As Japan is home to some of the most densely populated areas in the world, it comes as little surprise that micro-living is so popular.

Think of the wild West in America and one immediately gets the vision of wide open space and a sense of splendid isolation which evokes the spirit of pioneering adventurism.

The lobby of Hotel Hotel in Canberra has just been named World Interior of the Year 2015 at the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors in Singapore.

Vivarium, Latin for "place of life", evokes images of glass terrariums filled with exotic plants.

There are few things as universal as the human desire to eat, preferably well. 

The spa resort of Merano in the South Tyrol region of Italy is a little known gem which is just about to become a lot more popular with the recent opening of the Hotel Muchele.

Ever wish you could have a terrace in your small apartment?  Or more direct views of the sky above?  Designer Aldana Ferrer Garcia may have the solution.  

Throughout the ages buildings have often been seen as phallic symbols (just look at the Gherkin).

The hype surrounding the latest James Bond movie Spectre has been almost overwhelming.

Last night during dinner, whilst our fingers were doing the usual dance moves on the TV remote control, we unexpectedly came across the first episode of The Great Pottery Throw Down on the trusty BBC iPlayer.

When it is dull and rainy outside, there is no better way to lift the spirits than to indulge in a spot of daydreaming about beautiful houses in the sun.

At Do we adore sculptural ceramics, so we were delighted to spot the 3-D printed stackable ceramic vessels presented by Elise Luttik and Hester Stolk at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.