ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra In the wild or sedate world of hospitality and tourism, it is not often that a new venture comes along to remind us of all the things that we love about travel, and how much we have missed it during...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra Sometimes life and art collide in the most provocative of ways. When Juliane Bailey came up with the idea for The Jungle Emporium, a new artisan-friendly collection of lifestyle products, she was living in a jungle in Singapore. To see...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra Sustainability is THE buzzword of the new millennium. Its significance echoes through every aspect of development, from corporate governance to food and energy production, and the Sustainable Development Goals set down by the United Nations to create healthier and equitable...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra Many boys entertain delusions of grandeur about their futures. Either they want to be professional athletes or astronauts or rock stars. Not Shunsaku Miyagi: he wanted to be a gardener. For a boy from Kyoto, who grew up watching gardeners...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra ICONIC, SUSTAINABLE AND spectacularly stylish, Sluishuis is the latest architectural marvel in development along one of Amsterdam’s uber-cool waterfronts, which also includes landmarks like the NEMO Science Museum, the EYE Film Institute and the luxury Pontsteiger residences. Sluishuis is designed...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra; photo courtesy Diego De Pol AN EXCLUSIVE AND exquisite resort offering its own secluded charm, Kudadoo Maldives Private Island is a tranquil oasis of 15 spectacular Ocean Residences. Opened in December 2018, a stay here promises a Robinson-Crusoe-style, barefoot luxury experience...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra “DAO,” THE THAI nickname of Vichada Sitakalin, means “star” in English, and that moniker seems oh-so-apropos for describing her rising status in the design world. And that status owes a lot to the fact that the woman’s talents are as multifaceted...
ADF MAGAZINE | By Ellen Boonstra PIETER COMPERNOL AND his architect wife Stephanie Grusenmeyer had visited Thailand many times as antique dealers before starting new lives in Bangkok as bespoke furniture designers at the helm of their own company P.Tendercool. “Stephanie and I have always worked as...