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Category / Wanderlust

My Little Surf Shack

The outdoor tub had me at hello. Then there was the artist studio, the airy guest house and the sculpture garden of abandoned trucks. And suddenly, I’m interested in surfing. Welcome to the home of artist David Bromley in Byron Bay, surfing capital of Australia, recently visited and photographed by the Design Files. With his…

How to Lose Yourself in Paris

A few weeks ago, through my endless network of Paris links, I stumbled upon a heavenly website called “Et si on se promenait à Paris“, translation: And what if we walked around Paris? Browsing through this captivating blog, it soon becomes very clear that the editor and photographer, Mademoiselle Audrey F, knows that there’s taking…

Through the Eyes of a Boat

I came across this photographer, there’s no hidden story, no lost secret as you might have come to expect from this blog, just pure appreciation for the habit of looking out of windows, especially round ones, on boats. Photographer Luke Casey has traveled the world by sea and found it looked very different through the…

The Girl who Mapped Manhattan’s Memories

Never underestimate how far your little art project can go. In her freshmen year of college, Becky Cooper discovered she had a ‘thing’ for cartography after she was hired to help map all of Manhattan’s public art. Soon enough, she was inspired to embark on her own idea– to map Manhattan’s memories. Becky hand-printed a few…

FOUND by National Geographic

Attention archive photography lovers! There’s a new Tumblr in town by National Geographic called FOUND, set up in honour of their 125th anniversary. What better way to celebrate a birthday than to go digging through one of the most interesting photographic archives in the world…. ‘FOUND is a curated collection of photography from the National Geographic…

30 Secret Doors to Hidden Places

From mysterious doors and secret rooms to hidden passageways and nature’s portals, my sense is that you and I have an unquenchable thirst for this stuff, so here are 30 of my favourites that I’d like to show you, freshly fished from the rabbit hole that is the internet… Behind the bookshelf 1. via Bookshelf…

The Bric-a-Brac Palaces of France

Forget the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Chartres Cathedral, I’ve got some alternative French attractions to see… La Maison Picassiete- “The House of the Plate Stealer” Built entirely by one man, it took Raymonde Isidore more than 25 years to complete his impressive Maison Picassiette. In 1936, the middle-aged Frenchman began covering his house located…

Let’s Snoop around these Luxury Paris Homes for Sale

For dreaming purposes only… (a bit of real-estate p0rn never hurt anyone). The Aristocats are house hunting again … A seven bedroom apartment near Avenue Foch More details here … A Five bedroom townhouse in the 16th arrondissement More details via Sotheby’s … A modernised 4 bedroom Private townhouse in the suburbs More…

All aboard the Bamboo Train: A Cambodian Commute

While we might rely on passenger trains to get us to work everyday, in Cambodia people are lucky to see just four trains in service per month– that is if they don’t get derailed or break down (a common occurrence). The busted trains tend to travel at walking pace and the railways constructed during the French…

The Best Things About Summer Vacation According to Brigitte Bardot

Nope, sorry, I refuse to stop imagining that I live in the sixties. Let me introduce my style icons du jour who will be getting us in the mood for summer vacation today… That’s right. Be one with nature. Until the soles of your feet could light a match. ::: If you can’t find a…

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