sólidos, Colette Studio and Duque Arquitectura joined forces to open the doors of the newest edition of The Blue House in the San Patricio neighborhood of Bogotá, providing the city with a spot that caters to local art and furniture lovers and presents exclusive pieces with an aesthetic that differs from the local offer.
More than a concept store, it serves as an incubator for emerging brands, offering not just fashion and design, art exhibits, and prize-winning Colombian coffee, but a unique model complemented by frequent community events like cocktails, talks, workshops, trunk shows, tastings, and pop-up shops.
Part 2 of our series on concept stores continues in Medellin, Colombia, the city of the eternal spring and a place known for its fashion week and remarkable textile industry, with three unique examples: Makeno, Duna and Ocho43.
With the arrival of summer comes a longing for the tropics, a desire partly satisfied by donning bold florals, colorful statement earrings, and woven beach totes inspired by South America. Thankfully, Latin America is having a major moment in fashion, and with Colombiamoda (Colombia’s fashion week) just around the corner, we’ve curated a selection of designers that will bring South American sizzle to any summer wardrobe.
All about Palorosa, a lifestyle brand inspired by Guatemalan craftsmanship that presents tote bags that repurpose traditional recycled plastic baskets.
All about the 2019 edition of Design Miami, a smaller gathering of design connoisseurs featuring collectible design galleries.
The best of Diseno Colombia at Expoartesanías, one of Latin America’s biggest craft or artisanal fairs.
Some standouts from 2019’s Inédito during Design Week Mexico.
Keep reading for our design week guide during this exciting month of Mexican Design.
Here are four Latin American design collections we loved at the London Design Fair 2019, including Crossovers by Adorno, Mexico Territorio Creativo, Uruguay XXI and Allpa X Studio Altar.
Medellin Design Week has welcomed more than 6,000 attendees, boosting business, stimulating learning, and granting opportunities to emerging designers.
Medellin Design Week will celebrate its 5th edition, bringing workshops, conferences, and an exhibit with pieces from local and international studios.
Presenting the 8 finalists who will work hand in hand with international mentors of different design disciplines, to develop a project during the next 5 months.
In their latest collection for Adorno, “The Material Language”, curators Ana Elena Mallet & Pilar Obeso presented a selection of pieces that represent the experimental spirit of reinvention at the center of the Mexican contemporary collectible design scene.
The Natural Room Collection at Sarah Myerscough Gallery in London, featuring artist-designer-makers Fernando Laposse, Angela Damman, and Cristian Mohaded.
Six possible trends that designers should look out for in a post- Coronavirus design landscape.
We present the 8 final candidates who will work hand in hand with 8 professional mentors specialists in different disciplines, to develop a project over the next 4 months for tei- taller en identidad.
All about the 2019 edition of Design Miami, a smaller gathering of design connoisseurs featuring collectible design galleries.
The best of Diseno Colombia at Expoartesanías, one of Latin America’s biggest craft or artisanal fairs.
Interview with designer Esteban Cortázar during the Latin American Fashion Summit, to ask about his past, his creative process, Latin America’s boom, and how he would like to be remembered in the fashion world.
A preview of what awaits us this November 12-16, 2019 in Cartagena, Colombia during the Latin American Fashion Summit (LAFS).
The second edition of Maison Diez Company presented lighting trends in a building- showroom spanning 5 apartments in a historic building in Mexico City.
Presenting the 8 finalists who will work hand in hand with international mentors of different design disciplines, to develop a project during the next 5 months.
A tour through the dizzyingly diverse side of Manizales.
Our new collection of a series of destinations off the beaten path that are a true treat for the senses and all the inspiration you will need to find your way off the grid, embracing a slow travel approach.
In their latest collection for Adorno, “The Material Language”, curators Ana Elena Mallet & Pilar Obeso presented a selection of pieces that represent the experimental spirit of reinvention at the center of the Mexican contemporary collectible design scene.
We traveled to Paris to meet Charlotte Gómez de Orozco, owner of the Parisian wellness hotel HOY, whose pillars are yoga, flowers, good food and finely curated design, and whose interior design is based on the principles of Feng Shui. With 22 rooms, a flower shop, a vegetarian restaurant, a wellness room and a yoga room. In collaboration with Hito Estudio.
The Natural Room Collection at Sarah Myerscough Gallery in London, featuring artist-designer-makers Fernando Laposse, Angela Damman, and Cristian Mohaded.
For those in need of some visual wanderlust, we’ve highlighted a few of our favorite spots in Cartagena, Colombia by local interiors firm Vaissié Studio we think might have the potential to contribute to revitalizing the city's sluggish tourism sector.
Medellin-based Tu Taller Design has reformed part of an old painting studio on Medellin’s “La 10”– a street known for its combination of pedestrian commerce and small hipster businesses, for its new exhibition space.
The Click Clack Hotel in Medellín de Plan: b Arquitectos is not just any hotel. This Bogota chain represents an innovative, fresh, uncomplicated hotel concept with a young soul, which has managed to materialize the dreams and efforts of the local creative industries
What to do in Lima: The Lima Guide for design lovers.