It was an office in Delhi’s dusty Okhla industrial area with walls painted in graffiti and a few employees dozing off in the nap room. It was in 2015 that I visited the Zo Rooms office. I was called by their spokesperson after a story I filed based upon court documents where Oyo had sued … Read more
In the world of luxury spa treatments, $100 can get you a massage, a facial, or a sesh in aninfrared booth that people are obsessing over recently. It can also get you an entirely new bathroom that will make you feel like you never need to go to an actual spa again. It’s no secret that WC’s have become the … Read more
A city that made the Forbes Travel Guide’s 18 Top Destinations Of 2018 now also has a 4-star restaurant to its credit. The Forbes Travel Guide unveiled its annual Star Rating list this week, with Asheville’s Dining Room at The Inn on Biltmore Estate a new Forbes Travel Guide 4-star restaurant. The Inn on Biltmore Estate maintains … Read more
Is there anyone out there who doesn’t like Philips Hue’s line of smart lighting products? You’d have to be crazy — they look amazing, they’re as reliable as it gets, and they integrate with every single popular smart home system out there. If there’s one complaint people have, however, it’s the pricing because Hue lighting … Read more
A murano-glass chandelier by Seguso presides over the dining room. Custom bleached walnut table by L’Artigiano Studio; 18th-century Italian chairs; bronze boat sculpture by Edouard Marcel Sandoz. Pin this image Facebook Share this image Alexandra and Michael Misczynski, the wife-and-husband team behind the Los Angeles–based AD100 design firm Atelier AM, are standard-bearers for the increasingly superannuated concepts of quality … Read more
A gallery wall and an eclectic metallic light fixture elevate this formal dining room designed by Achille Salvagni and lend dramatic detail. GIANNI FRANCHELLUCCI Each week Mansion Global tackles an interior design topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week we look at how to design … Read more
It only took one day—one freaking day!!—for someone to capitalize on the bizarre news that Apple’s $350 HomePod, the speaker that isn’t so smart but sounds pretty great, might wreck your wood furniture. That someone is gadget accessories maker Pad and Quill and we are just as blown away/totally unsurprised as you are. For the low, low price … Read more
Faulty appliances such as washing machines, tumble dryers and fridge freezers are causing more than 60 house fires a week in the UK – a figure which has stayed “stubbornly high” in recent years – according to a Which? investigation. Government action to remove potentially dangerous electrical white goods from homes is falling “woefully short”, the consumer … Read more
Opening with the pounding, guitar-lead laden “Steel and Silver,” Visigoth’s second album Conqueror’s Oath is a perfect encapsulation of traditional heavy metal. Aided by big choruses, vocalist Jake Rogers’ commanding wail soars above the instrumentation as dual guitars weave throughout. Unlike their debutThe Revenant King [2015] , where songs regularly cross over the six-minute mark, this album is full of … Read more
Analysis Global mega-insurers Allianz and Aon have just given IT buyers and the security industry plenty to ponder by cooking up a deal with Apple and Cisco that makes users of those companies’ kit eligible for a special class of cyber insurance. Part of the new deal is business as usual, as it will see “Aon … Read more