Despite the influx of hipsters, streetwear aficionados and à la mode youth around the world jumping on the fixed gear bike bandwagon, few cities remain capable of sustaining a profitable fixie-specific shop. With commercial space in Paris costing an arm and a leg, a few young leaders of the scene took it underground (literally) to [...]

Everything in Paris has style: architecture, public space, cafés, the people, the nightlife. It’s chalked full of character and has a vibe that can’t be found anywhere else. From those decked out in high fashion to the derelict drunkard that yells on the street outside your flat in the wee hours of the morning, people [...]

“The architect behind New York’s Freedom Tower - built on the former site of the World Trade Centre - has announced that it is to construct what promises to be the world’s greenest office building,” the Telegraph reports.
Located in Gennevilliers, an outlying district of Paris, the proposed building titled “Energy Plus” will be the first [...]

With the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing rapidly approaching, the Chinese government has recruited several bloggers and linguists to help ensure that the English portions of the city’s signs are properly translated and free of error.
Recently, the F-word has been popping up on many signs leaving government officials bewildered and expats amused. According to LAEM, [...]

The footwear obsessed folks over at Sneaker Freaker compiled Best of The Best 2007, a comprehensive analysis of the years coolest kicks. Although Adidas, Puma, New Balance and smaller more boutique brands like Visvim and Clae have had a solid year, Nike remains the most dominant player in the game.
Click here to read what some [...]

In The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City, author Elizabeth Currid articulates how the New York economy (one of the largest regional economies in the world) is propelled by the artists, writers, fashion designers and musicians that live there, equally as much as those in the white-collar/financial sectors. Since culture [...]

UK-based Privacy International, in conjunction with the Electronic Privacy Information Center recently published a world map that rates various nations according to their civil liberties track records.
Unsurprisingly, military heavyweights like the US, UK, Russia and China received the poorest possible ratings for their “endemic surveillance” and lack of privacy safeguards. In contrast, nations like Canada, [...]

Pirate Radio, first popularized in the mid-90s by underground “UK Garage” stations, has once again emerged as a worthy rival to London’s corporate and state-run media outlets. Britain’s media watchdog OFCOM (Office of Communications) has recently reported that one in six residents of Greater London regularly listen to illegal broadcasts, while the number rises to [...]

British Columbia is known worldwide for it’s famous “BC Bud”. In Vancouver, you’re more likely to catch a whiff of a freshly sparked blunt than you are to catch aromas of say, a nearby restaurant. Everyone seems to smoke pot in this city, and just about anywhere you go, people young and old can [...]