Istanbul
No stranger to turbulent times, the ever-resilient city straddling Europe and Asia is primed to...
Art Basel Diaries
This year during Art Basel Miami Beach, Surface partnered with Lyft to document the experiences of...
Detroit’s Retro Psychedelia Rock Club Will Trip You Out
Brooklyn artists FAILE and BAST's touring neon arcade finds a permanent home in a space with...
One Winery’s Tale of Survival From California’s Catastrophic 2017 Fires
With their vineyards and beautifully restored 160-year-old hacienda in the path of destruction, two
Want to Live in the World of a Blue Chip Art Collector? Stay at One of Their Hotels
From Manuela and Iwan Wirth to Maja Hoffmann, notable collectors are bringing a curatorial mindset...
Surface x Leica Photo Studio at Summit L.A. 2018
We teamed up with photographer Mark Mann to document the thinkers, artists, activists, and...
Jenny Holzer Teams Up with March For Our Lives to Get Out the Vote
The artist's mobile installation traversed L.A. displaying a rotating montage of political...
On the Eve of the U.S. Election, a New Exhibition Explores the Relationship Between Art and Conspiracy
The Met Breuer's "Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy" takes a look at alternative...
Chef Enrique Olvera’s Universe Expands in Mexico City
After debuting the new Pujol last year, Mexico's most famous toque has waded into new waters,...
In the Birthplace of Fast Furniture, a Surprising Dedication to Old World Craft
Though its legacy will always be intractably linked to IKEA, Småland's celebrated fabrication...
Paris
There’s always something new to experience in France’s cultural powerhouse. But it’s the...
L.A.’s New Design Atelier That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Icelandic architect Gulla Jonsdottir opens an multidisciplinary space inside the La Peer Hotel.
Scotland’s Wild Landscapes Imbue Its First Design Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum’s first satellite in Dundee showcases architect Kengo Kuma’s...
In the Midst of a Cultural Boom, a Smart New Hotel Arrives to the Berkshires
Wilco bassist John Stirratt and Bar Tartine alum Cortney Burns join a crack team of collaborators...
Room with a Viewpoint: A Hotel Brand With Activism at Its Core
Debuting in Washington, D.C., and Hong Kong this month, Eaton Workshop aims to redefine the...
Opening Shot: Hollywood’s New Bed and Beverage
A former seedy bikini bar is reimagined as an 11-room stay and recording studio, inspired by New...
Opening Shot: A Seasonal Restaurant Brings Tulum to New York
With a tropical atmosphere and wood-fired Mexican cuisine, fashionable Gitano NYC channels the boho
Nearly 70 Years Later, Le Sirenuse is Still the Most Desirable Hotel in Positano
Owner Antonio Sersale treats his family's famed Italian resort like a living organism, layering in...
Opening Shot: SLS LUX Brickell Debuts With a Museum-Worthy Art Collection
Designed by Yabu Pushelberg, it’s also the brand’s first property without Philippe Starck’s...
Opening Shot: In Athens, a Fashionable Stay Takes Root Inside a Revived Neo-Modernist Shell
K-Studio, the Greek design house that brought Scorpios Beach Club to Mykonos, brings contemporary...
Opening Shot: A Moscow Seafood Shop With a Clandestine Wine Bar
In Rybtorg, Russian-born, British-educated designer Yuna Megre elevates the everyday fish market.
Manhattan Cocktail Bars Are Upping the Style Quotient
The latest openings excel at more than what's in the glass.
Opening Shot: Architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte Breathes New Life into One of Paris’s Grand Palace Hotels
Built by the Boucicaut family, founders of Le Bon Marche, the century-old Hotel Lutetia...
The Second Iteration of EMP Summer House Is Even Better Than the First
In partnership with American Express, chef Daniel Humm and Eleven Madison Park have returned for...
Opening Shot: John Pawson Gives a 19th-century French Hospital a Stunning Makeover in Tel Aviv
The British designer teamed up with a local architect for The Jaffa hotel, bringing his minimalist...
Opening Shot: One of Zaha Hadid’s Final Designs Has a Westworld-Like Exoskeleton
Inside Macau’s ambitious City of Dreams entertainment complex, the Morpheus Hotel’s stunning...
Sydney’s 1940s Paramount Picture Studios Is Reborn as a Stylish Hotel
Paramount House Hotel anchors a new cultural hub that includes an art deco cinema and a restaurant...
Scarpetta 2.0 Trades Trends for Timelessness
At its new location in the James NoMad, LDV Hospitality’s hit Italian restaurant shows off a...
Opening Shot: In Tbilisi, Art Deco Vibes Permeate a Soviet-Era Publishing House
The team behind the artisan-led Rooms Hotels in Georgia repurpose a Brutalist structure for their...
Opening Shot: Next-Wave Indian Cuisine at a New York Gastrobar
After introducing San Francisco to a contemporary vision of high-end Indian gastronomy at the...
Chef Akira Back’s Secret Ingredient at a New Fanciful Restaurant? His Mom
Her sinewy ceiling installation presides over Studio Munge’s polar design that uses luxurious...
Opening Shot: Dramatic Lines and Invigorating Color in Germany’s Largest Port Town
Milan-based Matteo Thun teamed up with set designer Robert Wilson for an eye-popping revamp of The...
Opening Shot: LINE Hotels Plants a Flag in Austin
Designer Sean Knibb and architect Michael Hsu used the city's creative energy as inspiration for...
It’s Never Been Cooler to Be a Cactus
Since its debut pop-up in New York last summer, the famed Los Angeles Cactus Store has launched a...
ASH NYC Is on the Bleeding Edge of 360-Degree Hospitality
Four years after a triumphant leap into the hotel world, the design firm has resurfaced in Detroit...
Opening Shot: Soho House Takes Over the BBC Headquarters
White City House pays homage to the Television Centre’s heritage with a midcentury design and...
Opening Shot: Legacy Records Is New York’s Most Exciting New Restaurant
The team behind local favorite Charlie Bird unveils a stylish, multiconcept venue designed by Ken...
Opening Shot: Nanushka’s Debut Flagship in Budapest
Fresh off its first showing at New York Fashion Week, the contemporary womenswear label debuts a...
Our Copy Editor Makes Really Amazing Mini Furniture
She crafts midcentury pieces from household trash, and even fills tiny cocktails with real booze.
This Is What Happens When You Give New York’s Best Bartenders a Light Switch and Tell Them to Invent a Cocktail
These high-concept drinks are objets d’art in their own right.
Whale Watching: Sin City’s New Dens of Iniquity
The addition of 21 penthouse suites and an exclusive gaming salon and a tip-to-toe upgrade of its...
Restaurant Architecture Reaches New Heights in Sydney
With an otherworldly design and multiconcept culinary spaces, chef Matt Moran’s Barangaroo House...
Exclusive: An Everlane Boutique With Dressing Rooms Channeling James Turrell
Experiential features such as installations streaming sounds from the brand's factories outfit its...
Muralist Camille Walala Brings Her Pop-Tribal Style to the Sonos Store in London
The audio brand collaborated with local artists for its first European concept store.
Why Are Art Aficionados Flocking to This Tuscan Farmhouse?
Owner Riccardo Barsottelli's Locanda al Colle is a treasure trove of rare works from his private...
Gallery? Showroom? London’s House of Toogood Defies Classification
Faye and Erica Toogood’s boutique and exhibition space is a warren of covetable homewares and...
Destination: Cape Town
A vibrant medley of global cuisine, African art, and homegrown design has catapulted Cape Town into
Surface x Leica Photo Studio at Summit L.A. 2017
We teamed up with photographer Mark Leibowitz to document the thinkers, artists, activists, and...
Having Dinner at This L.A. Restaurant Feels Like Being Transported to the Future
Jordan Kahn’s buzzy new establishment Vespertine is an adventure in conceptual dining.
How A Boutique Hotel Is Leading the Charge in Seattle’s Renaissance
With a crack team of local collaborators, Thompson Seattle is more evidence the city is ready for...
An Italian Tapas Spot Is Making Waves Near the Arctic Circle
Pickled Mediterranean ingredients and Italian refrences to the ’60s Modernism movement star at...
Getting to Know Nobu
Nobu Matsuhisa is one of the most famous chefs in the world, but only his friends get to see the...
Can Chef Nobu Matsuhisa Stay Smiling?
He pioneered a new cuisine, earned a legion of celebrity disciples, and became the culinary...
A Storied Fashion House Returns to the Site of Its Original 19th-Century Workshop
Maison Louis Vuitton Place Vendôme Debuts in Paris with two on-site ateliers and special-edition...
Milan
Italy's financial and corporate fashion hub is casting off its staid reputation.
Back to School: A College Campus Inspires the Ace Hotel Chicago
Local artisans and students put a Windy City spin on the brand's identity, including a DJ booth...
Punch is Never Out of Season, Thanks to This Italian Bar’s Jungalow Design
Flamingo-print wallpaper, midcentury lines, and tropical cocktails converge at Puglia's Bloom in...
Where to Escape to After Paris Fashion Week
With designer showcases soon to take over the city, we suggest one stylish new stay to book in...
Where to Go in Athens According to the City’s Breakout Fashion Duo
Dimitra Kolotoura and Mareva Grabowski's love for Greece Inspired their lifestyle brand Zeus +...
India Mahdavi’s Defense of Color
The Paris-based architect and designer ponders the origins of her polychrome taste.
Wakeup Call: Sleepy Reykjavík Welcomes a Cosmopolitan Hotel
Stylish Ion City signals an awakening in Iceland’s capital.
High Above Manhattan, a Retro Cocktail Aerie with No View
Experimental Chicago chef Grant Achatz brings high-concept cocktails, rare spirits, and a...
In Tokyo, A Florist Uses His Beloved Flowers as Inspiration for Jewelry
Japanese architects SANAA and Copenhagen's Studio OEO are behind the ethereal design at Natur &...
A Blue-Chip Hotel in Jerusalem Gets a Refresh
Italian designer Piero Lissoni reimagines the David Citadel Hotel nearly two decades after he first
London’s Next Boundary-Pushing Culinary Experience
An exclusive preview of Cub, cocktail guru Ryan Chetiyawardana and chef Doug McMaster's new concept
This Neighborhood’s Creative Spirit Is Spurring Johannesburg’s Rise
In Maboneng, a new hotel by architect David Adjaye joins a slew of art collectives and design hubs...
Studio Instrmnt’s Glasgow
The Scottish duo behind the design firm is helping forge the industrial city's modern identity.
Destination: Amsterdam
Emerging neighborhoods and a boutique hotel boom are spurring renewed interest in the Dutch design...
At Technogym’s Milan Flagship, A Fusion of Wellness and Design
The Italian brand's clean aesthetics and advanced data tracking are on display inside the new...
Reclaimed Motels Are America’s Hottest Hotel Trend
From Saratoga to Santa Barbara, here are 11 retrofitted properties worth a road trip.
21c Brings Its Museum Hotel Concept to Nashville
The Music City outpost opens with a hit restaurant and suites designed by artists, including actor...
Meet the Helsinki Cocktail Bar Inspired by Italian Disco
DJs spinning vintage tracks and Finnish gin spritzes are on offer at Jackie, a throwback to 1970s...
Esperanza Spalding’s Guide to Portland, Oregon
Her compositions may reveal an array of influences, but the jazz musician forged her identity in...
A Freedom Sculpture for Independence Day
Architect Cecil Balmond’s poignant work is unveiled in Los Angeles.
What Does a Modern Speakeasy Look Like? Birds & Bees Has the Answer
A subterranean bar in Los Angeles combines 1950s-inspired interiors with a delectable, thoroughly...
Santa Barbara for Design Lovers
Three new places to eat, stay, and explore give the coastal city fresh appeal beyond its beaches...
Hotel of the Week: A Design Hotel Lands in Charleston
The Dewberry melds its midcentury roots with a low-country disposition.
Destination: Chicago
All eyes are on America’s Third Coast, which has emerged as a modern incubator for new ideas...
Experimental Group’s Second Property Opens in London
Designer Dorothée Meilichzon signs on again for the Henrietta Hotel, the follow-up to Paris's Le...
10 Standout Design Objects at Angama Mara
Steve and Nicky Fitzgerald are done with the steamer trunks and mosquito nets. At Angama Mara, a...
A High-Concept Bar Arrives in Frankfurt
Art Installation? Cocktail den? Private Kitchen? Bonechina defies classification.
Destination: Hong Kong
China’s global capital of commerce is alive with creative energy thanks to a flourishing...
Gardens in the Sky: WOHA’s Sustainable Architecture
The principals of the Singapore-based firm are determined to paint a tropical metropolis green.
Is The Ned London’s Most Ambitious Hotel Ever?
The Soho House and Sydell Group collaboration has 320,000 square feet of heritage-listed space,...
Can a Lifestyle Brand Succeed at Elite Universities?
After a successful debut in New Haven, Study Hotels heads to West Philadelphia.
Why Tijuana (Yes, Tijuana) Should Be Your Next Weekend Getaway
A burgeoning food movement and sleek new boutique hotel are fueling the once-dodgy border town’s...
This South African Farm Retreat Has a Spaceship for a Chapel
Rustic cuisine and an ethereal place to pray at Bosjes.
Mexico’s Most Famous Chef Opens an All-Day Café in New York
Enrique Olvera’s cooking gains accessibility at the casual Atla.
Studio Mai Coaxes the Tinder Generation to Look Up From Their Phones
The L.A. firm behind hit restaurants and the new Made Hotel in New York forces interaction through...
Dana Cowin’s Favorite Restaurants For Design
For the culinary personality and Surface Travel Awards juror, ambiance is as important as...
Hotel Sir Adam
In-room Crosley Cruiser turntables and Gibson guitars are highlights at the Sir Adam.
Shrankhla Holecek Makes Scents
L.A.-based Shrankhla Holecek carries on family tradition in the Indian farmlands, but always...
Double Shot
The mezcal- and sherry-focused Jettison occupies a clandestine space in the back of Houndstooth.
Inside Issey Miyake’s New Milan Flagship
Tokujin Yoshioka retrofits a heritage space for the brand’s technology-driven designs.
The DNA of a Boutique Hotel Fills a Manhattan Coworking Space
NoMad newcomer Blender Workspace’s custom design and well-edited programming set it apart...
Eleven Madison Park’s Greatest Hits Menu
The newly anointed world’s best restaurant gave Surface an exclusive look at the...
Sarah Lavoine’s New Parisian Boutique Resembles a Stylish Apartment
At the interior designer’s Maison, patrons are served delicate French pastries while lounging in...
The Heir To P. J. Clarke’s and Corner Bistro
The spirit of classic New York pervades the West Village newcomer, The Spaniard.
A Manhattan Restaurant Fit For a House Party
Chinatown’s Flower Shop is a roadside diner meets ’70s basement hangout.
A Tastemaker’s Vibrant Shop in Cape Town’s Creative Quarter
Meet Barbara Lenhard’s Kloof Steet boutique, Opulent Living Concept Store & Gallery.
Let Alma Handle Your Work-Life Balance
A shared workspace in Stockholm embraces the social-club-as-office model—plus fine dining for all.
Surface x Summit at Sea
A look at the characters of Summit Series, aboard the final voyage of its floating conference.
Top Chefs Take Over St. Moritz’s New Norman Foster-Designed Restaurant
The historic Kulm Hotel in the Swiss Alps goes cutting edge.