Current Obsessions: International Intrigue

Here’s what’s on our radar this week.

• Hang on! Opening Ceremony’s new Shoreditch shop has fixtures made by Max Lamb from London’s underground railings.
• A 362-square-foot Venice Beach cottage makes a convincing case for small-space living.
• The new book Living in Style Ibizia offers an inside look at some of the island’s most memorable houses.

• Beirut-born, Amsterdam-based architect Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes takes Freunde von Freunden on a tour of her canal house.
• 60 ways to update your rooms for next to nothing. 
• Food 52’s new Instagram campaign encourages home cooks to share scenes from the summer kitchen.
• We want your opinion: Who should win Remodelista’s Considered Design Awards? Vote for your favorite spaces once per day until August 8. 

For more from this week on Remodelista, see Urban Escape, and don’t miss Gardenista’s week of city gardens.