I love New Years Eve! When I was a child, we used to have huge parties with all our friends and relatives. It was the biggest party of the year by far. Today was also the day Santa would visit all the kids with his sack full of lollies, chocolates and other sugary goodness. {That’s what you get when you are growing up a Communist society where religious holidays such as Christmas or Easter weren’t celebrated publicly}.

Living in Sydney, New Years Eve is all about the fireworks. And for the past 15 years that I’ve lived here, each time they announce that this year’s fireworks are going to be “The Best Ever”. It’s pretty funny. But they are some seriously spectacular fireworks just the same. Certainly the best ones I’ve ever seen anywhere…

I would really, really, really, ridiculously LOVE a big Library…. oh yes I would. Just like one of these places above and below….

Learn Something Every Day is a self initiated daily project by UK based design studio Young. A new fact is posed each day, and these can be purchase as posters and T-Shirts from their website.

Unurth is a street art blog run by Sebastian from Los Angeles. He regularly posts images of absolutely brilliant street art from all over the world – anything from drawing, illustration, paste-up street art, collages and graffiti…

I have a confession to make. I love hotels. What – you love them too? And I thought I was the only one. Geez.

But seriously, how good does it feel to stay in a great hotel? And by great I don’t mean “expensive”, “exclusive” and “luxurious”, although I’m not exactly repulsed by any of those characteristics.  I’m talking about great hotels with a vision, a story. So when I came across the Story Hotel, I got very excited. The name says it all. {And you know how much I love a good Story}.

Set in a period building in downtown Stockholm, swedish design firm Koncept have maintained Story’s historical integrity. This stylish hotel has 82 rooms, several bars, a restaurant, a cafe and one-of-a-kind designer boutique.

Story Hotel collaborated with Wonderwall, an art dealer which specializes in signed limited edition prints and affordable …