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'cityscope' installation

german architect marco hemmerling has sent in images of his project 'cityscope - urban kaleidoscope', a light installation that was displayed in cologne, germany. dealing with the perception of urban spaces the installation reflects fragmented views on the city and composes a three dimensional image of the surrounding facades. the final shape is related to the site and reacts to the height of the surroundings such as the station and church.

more: http://www.marcohemmerling.com

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'cityscope urban kaleidoscope' by marco hemmerling

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'cityscope' installation german architect marco hemmerling has sent in images of his project 'cityscope - urban kaleidoscope', a light installation that was displayed in cologne, germany. dealing with the perception of urban spaces the installation reflects fragmented views on the city and composes a three dimensional image of the surrounding facades.

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This is a largely factual guide and it should be remembered that this is not the "be-all and end-all" of what you can do to be social at UKC; there're still societies and clubs to get involved in etc. and not to mention the endless house parties or even student politics so don't feel like just because you're not out-going then there'll be nothing for you Also bear in mind that this is written from the perspective of a University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC) student so this won't be relevant for people at Medway or one of the smaller schools dotted around Kent but it is still relevant for Canterbury Christ Church (CCCU) people I am, however, excluding mention of the CCCU Union bar because I've never been! I hope this helps!

P.S. Excuse my outrageously opinionated bias in places!

IMPORTANT! This descriptive overview of nightlife in Canterbury continues over in the posts below, please refer further down if the section you want isn't in this opening post!

Contents: (In order of appearance...)
(1) Campus Bars:
- Mungos
- Rutherford Bar
- Origins
- K-Bar
- Woodys
- The Attic

(2) Campus Nightclub:
- The Venue

(3) Other Campus Entertainment

(4) Town Nightclubs
- Club Chemistry/The Works/Baa Baas/The Biz
- Studio 41
- Chill

(5) Town Pubs and Bars
- Westgate Wetherspoons
- Northgate Wetherspoons
- The Penny Theatre
- The Cherry Tree
- Bramleys
- Orange Street Music Club
- The Old Buttermarket
- The Seven Stars
- Lady Luck
- Bar Kandi
- The Old Brewery Tavern
- The Beer Cart Arms
- The Jaggy Thistle
- Alberrys
- The Loft
- Canterbury Tales
- The Cricketers
- The Carpenter's Arms
- The Cuban
- The Dolphin
- The Parrot
- Bishop's Finger
- The Rose and Crown
- The Monument
- The Unicorn
- The Hobgoblin
- The Thomas Becket
- The Miller's Arms

(6) Other Big Night-Out Events
- Carnage/Rampage
- Invasion
- Massive Mungos

(7) General Tips about Canterbury's Nightlife

(8) My Review/Opinion

(9) Conclusion

Ok here we go, let's start with places to go on the UKC campus:

(1) Campus Bars:

Mungos
Located in Eliot College, Mungos bar is a modern, slightly space-age, bar-turned-club set up. Most nights it's a relatively peaceful affair with tables and chairs taking up most of the floor and TVs dotted around the walls with BBC News, various sports channels and music channels on. There's a small side room with a pool table, an XBox 360, some cozy little couches and yet more tables - the Xbox 360 comes with several controllers so you and friends can thrash out whatever grudge you have in a digital showdown with whatever games they have (can't remember which ones but I know I've seen a FIFA one played for sure). In terms of events, Mungoes holds a weekly quiz one night and hosts the University improv comedy troupe "Monkeyshine" or "Play It By Ear" (never worked out which one they were) - who're rather good from what I've seen - on another. Finally, on a Friday the tables and chairs are swept aside in favour of a large dancefloor turning Mungoes into an adhoc club which blasts out whatever's on the latest 'Now 4000' CD - known as 'Magic Mungos' this event generally packs out every week. In the daytime Mungo's serve a collection of burgers, sandwiches, salads, chips, a selection of desserts (waffles with chocolate yes please) and a heavenly milkshake (highly recommended) among other things.

Rutherford Bar - Formerly known as 'The Atom'
Located in Rutherford College, Rutherford Bar was recently made-over into a chique cozy modern bar with leather couches and low level lighting. Their TV's typically show BBC news, a music channel or whatever film is on (all subtitled with no actual sound) but otherwise there're no particularly special features to Rutherford Bar but they do have a collection of popular board games you can borrow at anytime - they also serve a variety of cheap cocktail mixes on selected nights. In terms of evening events Rutherford Bar hosts a weekly karaoke event to varying degrees of success - I know the Musical Theatre Society frequently use it as their weekly social. In the daytime Rutherford Bar serves a small selection of tasty paninis as well as various cakes and a stunningly cheap 30p coffee! In the summer/early autumn/spring the light streaming through the roof adds a cozy ambience and makes this an excellent place to chill out during the day as well as night.

Origins
Located in Darwin College, Origins is a Tex-Mex themed bar with two pool tables and a large seating area - it's often considered a bit of a trek for many students as Darwin College is furthest from most of the other colleges and the opposite end of campus from Parkwood. This aside, Origins often feels more like a restaurant than any of the other bars but it still definitely qualifies for a drink in the evening - the TV's typically show a sports channel or whatever big game is on at that moment. Evening events include a weekly quiz and the infamous 'Ruby Tuesdays' indie night which, like Friday's Magic Mungo's, packs out every night. Some argue that Origin's layout makes the Ruby Tuesdays experience cramped and very humid but when you're drunk enough I guess you don't care. In the daytime and early evenings Origins serves a selection of Tex-Mex style food including tortillas, nachos, burgers, meatballs with pasta and others with a few desserts. Did I mention the jukebox? It's usually off on busier nights but on quieter nights I have wasted many a penny subjecting the bar to S-Club 7 tracks.

K-Bar
Located in Keynes College, K-Bar is a slightly grungy, darker bar with two pool tables and a quaint outside seating area. Typically ill lit and with a lot of red couches gives off a bit of a grungy feel and many of the campus sports clubs often have a drink here or watch a match. You can get away from this furore most days by ducking into the small, but quieter, common room just outside K-Bar - it comes with a few cozy booths or some more open couches. Evening events include a Dub-Step night (though whether this will continue beyond the current year is debateable) but other than that little else. As mentioned a lot of sports games are watched in K-Bar with particularly big games being broadcast through a projector just outside K-Bar for the overspill crowd to watch. In the daytime and early evening K-Bar serves pizzas and in the evening their cocktail shots and pitchers list is produced - many a time have I fallen prey to these lists. K-Bar also boasts a jukebox which tends to get used more than the one in Origins.

Woodys
Located in Parkwood, Woody's is a modern take on the 'hunting lodge' style image with lots of wooden beams and just generally wood everywhere - it comes with a pool table and some TVs that typically broadcast a music channel. For anyone not in Parkwood, Woody's is a bit of a trek and it's complete lack of major evening events mean it's generally shunned by anyone other than Parkwood residents who typically use it for a quiet drink or before moving on to somewhere else, and why not? It's food menu consists of the LEGENDARY Stack Burger, made up of enough calories to give you a corollary on the spot but otherwise very filling, but also it does chips and other burgers with a chilli based dish somewhere, quite good all-in-all. It does run a quiz night (a recurring trend it should be noted) and all the big games (or small if you ask nicely) are shown here so it can get quite busy on these nights. I spent the nights before my exams in first year watching the Britain's Got Talent finals - a phenomenal waste of revision time but fun nonetheless.

The Attic - Formerly known as The Lighthouse
Located ABOVE The Venue, The Attic is frequently mislabelled as being part of The Venue itself - rather it shares the same building. It's a fairly bland modern bar with a lot less character than the other bars on campus, it only opens evenings typically hosting live music nights or offering a venue for societies to hold bigger nights out. There're a few leather couches for lounging around on but alas the fast food place The Kitchen which used to be inside is no more! Often when going to the Venue you can choose to pay for access to both the Attic and the Venue - for example if a different event is going on in each but you want to go to both; otherwise just pay for the one you want.

That's all the campus bars outta the way, now for the...

(2) Campus Nightclub:

The Venue
The Venue is the campus nightclub, as mentioned it's being redecorated this coming summer so it might gain more personality than a piece of clear plastic. The Venue typically plays whatever is on the latest 'Now' CD which is great fun for a few nights but many students get tired of it fast and seek out the town nightclubs. The Venue holds two bars (one for each floor) and a shots bar for those quick top-ups. Downstairs there's a moderately large dancefloor and a comfy seating area (though you'll be lucky if you can hear a thing someone says to you), while upstairs there're more seating areas and empty space for mingling as well as entryways to two cagelike booths overlooking the dancefloor below. The Venue holds a variety of themed nights from 80s to indie, Cops 'n' Robbers to celebrity guests, don't be fooled by the themes though - typically the same music as any other night is played with a token track to at least give some vague connection to the theme. On the bright side they do run a silent disco night once every while which is worth going to just for the experience. You can tell I don't hold much truck with The Venue which is a bit hypocritical because I went there a lot in my first year but I'm mainly venting the complaints of people I've spoken to about it who wish it had a bit more of a feel to it and actually tried.

(3) Other Campus Entertainment:
There're other, more sophisticated, forms of evening entertainment on campus, for instance the campus cinema which shows more obscure art films as well as mainstream stuff (though not for a large amount of time so subscribe to the mailing list to know what's coming up!). Located in the same building is the theatre which hosts all sorts of acts from plays to comedians to string quartets. No need to get more detailed here, suffice to say it's there if you don't want to spend another night studying, or drinking, or whatever else it is you get up to in your spare time.

Now that I've covered campus I'd like to move onto the town nightclubs, mainly because while I will touch on the bars and pubs in Canterbury, many first year students resist leaving campus just to go to a bar/pub (it is a fair walk up and down the hill) and would rather go the whole hog and get to the clubs. Fair play, here're the details:

(4) Town Nightclubs:
Club Chemistry/The Works/Baa Baas/The Biz
This nightclub goes by a variety of names (and was recently renamed again to Club Chemistry) and whether you're at CCCU or UKC seems to affect which name it's more commonly known by but I'll call it 'The Works' as it is predominantly known as at UKC. The Works is a three-floor club located opposite the Canterbury East train station on the edge of the city centre. Students typically get here from campus by taxi, though walking is not entirely out of the option just make sure you bring something to drink on the way if you're getting drunk or you might sober up. The Works is most popular on Monday nights (the student night) and is almost unheard of as somewhere to go any other night so I'll focus on the Monday event. The first floor is a rustic wooden indie style environment with minimal seating and a fair-sized dance area, on Mondays it typically plays whatever's in the charts and then as the night goes on it moves into cheese which is always good fun. The second floor reminds me most of Mungo's bar, similar theme so read above for an idea, but it plays R'n'B and hip hop almost exclusively with a large dancefloor and almost no seating. The third floor has a large dance area and a smaller seating area and tends to play electronic and techno music all night. There's not a lot more to say about The Works except that Monday is 'the night to be there' and no-one really goes other days to my knowledge.

Studio 41
Studio 41, located on the far end of town, near Chill nightclub and the Odeon, is an interesting setup in that it houses both a club and a laser-tag arena in the same building, very bizarre. Anyway so far as I know the club itself is only open Mondays and Saturdays. The interior is somewhat more claustrophobic than the other clubs in Canterbury with a low ceiling in the main dance area, but there's a quieter seating upstairs and with three bars scattered around you can always find somewhere without too big a queue. Mondays' night is called 'SOAP' and I know next to nothing about it, other than they occasionally hold a foam party there which is supposed to be really good. Saturday's night is known as 'Girls And boYs' and is the LGBT night in Canterbury, a town otherwise fairly devoid of a gay scene, ironically though 'Girls And boYs' is typically populated by 90% straight people and rather rude, homophobic ones at that. If you put that aside then it's a good night all-in-all, not much else to say.

Chill
Chill nightclub, literally 20 metres down the road from Studio 41, typically has low entrance fee with high drinks prices, pre-drinking is recommended! The club's music tastes tend to lean towards dubstep, drum 'n' bass and hip hop all shaking the rather small dance floor - on Wednesday's (we believe) big names in the dubstep world have been known to be DJ-ing there, to my knowledge I can only name Jaguar Skillz who apparently plays there fairly regularly, and while this meant absolutely nothing to me everyone else insists he's a legend of some sort. Otherwise the club interior is fairly classy but for some reason the club insists on roping off the booths for 'bookings only' most nights. I've heard a fairly mixed reaction from Chill, some people are raving mad about it while others think there're better places to be. I can't really comment - I've only been once.

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This is a largely factual guide and it should be remembered that this is not the "be-all and end-all" of what you can do to be social at UKC; there're still societies and clubs to get involved in etc.

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Enter a world of extravagant, undulating shapes, bold, intense colours and world-class design in the extensive exhibition Verner Panton - Colouring a New World.

Verner Panton is one of the most prominent names in Danish design history. His spectacular use of colours and materials defied established norms and traditions and made the Danish architect world-famous, becoming one of the most influential designers of his time.

The exhibition Verner Panton - Colouring a New World invites you to explore the expressive and unconventional designs created by this master of colour. Spanning five decades of colourful designs, the exhibition presents furniture, lamps and textiles, but also sensuous immersive environments such as Fantasy Landscape; a nearly 50 m2 interior landscape of softly undulating extravagant shapes in bold, intense colours. With installations like this, Panton departed from all conventional ideas of interior design: here floors, walls, ceilings and furniture merge to form a single, organic totality. The installation Light and Colour, which Panton originally created for an exhibition at Trapholt in 1998, takes visitors through eight rooms, each with their own colour scheme. The result is a high-impact, sensuous experience that makes you aware of the physical effect each colour has on your mood and well-being.

The extensive exhibition is one of the largest presentations of Panton's overall work. Approximately 1,000m2 of floor space will be dedicated to Panton's spectacular world, presenting his unique approach to colours and forms, ranging from tight geometry to organic sculptural forms, from his first designs to the last, from one-off design elements to furniture and installations that you are free to sit, lie, walk, lounge and fly in.

With his designs, Panton wanted to inspire us to inject greater sensuousness into our homes. And after many years of Nordic minimalism and a corona pandemic that has kept us shut inside the white walls of our homes, we are eager to once again feel ourselves, each other and the world again. The design and colours of our surroundings have a major impact on how we feel and our sense of well-being. Bright colours are a perfect response to our present day - as is an exhibition that showcases Verner Panton: a designer who, half a century ago, so poignantly articulated how colours create our world.

Verner Panton - Colouring a New World is generously sponsored by
Augustinus Fonden
Knud Højgaards Fond
Konsul George Jorck og Hustru Emma Jorck's Fond
Lemvigh-Müller Fonden
Ny Carlsbergfondet
Toyota-Fonden
William Demant Fonden

Trapholt is grateful for the contributions made by Marianne Panton and Carin Panton von Halem, Verner Panton Design AG, private collections, researchers and colleagues. Also a great thanks to Vitra Design Museum, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Fredericia Furniture, Flügger, Georg Jensen, Holmegaard Værk, Innovation Living, Kvadrat, Louis Poulsen, Maharam, Montana, PP Møbler, SOSU Nord Campus på Sporet, &Tradition, Verpan, Vitra

Trapholt
Æblehaven 23 6000 Kolding
Telephone +45 76 30 05 30
E-mail
kunstmuseum@trapholt.dk

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Verner Panton - Colouring A New World @ Trapholt museum until 14 August 2022 - Scandinaviandesign.com

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The exhibition Verner Panton - Colouring a New World invites you to explore the expressive and unconventional designs created by this master of colour. Spanning five decades of colourful designs, the exhibition presents furniture, lamps and textiles, but also sensuous immersive environments such as Fantasy Landscape; a nearly 50 m2 interior landscape of softly undulating extravagant shapes in bold, intense colours.

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Dr. Margot Krasojevic is known for using digital parameters to explore the psychological effects of architecture - materials and spatiality - on its inhabitants. The Hanging Hotel / Suspended Campsite is one such project that was completed in October 2011 for Holden Manz Wine Estate Cape Town in Massif de L' Esterel, (Gorges Du Vedron) South of France. The project is an investigation in the choreography of perceptions of the environment around us. In this particular project, catering to rock climbers, Dr. Krasojevic uses compound glass and a prism louver system to alter how the climbers see their environment and stimulates different psychological experiences based on these subtle shifts in vision.

More on this project after the break.

The Hanging Hotel is a composition of platforms and pods that are affixed to the existing granite through borehole foundations injected into the rock face that clamp the structure to the façade. These platforms can be used as additional obstacles for the climbers, but are intended to be used as rest areas for a pause along the route. The primary structure of the platforms and their interior pods are composed of steel horizontal piles, columns and steel frame sections. The secondary structure is the wooden walkway that supports the structure and creates a smooth geometry across the surface. Third is laminated plywood paneling and and a carbon fibre reinforced polymer shell that partitions the pods. The structure is finished with elastic plaster and paint.

But the most important ingredient to this mix of materials in the holographic filtered compound glass and prism louver system that creates the affects sought out by Dr. Krasojevic. The glass first serves the practical purpose of protecting the climbers from harmful UVB rays from the sun. The holographic filter reduces the glare and types of wavelengths that enter the pods. For exhausted climbers this is an important aspect that also provides a safe environment in which to relax before continuing their climb.

Because these filters are removable, it allows the experience of the pods to be choreographed based on the desired affect. The louvers to which the filters are affixed wrap around the pods and create a shading system. They also dim the sunlight and with certain tweaks of the filters they can produce mirages and illusions out of the true environment, altering colors and relationships of the views. The design also takes advantage of the altitude, which can be disorienting in itself, as well as the exhaustion associated with rock climbing.

The pods allow occupants to disassociate from the reality of the present moment by altering the visual components. It works in two ways. It provides mental relaxation and preparation for the rest of the climb and creates a meditative environment to aid recovery. It can also "tune climbers in" to the reality of the environment by creating a hyperawareness about the nuances of light that our vision may not be accustomed to seeing. The pods are half construction, half excavation of the rock. They can also be perceived as an extension of the rock wall. Finger and fist jams are added to the concrete surface structure sprayed into the boreholes and over the surfaces creating an artificial climbing surface for access to the platforms.

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Hanging Hotel: A Suspended Campsite for Climbers / Dr. Margot Krasojevic

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Dr. Margot Krasojevic is known for using digital parameters to explore the psychological effects of architecture - materials and spatiality - on its inhabitants. The Hanging Hotel / Suspended Campsite is one such project that was completed in October 2011 for Holden Manz Wine Estate Cape Town in Massif de L' Esterel, (Gorges Du Vedron) South of France.

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Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will exhibit a glass window made of 500 crystal prisms at MUSEUM. beyond museum in Seoul this May.

Called Rainbow Church, the eight metre-high installation will create rainbows within the space as the light is refracted.

More about Tokujin Yoshioka on Dezeen in our special category.

The information below is from Tokujin Yoshioka:

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Rainbow Church

The idea of this architecture project "Rainbow Church" dates back to when I was in early 20s.

When I was in France for a business trip, I went to Vence, a commune located near Nice. There, I visited the Chapelle du Rosaire, which Henri Matisse, a French painter, created in his last years. I was engrossed in the beauty of the light that the chapel created.

I experienced a space filled with the light of Matisse: Being bathed in the sunlight of the Provence, the stained glass with Matisse's vibrant colors suffused the room with full of colors. Since then, I had been dreaming of designing an architecture where people can feel the light with all senses.

This dreaming architecture project will be realized as a concept plan at the exhibition held at MUSEUM. beyondmuseum in Seoul from May, 2010. The exhibition is planned to last until the end of June. A 8-meter-high stained glass made with approximately 500 crystal prisms will be filling the space with rainbow colors as the light shines on it.

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Rainbow Church by Tokujin Yoshioka | Dezeen

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Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will exhibit a glass window made of 500 crystal prisms at MUSEUM. beyond museum in Seoul this May. Called Rainbow Church, the eight metre-high installation will create rainbows within the space as the light is refracted. More about Tokujin Yoshioka on Dezeen in our special category.

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Founded by George Balanchine, the School of American Ballet is the premiere ballet academy in the U.S. and the official training academy for the New York City Ballet. Located within the Rose building, a 1980s high rise on the Lincoln Center campus, the renovation and 8,200 sf expansion includes the addition of two new dance studios, accomplished by nesting two sets of floating studios within existing studios and reconfiguring equipment in the mechanical plenum. The existing 16'-0" high studios are optimized by capturing most of the volume of the deep mechanical plenum above the ceiling and reorganizing ductwork to produce sectional depth for stacked studios. These smaller nesting studios get structural, electrical, and mechanical sustenance from their host. Three steel beams bridge the load into the building's structure, allowing the new studios to float. Light and views are borrowed from the existing clerestory windows through floor-to-ceiling acoustic glass periphery walls. The two sets of stacked studios are connected by a mezzanine lounge. Its liquid crystal sidewalls can be switched on and off from translucent to transparent at the discretion of instructors to allow or deny parents and visitors visual access to the spaces.

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Founded by George Balanchine, the School of American Ballet is the premiere ballet academy in the U.S. and the official training academy for the New York City Ballet.

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Glenn Howells Architects has built a dance school for the English National Ballet, with windows in its translucent white cladding that give glimpses of rehearsals.

The £36 million centre is located on London City Island, a peninsula on the Thames being developed by EcoWorld and Ballymore.

Built on a site sandwiched between two residential towers, it brings together several previously disparate functions of the institution.

It combines spaces for the English National Ballet (ENB) school alongside studio, costume, medical and production facilities all on a relatively small site.

Glenn Howells Architects designed bright, open spaces for the dance studios.

"The key has been designing the building so that its character is defined by a celebration of exposed raw materials such as concrete ceilings and translucent glass walls," said the practice's director and founder Glenn Howells.

The ground floor of the centre is surrounded by concrete columns and wrapped in clear glazing.

It opens out to the street with a public café and retail areas.

There are plans for an exhibition space here to increase interaction between the school and the company.

Entering through this cafe, the three levels of the centre are linked by a dramatic full-height stairwell.

This stairwell is the "soul of the building" said the studio, pulling light into the foyer through a large skylight.

At the centre of the plan is the main production studio, which runs the entire height of the building and accommodates a 25-metre-high fly tower.

This space doubles as a public auditorium with flexible seating to accommodate the ENB's outreach programme and allow it to be hired out as a private space.

"This represents a new model for arts buildings, providing a financial springboard at a time of diminishing public funds," said the practice.

High-ceilinged rehearsal and performance spaces, along with and smaller workspaces, sit on three levels above the foyer.

At first floor level, offices and back-of-houses spaces surround the central auditorium.

Medical facilities include ice baths and a hydrotherapy pool. A new costume and workshop facility allows the company to create and adjust costumes in-house for the first time.

Steven Holl's Institute for Contemporary Art comprises sculptural blocks of zinc and translucent glass

Above, a series of seven double-height rehearsal spaces line the edge of the plan, overlooking the street below.

The translucent cladding alternates with elements of clear glass that give glimpses into these rehearsal spaces, along with internal openings.

"The translucent white cladding is a particular design feature, contrasting with the colourful surrounding buildings and allowing passers-by to catch glimpses of the professional dancers as they rehearse," said the practice.

Exposed concrete structures are complemented by simple finishes, such as wooden floors and black steel.

"The limited material palette and the use of standard, off-the-shelf, hardworking components has helped to ensure that the building can meet the challenging budget," said the practice.

Founded in 1950 by Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, The ENB celebrated its 70th year in 2020.

Previous projects by Glenn Howells Architects include a winding treetop walkway at the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire, raised 300 metres into the tree canopies on large wooden stilts.

Photography is by Hufton + Crow.

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Glenn Howells Architects creates lantern-like school for English National Ballet

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Glenn Howells Architects has built a dance school for the English National Ballet, with windows in its translucent white cladding that give glimpses of rehearsals. The £36 million centre is located on London City Island, a peninsula on the Thames being developed by EcoWorld and Ballymore.

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Dopamine Land in London: A Multi Sensory Experience

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Welcome to Dopamine Land, a unique and interactive exhibition that combines traditional mediums with innovative technology to activate all your senses. Get your tickets!

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After her first marriage ended with her husband's brush with the guillotine in 1794, Joséphine was herself arrested but used cunning and seduction to get released the day before her own date with the blade.

Following this she lived life with the motto 'c'est la fucking vie' and didn't hold back. She became a hedonistic It Girl, an unapologetic hot mess. A hit on the dance floor and great in the sack.

When she met Napoleon at a party, he was a penniless soldier but she had an eye for talent. He was six years younger, he already had two kids, but she seduced him. They got hitched straight away in a hastily pulled together, Vegas-style wedding the night before Napoleon left for battle in Italy. During the ceremony, she wore one of his medallions emblazoned with "To Destiny".

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After her first marriage ended with her husband's brush with the guillotine in 1794, Joséphine was herself arrested but used cunning and seduction to get released the day before her own date with the blade. Following this she lived life with the motto 'c'est la fucking vie' and didn't hold back.

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Considered one of Denmark's, not to mention the world's most influential 20th century furniture and interior designers, Verner Panton created innovative, funky and futuristic designs. We particularly love the "Visiona II" room he designed for an exhibition in Cologne in 1970...

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Juxtapoz Magazine - Designs by Verner Panton

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Considered one of Denmark's, not to mention the world's most influential 20th century furniture and interior designers, Verner Panton created innovative, funky and futuristic designs. We particularly love the "Visiona II" room he designed for an exhibition in Cologne in 1970... Check out some of our recent short videos:

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Vitra Design Museum Gallery

From 1968 to 1972, the chemical corporation Bayer rented an excursion boat that was transformed by well-known designers into a temporary exhibition space on the subject of contemporary living. Held during the Cologne Furniture Fair, the forum was used to present the latest developments in interior textiles, whereby a balanced relationship was sought between representing various products and presenting several furniture and textile makers. By collaborating with prominent contemporary designers, the intention was to complement the technical possibilities and practical uses of Bayer's artificial fibers with aesthetic and artistic aspects - with the designer serving as a link between manufacturer and final consumer. Thanks to Verner Panton ("Visiona 0", 1968 and "Visiona 2", 1970), Joe Colombo ("Visiona 1", 1969) and Olivier Mourgue ("Visiona 3", 1971), the "Visiona" exhibitions are still today considered exemplary for the avant-garde living concepts of the late 1960s and early 1970s. They offered designers a platform for presenting new, revolutionary ideas, promoted public debate and the cultural importance of residential living, and provided the industry with new inspiration. Verner Panton's interest in new materials and his experience in the realm of textiles formed the ideal foundation for his pioneering designs of "Visiona 0" (1968) and "Visiona 2" (1970). He created dreamlike spaces and space-like dreams in unusual shapes and colors that stretched across the entire interior of the boat. While "Visiona 0" could be described as a departure from traditional styles of living, "Visiona 2" was entirely focused on the question of living in the world of tomorrow. It broke the traditional understanding of space with its clear ascription of functions, instead creating surroundings that were dedicated to well being, communication, and relaxation. For this, Panton designed numerous design objects, including furniture, textiles, lighting, wall and ceiling coverings that formed in highly imaginative arrangements a series of very different spaces. As an integrative component, he developed both a lighting concept and atmospheric sounds for the individual spaces, like the song of a nightingale, the cry of an owl, bee humming, cat howls, or waves. The Phantasy Landscape (also called "living cave") on the main deck of the "Loreley" - generally remembered as the most impressive space of "Visiona 2" - can be considered the climax of Panton's
creative vision. This room discarded all traditional notions of architecture: the floors, walls, ceilings, and furniture seemed to be created from a single cast. The windowless space lacked any connection to the outside world and presented itself as an organic landscape, characterised by dynamic curved shapes that seemed as though they were cut out of the material itself. The elements in various shades of blue and red were like a multiplication of his famous Living Towers placed after one another: the blue shades on the outside, the red shades increasingly becoming brighter on the inside, so that the psychedelic arrangement appeared to glow from within. While the designs of Panton's contemporaries often evoked associations with outer space, Panton's livable sculpture with its warm colors and soft textiles sought to bring the interior life of the human being to an outer form.

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Vitra Design Museum Gallery From 1968 to 1972, the chemical corporation Bayer rented an excursion boat that was transformed by well-known designers into a temporary exhibition space on the subject of contemporary living.

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From 1968 to 1972, the chemical corporation Bayer rented an excursion boat that was transformed by well-known designers into a temporary exhibition space on the subject of contemporary living. Held during the Cologne Furniture Fair, the forum was used to present the latest developments in interior textiles, whereby a balanced relationship was sought between representing various products and presenting several furniture and textile makers. By collaborating with prominent contemporary designers, the intention was to complement the technical possibilities and practical uses of Bayer's artificial fibers with aesthetic and artistic aspects - with the designer serving as a link between manufacturer and final consumer.

Thanks to Verner Panton ("Visiona 0", 1968 and "Visiona 2", 1970), Joe Colombo ("Visiona 1", 1969) and Olivier Mourgue ("Visiona 3", 1971), the "Visiona" exhibitions are still today considered exemplary for the avant-garde living concepts of the late 1960s and early 1970s. They offered designers a platform for presenting new, revolutionary ideas, promoted public debate and the cultural importance of residential living, and provided the industry with new inspiration.

Verner Panton's interest in new materials and his experience in the realm of textiles formed the ideal foundation for his pioneering designs of "Visiona 0" (1968) and "Visiona 2" (1970). He created dreamlike spaces and space-like dreams in unusual shapes and colors that stretched across the entire interior of the boat. While "Visiona 0" could be described as a departure from traditional styles of living, "Visiona 2" was entirely focused on the question of living in the world of tomorrow. It broke the traditional understanding of space with its clear ascription of functions, instead creating surroundings that were dedicated to well being, communication, and relaxation. For this, Panton designed numerous design objects, including furniture, textiles, lighting, wall and ceiling coverings that formed in highly imaginative arrangements a series of very different spaces. As an integrative component, he developed both a lighting concept and atmospheric sounds for the individual spaces, like the song of a nightingale, the cry of an owl, bee humming, cat howls, or waves.

The Phantasy Landscape (also called "living cave") on the main deck of the "Loreley" - generally remembered as the most impressive space of "Visiona 2" - can be considered the climax of Panton's creative vision. This room discarded all traditional notions of architecture: the floors, walls, ceilings, and furniture seemed to be created from a single cast. The windowless space lacked any connection to the outside world and presented itself as an organic landscape, characterised by dynamic curved shapes that seemed as though they were cut out of the material itself. The elements in various shades of blue and red were like a multiplication of his famous Living Towers placed after one another: the blue shades on the outside, the red shades increasingly becoming brighter on the inside, so that the psychedelic arrangement appeared to glow from within. While the designs of Panton's contemporaries often evoked associations with outer space, Panton's livable sculpture with its warm colors and soft textiles sought to bring the interior life of the human being to an outer form.

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From 1968 to 1972, the chemical corporation Bayer rented an excursion boat that was transformed by well-known designers into a temporary exhibition space on the subject of contemporary living. Held during the Cologne Furniture Fair, the forum was used to present the latest developments in interior textiles, whereby a balanced relationship was sought between representing various products and presenting several furniture and textile makers.

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Exhausted, nauseous, headachy, mentally drained, anxious and blurred are words I would use for how an anxiety hangover feels. Not the anxious hangover after a night of dancing, drinking and laughing where an unsettling nervousness seeps in with the headaches and spins, but the uniquely draining element of being suspended in fight or flight. Others would add fragile, shaky, out of sorts, and physically and mentally uncomfortable.

My anxiety is triggered by various things, including situations, people, even conversations, and while I know my limits, I don't always manage an anxiety attack or the aftermath as well as I possibly could. The repercussion of anxiety can see my body delicately knitted up into tight knots, my shoulders and neck aching, my head a bundle of threads waiting to be unravelled with logical and conscious thought.

It's important we acknowledge that even if the threat is imagined such as worrying about the future or far away like the war on Ukraine, the emotion feels utterly real

But like a hangover, this is our bodies' way of coming down, levelling out, after such an intense response from our nervous system. It is no wonder we can feel physically and mentally drained after anxiety hits, but many of us don't recognise the aftershock as being part of anxiety.

Anxiety has continued to rise as our already complicated lives remain in a constant state of fear, worry, confusion and apprehension as we internally and externally battle, firefight and try to understand the difficult situations occurring in our minds, homes, communities and worldwide.

Sally O'Reilly, counselling psychologist and psychotherapist, frames anxiety as a normal yet unpleasant physical expression of, or reaction to, a real or imagined threat. She says, "It's important that we acknowledge that even if the threat is imagined such as worrying about the future, or invisible like a virus, or minimal such as it being an unlikely outcome, or even far away like the war on Ukraine, the emotion aroused feels utterly real. Unmanaged anxiety and fear can destabilise or paralyse us. As with all animals, it is normal to behave out of character, become disorientated or to freeze under unduly stressful conditions. It is normal to find it exhausting."

The aftermath of anxiety is not as easy to come through as a hangover caused by one too many drinks or that cocktail you've forgotten the name of. The cause of an anxiety hangover can be difficult to pinpoint, making the recovery a much slower and more difficult process. The symptoms can be overwhelming, severe and last longer than expected.

"I've seen a general rise in 'baseline' anxiety since Covid-19 infected our collective psyche," says O'Reilly. "We have endured a real existential threat and we have buried many loved ones. Our faith in our ability to control our environment has been deeply shaken. We have learned that we are not in control. That fear and realisation has led to changes in our behaviour. We are more withdrawn, more inclined to 'snap', to be adversarial, vigilant and judgmental. We are sad and we are tired."

This exhaustion makes it even harder to align and manage our thoughts with the aftermath of an attack lasting anywhere from 10 minutes to up to a week. Our bodies have reacted to the perceived threat and experienced an enormous chemical and hormonal reaction with adrenaline and the stress hormone, cortisol, running through our bodies. The reaction is powerful and heightens the physical response. Once the panic subsides, our bodies crash after the intense hormonal spike leaving us drained physically and mentally.

"Right now," says O'Reilly, "many of us find that management of anxiety and the physical and mental hangover is more challenging than before. There is a sense of, when do we get a break? How much more bad news can we take?"

The hangover of an anxiety attack can include fatigue and exhaustion, recurring or sudden bouts of anxiety, broken or poor sleep, feeling restless or agitated, shaking, trembling, headaches, changes in appetite, muscle tension or body aches, and brain fog or confusion.

"Understanding ourselves and our own process is crucial. Batting anxiety away and wondering why we're so affected just won't cut it. It is better to acknowledge that real things are happening and our reactions to them are largely normal, proportionate and indicative that we are healthy, functioning, compassionate, empathic human beings who find suffering and the witnessing of suffering difficult. Many of us have been traumatised over the last two years. Some of us have and are experiencing vicarious trauma which is painful in a different way as we are affected by what we see on the news and on social media or hear during conversations with each other. If none of this were to affect us, that would indicate a pathology not a strength."

Once we can attach meaning to something it can begin to feel less scary and more under our control. We are responding normally to a series of abnormal events

Caring for ourselves after an anxiety attack includes looking after both our physical and emotional wellbeing. Recognising that our bodies and minds need regulating is the first step before allowing ourselves time to rest and recuperate. Anxiety is physical work, after all, as O'Reilly says.

"It affects our heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, sleep and ability to focus," she says. "It is not simply a transient emotion. If we can be compassionate with ourselves in knowing that, our exhaustion, fatigue, mood swings, erratic behaviour, even insomnia, will make more sense. Judging it as annoying and questioning why it's so hard will not help. If someone breaks their leg, we don't question their pain and desire to rest up. Why question our own exhaustion right now when it's utterly logical? To do so is to be dismissive at best and at worst, cruel."

Creating calm space for our minds to realign can include mindfulness, meditation, reading, listening to your favourite music, and self-compassion in recognising the upset you have experienced. We are asking our minds to relax and to separate our thoughts from the negative thinking traps and obtrusive opinions we can get stuck in.

Alleviating the physical symptoms of anxiety can include getting some fresh air and regulating our breathing, gentle exercise or stepping into the familiarity of our routines. Listening to what our bodies need is important because we are all different in our responses to anxiety, so actively addressing what our bodies and minds need in that moment is to be compassionate towards ourselves.

"Generally speaking," says O'Reilly, "we can mind ourselves in the aftermath of, or indeed during, an anxious period by attending to our basic psychological needs. This would mean asking ourselves, what can I do today to meet my needs for personal power, freedom, connection and fun? These are the needs that can suffer when we're under duress. It is too easy to neglect oneself."

O'Reilly is aware that self-compassion is not a way to make anxiety go away but she believes it might help contextualise it. "Once we can attach meaning to something," she says, "it can begin to feel less scary and more under our control. We are responding normally to a series of abnormal events. We could do with easing off on the self-judgment, reducing our media exposure, getting as much rest as we can, and where possible, notice what's going well."

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The anxiety hangover: Recovering from a panic attack takes time

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Exhausted, nauseous, headachy, mentally drained, anxious and blurred are words I would use for how an anxiety hangover feels. Not the anxious hangover after a night of dancing, drinking and laughing where an unsettling nervousness seeps in with the headaches and spins, but the uniquely draining element of being suspended in fight or flight.

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Paper light sculptures by renowned Japanese artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi served as the inspiration for this range of table lamps by Nendo.

Nendo based its Light Fragment collection on Noguchi's Akari lighting series, which he created in 1951 on a visit to Gifu - a town in Japan known for its manufacture of paper parasols and lanterns.

It was here the designer sketched his first two lamps, but afterwards went on to produce a total of more than 100 models, consisting of table, floor and ceiling lamps characterised by their lightweight Shoji paper shades.

Noguchi, who often created larger pieces made from stone, regarded the Akari collection as luminescent sculptures, rather than lighting equipment.

"We imagined, what if Akari had been carved directly from a massive form of light?" explained Nendo. "It gave us an idea that the fragments from the carved stone should be beautifully luminous."

The studio began by carefully hand-carving boards of white acrylic in a gradational process, turning them from opaque to translucent until they became extremely thin and transparent.

The fragments were then enveloped in a transparent acrylic cube wrapped with an aluminium pipe embedded with LEDs.

The light from the LEDs shines into the acrylic, revealing the paper-like forms within.

"By lighting these pieces externally, light-fragments were represented," said the Japanese studio.

In tribute to the wire legs of Noguchi's original Akari collection, Nendo selected black lamp legs with a round black foot.

Through its design, the studio also looked to the Japanese character for Akari (明) - noting that it is made up of two kanji elements, 日 (hi), meaning sun, and 月 (Tsuki), meaning moon.

"This lamp replicates the relationship between the sun and the moon," it said.

"The sun is the source of light, and fragments receiving the light. Since the sun cannot be seen when the moon is shining, it is designed so that the source of light is not exposed."

Nendo's Light Fragment collection is among 29 works created by Paris-based design studio Ymer&Malta in collaboration with six contemporary designers in homage to Noguchi's mid-century Akari collection.

The pieces are currently on show at the Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York as part of an exhibition titled Akari Unfolded: A Collection by Ymer&Malta.

On show at the Noguchi Museum until 27 January 2019, the showcase also features Akari-inspired lamps created by Sebastian Bergne, Stephen Burks, Océane Delain, Benjamin Graindorge and Sylvain Rieu-Piquet who have worked with linen, metal, resin, Plexiglas, concrete, and paper.

Jona Messerli's Sol lamp has a Noguchi-inspired paper shade

Noguchi's Akari collection has inspired many designers over the years, including Swiss designer Jona Messerli, who created a flat-pack table lamp with a lattice-patterned Japanese Shoji paper shade that was launched at IMM Cologne last year.

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Nendo creates acrylic light sculptures in tribute to Isamu Noguchi

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Paper light sculptures by renowned Japanese artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi served as the inspiration for this range of table lamps by Nendo. Nendo based its Light Fragment collection on Noguchi's Akari lighting series, which he created in 1951 on a visit to Gifu - a town in Japan known for its manufacture of paper parasols and lanterns.

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Jihye Kang creates refractive furniture from rows of acrylic rods

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Hongik University graduate Jihye Kang built her Purity furniture collection from acrylic and stainless steel as an exploration of the refractive effects that can be achieved with simple materials and shapes.

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In Tianshui, China, a clear dome casts sunlight onto 483 polychromatic glass panels lining a kindergarten's windows, railings, and doorways. It gives the spacious building a kaleidoscopic effect, refracting varying hues onto the white walls and minimalist wood furnishings. "Color shades can grow and shrink as colors overlap and become different colors, or move from a vertical plane to a horizontal plane and back again," architect Keiichiro Sako wrote on Instagram. "I hope that spending childhood in this beautiful light will foster the creativity of the children."

Centered on the open atrium, the playful glass pieces and doorways are rounded, which is a nod to the school's location in the Loess Plateau. They even border the outdoor recreation area, giving the kids a colorful and translucent view of the surrounding city. (via Trendland, thnx Laura!)

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Hundreds of Rainbow Glass Panels Emit a Rotating Kaleidoscope in a Playful Kindergarten - Colossal

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In Tianshui, China, a clear dome casts sunlight onto 483 polychromatic glass panels lining a kindergarten's windows, railings, and doorways. It gives the spacious building a kaleidoscopic effect, refracting varying hues onto the white walls and minimalist wood furnishings.

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Germans Ermičs is an Amsterdam-based designer who started his career as protégé of Milanese retail pioneer Rossana Orlandi. Ermics produces geometric and polychromatic furniture and functional design pieces by transforming glass and geometry into works that captivate the imagination. Ermics latest furniture series, aptly titled Shaping Colour, is an entirely glass collection including a purple mirror, a blue shelf, a green side table and a yellow console table, each featuring a gradient of colour. The pieces are an extension of the designer's ongoing investigation into ways to add depth and shape to glass.

Germans Ermičs also presented the Ombré Glass Chair at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan during last years edition of the Salone del Mobile. Comprising three sheets of glass - one in sandy tones merging into bluish-green, another in bluish-green and blue, and a third in blues descending into violet, this chair is a tribute to the famous Glass Chair from 1976 by Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata.

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The Polychromatic Glass Designs of Germans Ermičs

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Germans Ermičs is an Amsterdam-based designer who started his career as protégé of Milanese retail pioneer Rossana Orlandi. Ermics produces geometric and polychromatic furniture and functional design pieces by transforming glass and geometry into works that captivate the imagination. Ermics latest furniture series, aptly titled Shaping Colour, is an entirely

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The Polychromatic Resonance Windows for a meetinghouse development at 95 State St in Salt Lake City, UT, were designed by James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA). Fabricated by Bullseye Studio, each of the 29 windows is composed of three kilnformed panels, achieving a final size of approximately 19" wide and a towering 29' high. A special feature of the windows is the custom texture layers laminated to the color layers that harvest otherworldly lensing effects-effects especially pronounced with changing perspectives and lighting conditions. The windows fill the interior spaces with rich chromatic resonances.

The site, a large communal space with incredibly broad functionality, now features these grand north and west-facing windows set within vertical, rhythmically patterned wall apertures. The 11 north-facing windows are composed of glass bars that ascend from blue-green to purple. The glass bars in the 18 west-facing windows flow upward from amber-red to purple. With their unifying multicolored design, the art glass windows infuse the space with novel blends of colored light. In addition, their handmade custom texture makes them visual, audial, and aesthetic buffers to the busy streets outside the space. Altogether, the windows' magnificent size, dynamic effects, and flexible utility represent yet another triumph of innovative design for JCDA.
"Like many of our projects, this work is an exploration of volumetric presence of light that allows for a richer and more complex interplay of color than would be possible within a single plane of glass. You might think of this as expanding the boundary condition between interior and exterior space. Is the window really just about view or is it more about creating and revealing the differences between interior and exterior space, shouldn't the 'window' in fact be more dynamic and animated, imparting a richer understanding of place or our experience of place? These are questions we always ask ourselves and they are questions which have repeatedly brought us to investigating conceptually different approaches to working with glass - giving it an agency to speak for itself." - James Carpenter
The 39,000-square-foot, four-story meetinghouse is at the base of the adjacent newly constructed office tower at 95 State and has a separate address from the office tower. The tower and meetinghouse were developed by City Creek Reserve. Okland Construction was the general contractor.

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The Polychromatic Resonance Windows for a meetinghouse development at 95 State St in Salt Lake City, UT, were designed by James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA). Fabricated by Bullseye Studio, each of the 29 windows is composed of three kilnformed panels, achieving a final size of approximately 19" wide and a towering 29' high.

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Life in Bristol goes on beyond daylight hours, with many of us working, socialising and enjoying the city at night. And yet we know that being out at night can induce anxiety for many women, with most women surveyed having experienced some level of harassment.

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This follows Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's refreshed manifesto pledge to tackle violence against women announced last week, which included an additional £17.7m in funding from City Hall to improve rescue and support services for women and girls.

Furthermore Khan's new public health strategy, which stated 71% of women have experienced sexual harassment in a public place, also encouraged night-life venues to join the Mayor's 'Have a Word' campaign, urging men to call out and reject sexism and misogyny.

Night Owl CEO and founder Arith Liyanage said: "It's positive to see Sadiq Khan's investment in ensuring women's safety considering the spike in violent incidents recently.

"As well as the Government and the police, hospitality and entertainment venues have a responsibility to ensure the safety of women and anyone else who may be vulnerable or in a dangerous situation while in their venues.

Safe space

"Specific schemes, like 'Ask for Angela' or the angel shot scheme, that allow businesses to support their customers are essential.

"Every member of [Night Owl] staff is trained to support people who ask for help, whether that's by providing emotional support, calling the police, or helping them to leave the venue.

"They are also trained to spot someone who might be in distress and scared to reach out for help.

"As well as this, we operate 'Ask for Clive', which signals to our patrons our venues are a safe space for anyone from the LGBTQIA+ community."

Increasingly common

This comes as the third edition of Stint's Student Sentiment Tracker ​ last month revealed one in six students said they'd had their drink spiked at a nightlife venue with 80% stating they did not believe establishments had done enough to reduce incidents of spiking.

Liyanage added: "Our staff are also trained to support customers who appear very drunk as we understand they may have been spiked; a situation which has become increasingly common.

"We offer drinks toppers and spiking test strips to empower our customers to ensure their drink safety.

"We welcome this move to give leisure venues more responsibility to ensure their customers are safe."

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Safeguarding schemes 'essential' for hospitality

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Schemes such as 'Ask for Angela' are essential in helping hospitality venues ensure the safety of customers, especially women or those considered vulnerable, amid "increasingly common" risk of drink spiking and violence, according to independent London and Birmingham based nightclub, the Night Owl.

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Nightclubs are traditionally seen as unprepossessing spaces - dank basements or ramshackle former theatres, lacking any architectural merit. As a result, their design has been hardly documented. But challenging this preconception is a new exhibition, Night Fever: Designing Club Culture, 1960-Today, at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein in Germany, that takes a detailed look at the evolution of nightclub design worldwide.

During the economic boom of the 1960s, club design entered a highly creative phase. An explosion of new, anything-goes venues with fantastical interiors offered the bohemian, fun-seeking - and often marginalised - a stimulating, tolerant environment where they could freely express themselves. For architects, the clubs' raw interiors were a boon, providing them with a blank canvas.

"Night Fever is the first large-scale show about the relationship between club culture and design, and encompasses interiors, sound and lighting technology, fashion and graphics," co-curator Catharine Rossi tells BBC Designed. "The show is partly based on an exhibition I curated on Italian nightclubs created by architects of the Radical Design movement, which rebelled against modernism."

The show starts with the invention of the modern club in the context of the 1960s counterculture, then on to club-related fashion and furniture. "We wanted the show, designed by industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, to be multisensory and affective, and this section allows visitors to listen to different genres of music, and features light-and-sound installations," says Rossi.

The first European disco is said to have been Paris boîte Whisky à Gogo, where, from the 1950s, owner Régine operated two turntables to avoid breaks between tracks. A key reference point for nightclub designers in the 1960s was the (unbuilt) Fun Palace - a self-proclaimed 'laboratory of fun'. Designed by Cedric Price in 1961 for theatre producer Joan Littlewood, it was a multipurpose, kinetic space featuring moving catwalks and inflatable structures.

Studio 54 - with its door policy filtering out all but hip celebrities, the beautiful or the super-stylish - ushered in a slicker approach to interior design. Co-founders Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell hired architect Scott Bromley, interior designer Ron Doud and Broadway lighting specialists Jules Fisher and Paul Marantz.
Disco fever
In this former theatre, lighting was king. Illuminating the all-important dance floor was a ceiling incorporating mirrored panels and pink neon. Advancing across the floor was a bridge with flashing lights that supported 250 revellers; the structure also scattered glitter and spewed dry ice.

That movement had racist, homophobic undertones: disco music had its roots in New York's egalitarian, underground clubs, which circumvented such rules as men only being allowed to dance with women. In the 1970s, at clubs such as David Mancuso's The Loft and Paradise Garage - housed in a disused garage, with Larry Levan as its resident DJ - white, black and Latino people mingled.

By the late 1970s and early '80s, many considered discos such as Studio 54 to be overly commercial and passé, and the Big Apple witnessed the rise of edgier venues like the Mudd Club, among others, which espoused a punk-inspired, DIY sensibility. It invited artist Keith Haring to curate its fourth-floor art gallery, and Haring also created a mural for the Palladium.

And the exhibition addresses the fact that the future of clubbing is uncertain, thanks to factors such as gentrification - which prioritises office buildings and homes over noisy nightclubs - young people drinking less alcohol and digital dating apps. One way clubs are surviving is by inhabiting multi-use spaces, partly as a way around skyrocketing rents. "Printworks in London, which includes a club, is doing very well," points out Catharine Rossi. "I don't think clubbing is over just yet."
Night Fever runs until 9 September. For more information, visit design-museum.de

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Nightclubs are traditionally seen as unprepossessing spaces - dank basements or ramshackle former theatres, lacking any architectural merit. As a result, their design has been hardly documented. But challenging this preconception is a new exhibition, Night Fever: Designing Club Culture, 1960-Today, at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein in Germany, that takes a detailed look at the evolution of nightclub design worldwide.

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What are Oxford clubs doing to keep women safe?

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CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a nation-wide boycott of clubs, to protest against the ‘worrying’ increase in drinks spiking.

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By Christian Smith
A club night with a strict "no men allowed policy" is coming to the United Kingdom to provide a safe space for women and transgender people to party.
Lick Events is embarking on a tour of the United Kingdom with its "for women, by women" club night which is set to visit Brighton, Birmingham, Manchester and London. More events are reportedly in the works.

Lick Events aims to provide a safe space for women and transgender people to enjoy a night of clubbing, with acts such as Monique B, Janelle Wynter and Miller Black providing the soundtrack with DJ sets.

A video posted by the company that provides a look at the club night in action recently went viral with over one million views on TikTok.

@lickevents Heaven. #JDAirMaxMode #lickevents #birmingham #manchester #london #brighton #wlw ♬ Gold Dust - Radio Edit - Dj Fresh

And commenters were enthused about the prospect of a women-only club night.

"Where is this i wanna go!" one TikTok user wrote, while a second added, "it's like all the drunken love in women's bathroom in a club - but it's the whole club! ✨paradise✨".

"This is like heaven on earth omg where is this located" a third commenter wrote of the women-only club night.

On their TikTok page, Lick Events also answer questions from would-be attendees. In one such video, the company revealed that they offer free taxis home for trans women of colour at their London events.
Read more: can your nail varnish tell if you've been spiked?

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Strictly women-only club night is coming to the UK

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By Christian Smith A club night with a strict "no men allowed policy" is coming to the United Kingdom to provide a safe space for women and transgender people to party. Lick Events is embarking on a tour of the United Kingdom with its "for women, by women" club night which is set to visit Brighton, Birmingham, Manchester and London.

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Whether you've never gone to a club or you go very seldom, going to a club almost always seems like a good idea. Then you get there, and it's... well, awful. Don't get me wrong - there will be plenty of truly great nights; but the majority will be a gigantic, expensive, waste of time. Here's why going to the club is the worst experience ever:

1. It's a mirage.

Let's face it, the "club" is really just your average bar with the lights turned down, the music turned up and the prices through the roof. The allure of "going to the club" fades once you come to the realization that you've been there during the day, when nothing much is going on and you weren't all that impressed.

2. False hope.

Most people (certainly not all, but almost all men) go to clubs for one reason: to get laid. And while this may happen once in a blue moon; once in a while, if you have game; or once every couple of nights out, if you're really slick; the odds are that you will be going home alone, or whomever you came with.

3. Bouncers/security guards are assholes.

I get it, they can't be warm and cuddly, God forbid a fight breaks out and they have to handle it. However, there's a difference between being nice and just not being an asshole. Too many bouncers/security guards think that because they have muscles stretching out their shirts that it gives them a right to treat customers (you know, the people who are paying outrageous prices so that the place can afford your salary) like crap.

4. "Dancing" is almost non-existent.

I originally started going to the local hot spots because, although I can't dance all that well, I like to make the attempt at it. I have rhythm and everything, but in today's day and age, you can't really "dance" to anything. Most clubs play electronic house music that pretty much requires fist pumping and head bobbing. Some songs open the door to slow dance, which, in 2014, means grind, a.k.a. rubbing one's pelvic region against another's backside. Don't get me wrong; I definitely don't have a problem with grinding... in doses. Too many "grinding" songs only lead to people essentially having softcore porn on the dance floor.

5a. Every girl thinks you want to grind on them.

I'm sorry, but when I said, "Would you like to dance?" you obviously took that as, "Hey, I don't know you, but could I push my junk up against yours for the next three minutes?" Part of me gets it; almost all of the men that women encounter throughout the night probably want that, so they get tired of it and just give an attitude and walk away. However, would a polite, "No, thank you" be so much to ask?

5b. Most guys in there are creeeeeeeeeeps.

Honest to God, one of the most entertaining parts of my night is when a guy sneaks up on a girl, whom he clearly does not know, and just starts grabbing her waist and grinding with her. To my astonishment, this actually works sometimes, but the majority of the time, the girl reacts in a number of ways, all of which result in her leaving: (a) she just walks away; (b) she looks back, laughs and says, "No," to him; (c) the girl's friend pulls her away. Gentlemen - wait, who am I kidding, the people I'm addressing aren't gentlemen - guys, why do you think it's acceptable to just start sexually harassing someone you don't know. It's one thing if you walk up to her and lightly grab her hand to dance, but to just start thrusting behind her is creepy (to everyone) and likely petrifying for her. Just stop. At least have the common courtesy to ask.

6. No communicado.

Whether you're trying to get to know someone, order a drink, or ask your friend where the bathroom is, it's nearly impossible because you can't hear a damn thing. The music is so loud that you literally have to shout in someone's ear to be heard. At the end of the night, you usually have no voice; and when you wake up the next morning, you're nearly deafened by your car radio because you were listening to it on volume 50 at 3 a.m., which seemed low at the time.

7. Way too expensive.

Just going off my local places, gas will run you about $5.00, give or take; feeding the meter costs about another $4.00; if there's a cover charge, another $5.00. Boom - you just spent $14.00 to get in the place. Thirsty? How about a shot for $8.00? No? How about a beer? $6.00, please. (Also, don't forget to tip!) Oh, you're the designated driver? My bad. Just get a soda... for $3.00. You can't really complain too much about the prices because, like at Yankee Stadium, you know you're getting screwed; you're expecting it. Still, that doesn't mean you have to be happy about it.

8. Nowhere to go.

Most clubs are crammed so tight that you can't move, be it to dance or just navigate to the bar or restroom. Everyone is bumping into everyone, drinking are spilling everywhere, and at some point, you will either have your drink knocked out or you will knock someone else's out. Which takes me right into my next point...

9. Almost everyone is looking to get into a fight.

I can't tell you how many times someone has wanted to go to blows over the stupidest thing. The best example: (true story) someone bumped into me and I bumped into someone, accidentally knocking his drink to the floor (right away, there's No. 8 in a nutshell). I apologized to the guy, who just stared at me. He was obliterated and obviously didn't hear me (No. 6). He then looked down at his drink on the floor, which is when I realized that I had knocked his drink out. I asked what he was drinking, so that I could buy him a new one, but he couldn't hear me. I leaned in, so he could hear me, but he pushed me away, lightly. His friend asked what was wrong; I explained; then he said, "You should really buy him another one." I said, "That's what I'm trying to tell him, but he doesn't hear me." The friend said, "You know what, he's so drunk, just forget it." I gave the guy a $10 and told him to get whatever the guy was drinking. The friend talked to the guy, who leaned to me and said, "Look, I could fight you right now, but I don't want to. I've got my girl here..." For one, he had me by about 50 pounds and he'd kill me. Secondly, I'm not trying to get arrested. While I had him, I told him, "I had no idea I spilled your drink; I'm trying to buy you a new one." He eventually just said, "Introduce me to your friends, I'll introduce you to mine and we'll be good." We did, and that seemed to be it. But still, ready to go to blows because some guy bumped into some guy (by accident) who bumped into you (by accident) and spilled your beer? Ain't nobody got time for that.

10. Nothing changes.

There will be good nights and there will be bad nights, but one thing remains the same: it will pretty much be the same thing every night you go. It will be the same asshole bouncers/security guards, the same "bitchy" girls and "creepy" guys, the same blaring music, the same ridiculous prices and the same douche or train wreck looking to fight over something you probably didn't even do (quick addendum to No. 9: people will start fights over things they think happened or were said). Once in a while, if you and your crew want to go for night out, by all means, go; a change of scenery and the club's atmosphere will spark things up for the night. But, don't make it a regular thing. Even if you have a great night that night, just remember that clubs are like a casino - you'll win every now and then, but the odds are in the house's favor and in the end, they win.

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There's nothing worse than not being able to wind down after a long day. Lying awake at night can start a vicious cycle of sleeplessness that can impact your well-being and productivity.

Fortunately, there are natural ways to help your body relax - yoga is one of them. While some people may think they can't do yoga, or that they aren't flexible enough, that's not always the case. There are many simple and relaxing yoga poses that can be adapted to all bodies.

Certain yoga poses can help you stretch, relax and get in a restful mindset for a good night of sleep. The poses we outline focus on the breath and putting the body in positions that allow for optimal blood flow to the brain, all of which encourage a calm state.

Warning: Those with injuries or chronic pain should approach these poses with caution. Consult your doctor before starting any exercise regimen.

1. Wide-Legged Forward Bend: Prasarita Padottanasana
Relaxes the lower back, hips and spine.
Not only does this standing pose help stretch and strengthen the hamstrings, calves, lower back, hips and spine, but forward bends are known to be very calming. Here's how you can reap the rewards of both forward folds and inversions by letting your head hang and your neck relax.

Stand up tall and walk your feet out wide, turning your toes out slightly.

Bending at your hips, fold forward and bring your hands down to the mat right under your shoulders.

Soften your knees while releasing your hands and neck.

Stay here for a few breaths before slowly rolling up into a standing position.

2. Standing Half Forward Wall Bend: Ardha Uttanasana
Stimulates the organs for better digestion.
This variation of the forward fold lengthens the spine and stimulates the abdominal organs and belly, which has been said to improve digestion. It's a great way to get your entire body ready for rest and relaxation.

3. Standing Forward Bend: Uttanasana
Calms the mind and relieves stress.
Another variation of the forward fold, Uttanasana is a great standing stretch to help calm the brain and relieve stress. A pose that's easy to perform anywhere, it's a great addition to any calming yoga sequence.

Stand with your feet hip-width apart, with a slight bend in your knees.

Hold your elbows with opposite hands, exhale and bend at the hip until the top of your head faces the floor.

Release tension in your jaw and your neck, allowing your spine to lengthen toward the floor.

Hold for 10-15 breaths before slowly straightening back up to a standing position.

4. Three-Part Breath: Dirga Pranayama
Focuses attention and grounds the body.
When doing seated yoga poses, it's helpful to start with a breathing exercise to focus your attention and ground the body. A three-part breath sequence can help slow your breathing and add to your overall relaxation.

5. Seated Spinal Twist: Ardha Matsyendrasana
Opens the rib cage and relaxes the spine.
This pose can open your rib cage and relax the spine. It can also help stretch the shoulders, hips, back and neck. While performing the pose, allow your spine to lengthen and keep the crown of your head elevated toward the ceiling.

Sit on the ground with your left leg outstretched and the right bent, foot to the outside of the left leg.

Inhale, lifting your spine, and take your left hand to your outer right knee. Place your right hand on the floor behind you.

Twist deeper, inhaling as you lengthen your spine, hold for 10-15 breaths.

Return to center, before repeating the sequence on the other side.

6. Reclining Hero: Supta Virasana
Lowers the blood pressure and calms the body.
Supta Virasana can be very relaxing, but keep in mind that you'll likely need some props for this one. Many people like to use a bolster or a stack of pillows under their back. Remember, you don't need to overextend your body to reap the benefits of this pose.

7. Head to Knee: Janu Sirsasana
Stretches the core and eases digestion.
This restorative pose can help stretch the core and ease digestion. While performing this pose, ensure you're not rounding your spine - the idea is to lengthen.

8. Child's Pose: Balasana
Increases circulation to the head, relieving tension.
This is another pose that encourages blood circulation to the head which can help with relaxation and tension relief. One of the more well-known poses, Balasana allows you to stretch your spine, shoulders and neck.

9. Sphinx Pose: Salamba Bhujangasana
Opens the chest and helps combat stress.
This stress-relieving pose can help stretch the spine as well as the chest, lungs and abdomen. Some people like to perform this stretch with the help of a rolled-up towel in a U-shape under their belly to help support the stretch.

10. Locust Pose: Salabhasana
Stretches the spine and stimulates the abdominal organs.
Salabhasana is a great starting place for beginner yogis because it prepares the body to do deeper backbends. Known as a "baby backbend" this pose allows your spine to lengthen and your chest to open. It also stimulates the abdominal organs for eased digestion.

Lie down on your belly with your arms at your sides, palms facing the floor.

Inhale, lifting your chest. Keep your gaze forward.

Hold for 10-15 breaths before releasing down and exhaling.

11. Cat and Cow Pose: Marjaryasana and Bitilasana
Eases back pain by stretching the back and flank muscles.
These two poses, often performed together, are helpful for people that wake up with back pain. Since they stretch the back and flank muscles, these poses are said to be relaxing and restorative.

Get in a tabletop position with your palms on the floor and knees hip-width apart.

Exhale as you tilt the crown of your head and your tailbone toward the ground, arching your spine like a cat. Focus on stretching your shoulder blades apart.

When you inhale, bring the crown of your head and your tailbone upwards toward the ceiling, lowering your belly to the floor.

Flex slowly between these two poses, holding each for a few seconds.

12. Knees to Chest: Apanasana
Improves circulation and comforts the body.
This simple pose is said to help relax the mind and body by improving blood circulation and stretching the spine. The act of hugging your legs into your body can be comforting and relaxing.

13. Reclined Bound Angle: Supta Baddha Konasana
Stimulates the heart and improves circulation.
The full version of this pose can require a bit more flexibility, but keep in mind that you can place blocks or rolled up blankets under your knees as a modification. The pose lets you release, breathe and allow gravity to help you stretch.

14. Supine Spinal Twist: Supta Matsyendrasana
Aids the kidney and liver in digestion.
If your glutes, chest and obliques are in need of a stretch, this is the pose to do. Often done toward the end of a yoga session, the pose is said to help counteract the hunched back associated with sitting in a chair all day. It's also, of course, very relaxing.

15. Legs Up the Wall: Viparita Karani
Eases anxiety and helps soothe insomnia.
Viparita Karani is simple but is said to help ease a variety of symptoms including anxiety, insomnia and more. If you want to elevate the pose, you can put a bolster or towels under your lower back to increase the inversion.

Sit sideways against a wall. As you lay down on the floor, extend your legs one by one up the wall.

With your legs now relaxing on the wall, extend your arms at your sides, palms facing up.

Close your eyes and breathe in and out as you feel your shoulders sink toward the floor.

Stay here for as long as you feel comfortable, up to five minutes.

16. Happy Baby: Ananda Balasana
Stretches the groin and calms the mind.
This pose stretches the inner groin and spine, and yogis say it calms the mind. If you're unable to hold your feet with your hands, try modifying the pose with a yoga strap or belt looped around the arches of your feet.

17. Corpse Pose: Savasana
Puts the body in a state of rest.
Probably the most relaxing pose of them all, savasana is typically the last pose in a yoga class. It's a restful posture and can be held as long as you like. If you breathe in and out long enough, who knows - you might just fall asleep!

Lie on your back, placing a pillow or folded blanket under your knees. Allow your legs to rest fully.

Close your eyes and allow your body to feel heavy.

Practice relaxing each body part from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

Turn your awareness inward and breathe normally, doing your best to calm your mind.

Does Doing Yoga Before Bed Help Sleep?

The short answer is yes, however, you will need to do poses that relax the body and mind. Studies have shown that people suffering from insomnia who added yoga to their daily routine fell asleep faster, slept for longer and had better sleep quality.

Of course, it's important to be aware that not all yoga is appropriate for bedtime. Some poses are focussed on energizing the body and may have the opposite effect on helping you sleep. It's also important to listen to your body - if you ever feel uncomfortable or like you're over-exerting your body during these stretches, stop immediately.

Another easy way to make sure you get a good night's rest? Sleep on a comfortable mattress and with sheets that are soft and breathable.

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Everyone-yes, including you!-deserves time to unwind. Whether you've been stressed at work or dealing with family drama or are just feeling tense after nearly two years of pandemic life, we can use a little more relaxation in our lives. Yet, relaxing is way easier said than done. The stressors of modern day life, including your seemingly never-ending to-do list, make it difficult for many people to truly slow down and rest. Luckily, yoga poses for relaxation can help by making you feel more at ease, less tense, and better overall.

The benefits of relaxation

Of course, you probably already know that relaxation is good for you. But its benefits go well beyond soothing stress and anxiety and allowing your body (and mind) space to rest and recover. Relaxation can positively impact your physical and mental health, and prime you for busy days ahead. Here are some of the noted benefits of consistent relaxation:

Lowering blood pressure

Slowing your heart rate and breathing

Improving digestion

Easing muscle pain and soreness

Reducing chronic pain

Increasing energy levels

Improving sleep duration and quality

Increasing overall feelings of emotional and physical well-being

See also: Is Your Relaxation Accessible?

Why yoga helps with relaxation

You walk into your yoga class brimming with stress and anxiety. You're mad at the world. And then, suddenly, after an hour in class, you come out of the room (or Zoom session) feeling a little less cynical-and a little less stressed. Why?

Yoga helps relieve stress and anxiety by turning on your body's relaxation state. At a scientific level, this state occurs through activating the parasympathetic nervous system. The slow, mindful breathing that's integral to your yoga practice serves as the catalyst for activating this system. Additionally, when activated, the parasympathetic nervous system sends signals to your heart and nerves-telling them to relax. Suddenly, your whole body is in a state of relaxation. Revel in it!
See also: How Yoga Can Help Ease Anxiety
7 yoga poses for relaxation

This pose promotes relaxation throughout your entire body-from calming your brain to releasing tension in your legs. When you move into this forward bend, you'll release physical and mental stress. If touching your feet is difficult, you can modify this pose by using a strap.

Yoga teachers Elizabeth Winter and Barbara Benagh advise that yogis completely surrender into this pose, which may require the use of additional props. They suggest releasing your belly toward your upper legs, giving your head the space to rest on your shins. These subtle (yet important) movements will allow you to relax deeper into the posture.

Is your mental and emotional stress turning into physical tension? Release it through Garland Pose. This pose stretches your hips, eases back pain, and releases your chest, allowing you to open your body and move into a state of relaxation.

Yoga teacher Abbie Mood says this grounding pose is particularly helpful for those experiencing anxiety, as it draws your energy downward. This recalibration will allow you to release any tension or stress stored in your head-making it an ideal yoga pose for relaxation.

You may elect to return to this pose frequently during your practice-and, let's be honest, in your daily life-as it often serves as a "home base." There's a reason for that. Balasana (Child's Pose) helps relieve stress, fatigue, as well as physical pain in your back and hips.

Yoga teacher Sarah Herrington explains that one of the reasons why Child's Pose feels so relaxing is its ability to stretch the muscles alongside the backside of your body-the ones that become tense easily. While the stress or tension you're experiencing may be in your head, you may be feeling some physical pain as a result. This restorative posture will help you relax, easing some of that tightness and tension. And if Child's Pose doesn't feel relaxing to you? Add props or try a variation to make it more comfortable.

See also: Why Is Child's Pose So Insanely Calming?

Move into this pose-and you'll immediately be sighing of relief. This posture is a great way to release tension, ease stress and help you unwind. If you're trying to find relaxation before heading to bed, practice this pose to prepare your physical body (and your mind) for a peaceful night of sleep.

Yoga teacher Cyndi Lee says this posture helps boost blood circulation through your head and upper body, allowing you to feel realigned after hours of sitting or standing. She adds that in addition to promoting relaxation, this pose can help alleviate headaches and soothe back pain.

You may be familiar with Easy Pose as a common meditation posture. However, it's also a great yoga pose for relaxation. This pose simultaneously activates your body's relaxation response (your parasympathetic nervous system) and deactivates your stress response (sympathetic nervous system), making it a calm-inducing posture.

Yoga teacher Ingrid Sturgis suggests adding a bolster or cushion under your seat in this posture to ground your hips. While in this pose, make sure to focus on your breath. Sturgis advises moving through a breath pattern consisting of a breath in for four counts and a breath out for six counts.

This pose opens up your entire upper body-giving you the space to release unwanted tension and (finally!) relax. Not ready to move into the full posture? No problem. Add blankets and blocks to this backbend to make it work for your body's needs.

Yoga teacher Jillian Pransky says that as a chest-opening posture, Fish Pose gives you space to breathe-and expand through your heart center. If you're feeling particularly stressed or tense, this pose will enable you to feel free and relaxed, giving you the physical and emotional space your body craves.

Move into the ultimate state of relaxation (if there is such a thing) in Corpse Pose. This posture allows you to let go-easing the physical tension and mental stress you're holding onto throughout your entire body. You'll calm (and quiet) your brain and move into a place focused on your breath-and nothing else.

Yoga teacher Abbie Mood says in this pose, it's necessary for your body to be in a neutral position. She advises making sure your legs and feet are evenly angled-and that your lower back is softened. Even though this restorative pose allows you to completely release, don't forget to continue your breath.

See also: These Practices Will Allow You to (Finally!) Let Go of Stress & Anxiety

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How does color psychology affect users' attitudes and behavior? There is a master trick, which can help to build a digital product that works more effectively.

Psychological effects of color on our experience and decision-making matter, so let's see how this affects the users and what sort of principles exist when designing experiences.

Color is an essential instrument in any designer's tool stack. Studies covering color psychology and more specifically, psychological effects of color on human behavior show that it takes 90 seconds for a customer to form an opinion about a product and 90% of the time, this opinion is influenced by colors.

In spite of the fact that color is usually viewed as only an aesthetic decision of the designers, it is a core element of the emotional and cognitive impact of a design on users.

Color is also the easiest element to remember when it comes to encountering new things. The concepts of color psychology can be applied in user experience design as well as marketing.

Research shows that light and color can affect our mood, sleep, heart rate, and even our well-being. An interesting example can be seen in our daily lives: blue and green light (e.g the nature and sky) encourage us to wake up in the morning.

This is why many doctors and scientists recommend against using our mobile devices before going to bed as the screen's light keeps us awake and can even cause insomnia.

Considering that there is a vast amount of possible color mixtures that can be created, it might be difficult to determine which one will have the greatest influence on a website or app.

It would be too complex to examine everything, but there are a few tricks and related trends on how color affects users' attitudes and behavior.

A well-considered color palette can upgrade a design from good to great, while a mediocre or lousy color palette can lessen users' overall experience and even intervene with their ability to use a site or app properly.

Colors can stimulate the emotions of many people. Check out the following color psychology figure below to see some of the impressions and themes traditionally associated with colors:

If you'd like to learn more about color meanings, and the psychology of color in advertising, check out Canva's interactive tool on the meaning and symbolism of colors.

Depending on their age, gender, and the impulsivity of their actions, users have different reactions to colors and shades. Although color preferences are not universal, there are universal differences between genders' preference in some colors over others.

Also, color preferences can depend on the age. In the following sections, I will discuss color preferences depending on age, gender, and how they can be perceived differently in various cultures.

When marketing your business, it is necessary to know who your target audience is, in order to tailor your marketing efforts accordingly. When researching users and their demographics, age is an element that should be examined carefully.

Your target audience's age influences their perception of marketing materials, especially considering that color taste and preference varies based on age.

In the book Color Psychology and Color Therapy, Faber Birren investigates which colors are desirable for different age groups. Considering the color psychology of blue and red, he found that blue is consistently preferable throughout life.

Yellow is preferred in childhood, which preference tends to decline as we age. As people mature they favor colors of shorter wavelength (blue, green, violet) rather than colors of longer wavelength (red, orange, yellow).

As the chart below shows, while most audiences like energetic and saturated colors, older people often think that garish bright colors are repulsive. So when designing a product or marketing material for older users, you should be cautious with bright colors - too vibrant can decrease the conversion.

Is there a difference between genders with regard to their response to color? Although findings are ambiguous, various studies continue to indicate that men and women have varying preferences when it comes to masculine and feminine color choices.

Research on color perception indicates that men favor bright, contrasting colors, while women prefer softer shades. Both men and women like blue and green, but many women adore purple while this color repels men.

Besides age and gender, one more factor that influences our color preferences is our cultural background. For instance, in most Western cultures, the color white is linked with aspiration, innocence, chastity, and hope. But in parts of Asia, white is associated with bad luck, death, and mourning.

It's crucial for those involved with web and user experience design to look at the cultural connotations of the color palettes based on the relevant target audience for the website or product.

For instance, designers can pay less attention to the implications the chosen palette may have in other cultures when the product is primarily targeting a particular culture. To prevent negative cultural connotations, for products that target a global audience, a balance between the colors and imagery is required.

The 60-30-10 rule is a theory for making color palettes that are aesthetically pleasing and adequately balanced.

The purpose is that one color, usually something rather neutral makes up 60% of the palette. An additional supplementary color makes up 30% of the palette. And then a third color is used as an accent for the rest 10% of the design.

This approach makes it much simpler for designers to set up the trial and error with original or uncommon color palettes without going too much beyond the anticipated norms within a business brand or industry.

Choosing a set of some uncommon hue can lift the aesthetics and design. Additionally, it can be the first move toward generating a brand palette that is much more progressive than the one of its competitors, thereby setting the brand apart, making it more distinguished and remarkable.

When it comes to setting a brand apart from others, the brand's choice of color is a fundamental element that reinforces both its personality and the qualities of the products or services it offers.

Also, one of the vital roles of color in the field of marketing, user experience, and behavioral design is using it to influence where people look. If users don't look at your navigational system, your product won't be usable.

In digital psychology, one of the fundamental skills you need to master is the art of controlling where your users look. In most design work, we control user attention by increasing and decreasing the salience of visual design elements.

Okay, let's delve into the exciting stuff, the psychology of colors in business, and the colors that increase the purchase rate.

In other words, the colors that sell. How can we use color theory and psychology to get people to click on a button? What colors are really going to boost the conversion rates and improve the bottom line?

There's always been a debate between conversion rate optimization experts, arguing whether the color red is more eye-catching color for a button, or green because that means "go.

"There are plenty of A/B test results that show how a change in the color of a CTA button made a drastic impact on signups. HubSpot shared the following famous test from their early days when they were known as Performable:

Even though Hubspot initially estimated the green button would lead to a higher conversion rate and perform better, the red button outperformed by 21% more clicks.

The bad news is that there isn't a magical color that consistently performs best for all websites. However, there are some general rules that can help you use color to your advantage.

Here at UX Studio, we work with clients to ensure that their products and services are designed with the target audience in mind, and therefore implementing color and design elements that lead to the highest conversion rate.

Here are a couple of test questions you can ask users when you're testing out your color choices. Although, you are not going to ask about colors explicitly but you can figure out users' perceptions of your brand and design with the following questions.

Before visiting (this website/app), please tell us how do you expect the site/app to look like?

How would you describe this site/app?

What are your first impressions? The first keywords that come to your mind when you see the web/app.

Where would you click/tap first? why?

On a scale of 1 (very unpleasant) to 5 (very pleasant), how did this site/app make you feel?

How likely or unlikely would you be to trust this company?

Can you think of any other companies that have very similar offerings? How would you compare this company to them?

As a recap here is a short list to keep in mind for a well-colored digital product:

Color can affect everyday behavior as well as stimulate emotions in people, what is more, every single color has a special meaning. Before deciding the main colors of an app, checking a color palette will definitely help you to find the perfect matching tone with the right message.

There are universal differences between genders' preference in some colors over others, additionally color preferences can depend on the age too. Take care of your target audience while choosing the perfect color for your digital product.

Color is just one thing, but people who will use your product are more important! Remember HubSpot's Call To Action's color test and the fact that there is no magic in the field of colors just a well-defined target audience.

Use the given questions while testing your color choices!

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Color psychology is the study of the effects that colors have on human behaviors and emotions. There have been many experiments with color since its discovery in 1666 by Sir Issac Newton. How does color affect your mood? Let's take a deeper dive into color psychology.

Color affects on Mood

Color plays more of an influential role in our lives than we realize. It can affect our minds, bodies, and overall mood. How color is perceived is subjective for some, but we have colors that are widely recognized for certain things worldwide. Colors close to the red spectrum are warmer colors, including red, orange, and yellow. These warm colors evoke emotions ranging from feelings of warmth and comfort to feelings of anger and hostility. Whereas blue colors like purple and green are known for evoking feelings of calm, sadness, or indifference. To learn about other colors and how they can affect you, click here.

Color Therapy

Colors Psychology can also be used as a therapy. In fact, ancient cultures practiced something called Chromotherapy, or light medicine, which uses colors to heal. However, even though some psychologists look at color therapy skeptically, it is still used today in some holistic practices. Research has shown that the "mood-altering effect" of color may only be temporary in many cases. A blue room may initially cause feelings of calm, but the effect dissipates after a short period.

Studies have also shown that color can influence your performance. A study was done in six experiments using 71 college students who were presented with a number. Each number was colored red, green, or black before taking a five-minute test. Of those exposed to the color red before taking an exam, it was shown to harm their test performance.

Color in Consumerism

We also see color psychology in advertising, suggesting that some colors or shades can have a wide range of effects, boosting our moods or causing anxiety. However, the color of the products we purchase may have something to do with our personality and why we chose that specific product. From the clothes we wear, to the car we drive - the color can make a statement about how people perceive us. For example, some perceived the color black as powerful. When we think of luxury cars, most of them are black. Some have described the color as ominous, mysterious, and even sexy.

Color has played an important part in conveying information and even influencing our decisions. Interest in color psychology is growing, and there is still a lot to learn how it can affect our moods, purchases, and performance. How powerful can colors be in our everyday lives?

If you are looking for someone to talk to at Mountain Vista Psychology, we are here for you. Feel free to reach out via email at info@mountainvistapsychology.com or call us at 720-583-9332

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Color psychology is the study of the effects that colors have on human behaviors and emotions. There have been many experiments with color since its discovery in 1666 by Sir Issac Newton. How does color affect your mood? Let's take a deeper dive into color psychology.

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Recent research published by PhD candidate Samuel Hales and Professor Gannon from Kent's Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology reveals rapes and assaults admitted to by male UK students.

Across two studies PhD candidate Samuel Hales and Professor Theresa Gannon examined rates and correlates of sexual aggression and coercion admitted by heterosexual male UK university students in the first paper of its kind published in Sexual Abuse (formerly SAJRT).

'University-based sexual aggression is an international public health issue; however, to date, there have been no formal assessments of the prevalence or psychological indicators associated with the proabuse behaviors of the most common perpetrators at UK universities: heterosexual male students.' reads the abstract.

554 male students surveyed, 63 reported that they had committed 251 sexual assaults, rapes and other coercive and unwanted incidents.

Hales interviewed about the research in The Guardian newspaper said;

"Perpetrators were significantly more likely to endorse offence-excusing myths associated with rape, eg victims are to blame for being assaulted, and to have more negative sexist and hostile views about women, eg believing that many of their troubles were the fault of women, and to report sexually fantasising more about harmful, such as physically hurting their sexual partner when they didn't have consent to do so."

Read the full paper here:
Understanding Sexual Aggression in UK Male University Students: An Empirical Assessment of Prevalence and Psychological Risk Factors

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First survey examining sexual violence by male UK students shines a light in misogyny of young men.

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Recent research published by PhD candidate Samuel Hales and Professor Gannon from Kent's Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology reveals rapes and assaults admitted to by male UK students.

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The first survey examining sexual violence by male UK students has shone a light on misogyny at universities, with scores admitting to rape, sexual assault and other forcible acts.

Of the 554 male students surveyed, 63 reported that they had committed 251 sexual assaults, rapes and other coercive and unwanted incidents in the past two years, according to researchers at the University of Kent.

The study, Understanding Sexual Aggression in UK Male University Students, examined both the psychological profiles of sexually violent male students and their self-reported rates of offending.

It identified a strong association between toxic masculinity and sexual violence, with those who reported committing offences also admitting to misogynistic views, such as believing that women who get drunk are to blame if they get raped, and having sadistic sexual fantasies about raping or torturing women.

Such views and fantasies were not held by participants who did not report sexual misconduct and violence, the study noted.

The research comprised two online surveys, one of 295 students from 100 UK universities and another of 259 students at a university in south-east England.

Participants were asked detailed questions about a range of sexual scenarios, including having sex with someone intoxicated by drugs or alcohol, and their attitudes towards women and romantic relationships.

In the first survey, 30 participants reported they had committed 145 sexually aggressive acts over the past two years, with sexual coercion being the most common, followed by rape and attempted rape and unwanted sexual contact.

In the second survey, 33 men reported perpetrating 106 sexually aggressive acts over the same timeframe, with a third of those declaring they had committed three or more. All of the participants identified as heterosexual but five reported female and male victims, and one a male victim only.

The report's co-author Samuel Hales, a PhD researcher at the University of Kent's Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology, said: "Of the 63 perpetrators who took part in either the first or second study, 37 reported perpetrating unwanted sexual contact, 32 sexual coercion and 30 rape or attempted rape.

"Some of these offences would've been perpetrated just before they started university, including while they were at school.

"Perpetrators were significantly more likely to endorse offence-excusing myths associated with rape, eg victims are to blame for being assaulted, and to have more negative sexist and hostile views about women, eg believing that many of their troubles were the fault of women, and to report sexually fantasising more about harmful, such as physically hurting their sexual partner when they didn't have consent to do so."

Hales said the findings suggested that UK universities should appoint staff to work with sexually aggressive students who are banned from campus - but later return - to reduce the risk of them re-offending.

Prof Nicole Westmarland, director of the Durham Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse, said: "The association between rape supportive beliefs, negative attitudes towards women and actually committing acts of violence and abuse is one that has been demonstrated before in research in US universities.

"This study shows the same to be the case in the UK and points to the need for universities to step up their focus on perpetrators while providing victims with the support and action they need following sexual assault."

Soma Sara, the founder of Everyone's Invited, a movement set up to tackle rape culture, welcomed the report.

She said: "We have always believed that sexist beliefs, misogyny and toxic masculinity leads to predatory behaviour. The importance of exposing rape culture across society should not be underestimated.

"Sexism is part of a continuum of violence and when any individual is dehumanised they become vulnerable to violence.

"Let's help men and boys to become well-informed role models who have the courage to be proactive, to call out behaviour and hold their friends accountable."

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The first survey examining sexual violence by male UK students has shone a light on misogyny at universities, with scores admitting to rape, sexual assault and other forcible acts. Of the 554 male students surveyed, 63 reported that they had committed 251 sexual assaults, rapes and other coercive and unwanted incidents in the past two years, according to researchers at the University of Kent.

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You're a better DJ than the guy in the club anyway

We all know the drill. You have to drink at home because the drinks at the club are too expensive and who wants to be in JJ's when they're sober?

But it's awkward sitting around at home just drinking so you play drinking games and loud music to drown out the tension.

This is how pres, a quintessential part of student life, came about. It's basically a house party with a time limit.

Everyone has a sick time at pres. And then it always goes to shit when it's time to hit the club. So why not just stay at home and let the party go on? These are all the reasons why we think you should do just that.

You spend the night hiding in the bathroom

Clubbing is an intense experience. You get tired in every sense of the word and you need to be somewhere where the lighting isn't a bloody firework show and the grabby men are far in the distance.

For girls, the toilets are a refuge, a safe haven, a place of glorious social bonding. Some actually spend the whole night in the toilets and no, not just because their friend is vomiting, but because they actually enjoy being there.

The walk to the club is NOT the one

You're enjoying your time getting drunk and litty in your warm af house when someone starts screaming a few decibels too loudly "guys the tickets are only valid before midnight let's gooooo!" Oh no.

Yes that's right, the dreaded journey. Should you waste your money on an Uber or will you stick on a coat that you'll have to pay to put in the cloakroom because the club is too hot? Either way, the walk is icy cold, torturous and it's sobering you up - aka costing you money.

There are way less creeps at home

You know what we're talking about. That guy who starts trying to grind on you but looks like your dad. The other one who doesn't seem to understand that whispering "sweet nothings" in one's ear is a thing of the past and now it's an automatic turn off. Also you can't even hear him. It's a club for God's sake.

So unless your housemates are creeps, you're going to have a way more comfortable night out at your flat, hosting an all night pres with all your fave people and no weirdos in sight.

Someone always gets lost

You're so desperate to find the friend that wandered off that you're even checking SnapMaps. But then you remember that your friend has techno-paranoia and they're on bloody ghost mode. There is no hope.

Someone always gets lost on a night out or just flat out disappears and it's the most annoying thing. You spend the night searching for your friends rather than having a good time with them.

And we can all relate to either finding them vomiting in a toilet or eating someone's face off in the corner. Ew.

Being the Mum™ is stressful

You're the one who doesn't get drunk. You drink, but you can still walk in a relatively straight line and you always remember the night before. Being flat out 'gone' is just not your idea of a good time. Being you is awesome because you get to remember all the crazy nonsense that your friends were doing and you've got archives to prove it.

However, it also means holding your friend's hair back when she throws up, fighting off drunken creeps and pulling your brother from another mother out of the road while he's acting like a fool. The list goes on.

And all us Nightlife Mums know that this job is a lot easier when it's restricted to the comfort of your own home. Although your grown-ass children will always find ways to cause trouble.

Making friends is so much easier at pres

It's the most annoying thing when you're trying to have a conversation with someone new, maybe even your future baby daddy *wink wink* but the shitty DJ is playing music so loud you can feel it in your bloodstream.

So what? Are we supposed to just jump around to dodgy house music all night and not speak to anyone? If you want to have a conversation, you have to go to the smokers. That's right. You paid a fiver entry to spend all night in smokers.

You can't wear fresh white creps to a dirty club

Oh Lord. You must be stupid. Did you actually think it would be good idea to wear your Adidas 16+ Purecontrol ultraboost WHITE trainers to the club? Just drop out now.

You see Oliver over there? Yeah him. His main goal each night is to find someone's white trainers and STEP on them. Oliver is an asshole and there's at least ten Olivers in every club, every night.

But guess what? If you just stay at home, we promise you, Oliver won't be there. And if he is, he's probably your friend, which means if he ruins your shoes you can force him to buy you Maccies breakfast in the morning as pay back.

Clubbing is hella expensive

Let's be real. We're students and we can barely afford to get IN the club some days, let alone buying overpriced alcoholic drinks that you depend on to actually have a good time. This is one of the main reasons why going out is such a drag.

At home, you can get cheap drinks at the local corner store and you can CHOOSE what music you want. That's right. You are your own DJ and there's free entry because you're at home - obviously. Plus there's no fear about checking your bank statement the morning after your night out, because you didn't leave the house! Just one of the many, many benefits of pres.

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All the reasons why pres are actually the best part of the night out

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You're a better DJ than the guy in the club anyway We all know the drill. You have to drink at home because the drinks at the club are too expensive and who wants to be in JJ's when they're sober?

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The values of 'Manhood': The dangerous rise of Andrew Tate - The Oxford Blue

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T.W. Misogyny, Sexual Assault, Violence

[Editor's Note: We have not linked to some sources used to avoid supporting Tate or affiliated parties]

I first heard of Andrew Tate during a morning peruse of Twitter. In a half-asleep haze, I saw a tweet that read like an alarm: " go onto Andrew Tate's instagram right now & look at how many people you know that follow him." I saw only one person, someone I hadn't spoken to in months. But, knowing what I know now, even one person is too many.

You might have seen his name make headlines this week for being banned from Facebook, Instagram, and now TikTok. Even though officially removed, his presence lingers in the clips and quotes being constantly shared on Youtube and on dedicated fan-created websites. On TikTok, a simple search of his name brings ups over 20 fan accounts that have over 10,000 followers apiece. More than ever, it is important to know who he is, why he has been removed, and to take him seriously for the danger he poses. We cannot allow the people we know to fall into his trap.

Andrew Tate is a former boxer and content creator whose divisive views have both shot him to internet stardom and raised concerns about the growth of misogyny in online spaces. His views range from the deeply bizarre to the outright dangerous. His commentary on breakfast and how it 'breeds arrogance and laziness' is laughable, but his expressed preference for nineteen-year-olds over older women due to their being 'fresh' and easier for him to 'put [his] imprint on' is far more concerning. In short, Andrew Tate is the figurehead of a cult of personality which thrives off of demeaning women in the name of male empowerment.

A motivational speaker of sorts, he presents himself as capable and confident and offers guidance on what his viewers should do to attain the personality and lifestyle to which he owes his fame. Yet, the real messages he spreads underneath this guise of personality are hugely damaging. He tells his audience that 'depression isn't real' and that they have been hoodwinked into believing that it is a medical condition. Tate describes depression as a feeling that people submit to in order to make excuses for their dissatisfaction with their life's circumstances rather than working to change them. He does not treat it as the incredibly serious condition that it is.

This is especially concerning in light of male suicide statistics; according to Samaritans, the male suicide rate in England is 15.3 per 100,000, whereas the female suicide rate is 4.9 per 100,000. In Tate's view, it is feminine to express emotion, and femininity is demeaning, and thus encourages his male viewership to dismiss serious mental health conditions in order to preserve their masculinity. In a quote taken from a fan-made YouTube compilation of Tate's content, Tate says 'you're depressed because you're fat and you can't get a girlfriend.' He places value on conformity to his personal view of the ideal male form, judging success based on the ability to attract women. People who fail to achieve this ideal are belittled and insulted.

Of course, the controversy does not end here. In a video captioned 'How Tate handles his Girls', he enacts hitting an imaginary woman: 'slap, slap, grab, choke, shut up bitch, sex.' The consent of this hypothetical woman is dubious at best and non-existent at worst. In the clip, Tate's understanding of masculinity is revealed as so fragile that it sees female agency as a threat that must be eliminated. He enacts this out in his own life and, at the time of writing, is currently under investigation for human trafficking in Romania. In my view, his behaviour reveals a man who endorses beating and insulting women until they submit, and actively encourages others to do the same.

Time and time again, Tate maintains that it is men who deserve the final say over women. He instructs his audience: 'you need to become the kind of person who doesn't take disrespect from females.' He teaches his viewers to expect female compliance, as women who refuse their advances pose an affront to their understanding of masculinity and its promised power. His apparent remedy to this is violence, as the quote above suggests. In line with Tate's thinking, a man achieves more than gratification when he does this, it is a victory that his masculinity has awarded him.

The effect that his content has had on young boys is palpable. One teacher wrote such concerns, stating that the children she teaches are 'starting to genuinely believe that being successful is synonymous with abusing women.' Insecure, impressionable men and boys want a role model to make them feel special and to give them something to aspire to. Andrew Tate should not be that person. They want someone to praise them for the traits they possess and he supplies the demand. He says: 'One of the key components of manhood, always has and always will be, that we have the ability to control ourselves and not act emotionally.'

I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to feel special, but Tate draws on a postulated innate value of 'manhood' which brings an audience that believes themselves superior to the women who Tate asserts are emotionally unstable by contrast.

He is not empowering young men, he is radicalising them. Young men are learning that, if they express emotion they are weak, if they do not have girlfriends they are failures, and if they do not receive female subservience they are not adequately reaping the benefits of manhood.

This radicalisation is especially concerning given he is on amicable terms with far-right figures such as Tommy Robinson, the co-founder and former leader of the English Defence League, and Alex Jones, who has recently been sued for defamation after falsely claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting did not happen.

Andrew Tate's divisive presence brings the consideration of whether he really believes what he's saying, or whether he is simply trying to be controversial. Ultimately, I don't think it matters. Whether or not Tate himself believes what he's saying, his words have a detrimental impact on those who engage with his content, and his followers will believe and spout the same rhetoric.

It falls on us regular people to pacify such sentiments when we see them in our friends and family. The popularity of Andrew Tate is concerning and, even with his removal from social media, it is clear that his presence will have a lasting impact. This should not be a discouragement but a call to action; those who stand up to hateful rhetoric like his will always have the final say on its impact on those around us.

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The values of 'Manhood': The dangerous rise of Andrew Tate - The Oxford Blue

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T.W. Misogyny, Sexual Assault, Violence [Editor's Note: We have not linked to some sources used to avoid supporting Tate or affiliated parties] I first heard of Andrew Tate during a morning peruse of Twitter. In a half-asleep haze, I saw a tweet that read like an alarm: " go onto Andrew Tate's instagram right now & look at how many people you know that follow him."

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Exactly How Dangerous Is Andrew Tate and His Misogynist Messaging?

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Key Takeaways

Recently, one of the most buzzed-about social media influencers hasn't made their mark through typical avenues such as great fashion hauls or informative mental health talks. No, instead, they've erupted the internet with dehumanizing misogyny.

The man in question, Andrew Tate, described himself as a " success coach " in one interview but has nothing but vile things to say about women and how they should be treated. These include, but are not limited to: dating women ages 18 to 19 is better because you can imprint on them, women should stay home, and men own women as property. Tate, who is British-American, has also been investigated by police for abuse and holding a woman against her will.

These statements echo his first brush with public life when, in 2016, Tate was kicked off the show "Big Brother" after a video showed him hitting a woman with a belt. The following year he responded to the #MeToo movement stating women should hold some of the responsibility for being raped, according to The Guardian.

Facebook, TikTok, Youtube, and Instagram are among the platforms that have banned Tate's content. However, that hasn't stopped its influence or spread on the internet. As of mid-August, reported that videos with "#AndrewTate" had been viewed 12.7 billion times on TikTok.

The Psychological and Social Appeal of Misogyny Influencers

The word "misogyny" first entered public discourse in the 17th century as a word meaning to hate women. Today the definition has expanded to include not only hatred but also "aversion to, or prejudice," according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Critically, "misogyny" differs from "sexism" as it is only against women versus applying to any sex.

There are multiple reasons an individual might find someone peddling misogyny, such as low self-esteem and similar belief systems. Regarding low self-esteem, Dr. Lee Phillips, a psychotherapist and certified sex and couples therapist, says this, along with experiencing insecurities, can increase the likelihood of someone leaning into the ideology of toxic masculinity.

"They may not feel great about themselves, and this can lead them to being a people pleaser," explains Phillips. "Someone who preaches toxic masculinity needs control, and they will lure someone in by manipulating them. This is often a people pleaser."

Y. Mimi Ryans, LCSW-C

It also can be as simple as someone like Andrew Tate spewing what a person already thinks and wishes to express themselves. This alignment can lead to an idolization of sorts, explains Angela Robinson, LPCMH, NCC, the clinical director at NorthNode Group Counseling.

The Mental Health Consequences of Misogyny

It goes without saying-yet somehow can't be emphasized enough-that misogyny can have severe mental health consequences. "Gender inequality can cause a cascading effect of negative emotional responses, defense mechanisms, and self-minimizing thought processes," says Robinson. "It causes divisiveness, hatred, bitterness, and self-fulfilled boundaries. It's a waste of energy and could potentially stunt individuals from reaching their fullest potential."

Negative messaging and power imbalance can also lead to women feeling less agency over their lives and, at the same time, men becoming more manipulative, adds Y. Mimi Ryans, LCSW-C, RPT-S, CCPT, owner and lead therapist at Lighthouse Center for Therapy & Play. This horrible impact is true for people of all genders, whether an entire culture is misogynistic or a sole person around you acts this way. "These perspectives can be damaging as a young woman will grow up feeling less than and young men will grow up lacking empathy for women," she continues.

Lee Phillips, EdD

While some men may perceive misogyny as a benefit to their gender, in the end, once again, it impacts everyone poorly. Robinson explains that honing in on this perspective can reduce free-thinking and self-discovery opportunities. "If a young man is emotionally immature and does not have the ability to process emotions that will allow him to gain new perspectives before reactions, they could be more prone to violent and abusive behaviors," she adds. "Consequently, it's due to the inability of being honest with oneself and the human ability to have the sustained energy to 'act a part' due to traditional social acceptance and a false perception of promised benefits."

One part of combatting this narrative starts with parental intervention. As Phillips explains, the development of one's self-esteem begins in childhood, and misogynistic cultures can leave boys feeling as if they can't adequately express their emotions.

"Parents need to instill in their children that relationships are partnerships and not ownerships. Adults also need to stop toxic masculinity at a young age," Ryans adds. "Don't tell your daughter that the little boy who picks on her and pulls her pigtails does that because he likes her."

What This Means For You

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Exactly How Dangerous Is Andrew Tate and His Misogynist Messaging?

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Recently, one of the most buzzed-about social media influencers hasn't made their mark through typical avenues such as great fashion hauls or informative mental health talks. No, instead, they've erupted the internet with dehumanizing misogyny.

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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of the infamous Andrew Tate. A former professional kickboxer turned influencer, Tate is best known for sharing his horrifically misogynistic and generally degrading views online. This description may sound quite jarring if you don't know who he is; however, Tate's disgusting views definitely align with the internet personality's past actions. He was famously removed from the TV show "Big Brother" after a video of him beating a woman with a belt was released online. Furthermore, Tate has numerous sex trafficking, sexual assault and abuse allegations-he even moved from the U.K. to Romania because, as he has admitted, it would be easier to evade charges for sexual abuse crimes.

While you might think that someone who has explicitly stated that women who have been raped "bear some responsibility" for their own sexual assault would find no audience on the internet for their horrifying statements and views, quite the opposite occurred. Following these controversies, Tate gained a much larger following. Prior to his social media accounts being banned, Tate had amassed millions of followers on every platform, including over 4.6 million on Instagram as well as hundreds of thousands of subscribers to his program called "Hustler's University," in which people would essentially pay $49.99 a month to listen to Andrew Tate discuss even more of his horrendous takes, with a promise to help men get rich quick. For some, the man had sort of a meme factor: he was constantly making outlandish claims, which many people would make fun of for its sheer shock value. However, for a majority of his followers, his disgusting point of view became gospel-an especially dangerous notion considering a vast majority of his audience seemed to be impressionable young men and boys.

As previously stated, Tate has thankfully since been banned from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. But his influence still remains incredibly prominent online and in the lives of millions. For example, an educator had posted on Reddit under the r/teachers subreddit claiming that young boys in her classes are now refusing to treat female classmates with respect and often decline to read any assignments that incorporate the works of female authors because of Andrew Tate's rhetoric. So, while Tate can no longer directly post on the internet, his influence on young boys' perception of women will continue to impact their daily lives.

His fame has also allowed for many other misogynistic, "alpha male" men to flourish online. I do not want to promote the pages of any more sexist, homophobic or generally oppressive influencers, so I will not be sharing the names of any of these men, but believe me, they are still out there. Andrew Tate's notorious, harmful rhetoric lives on, with more and more men and boys falling down the dangerous pipeline from casually listening to devoutly following the overly toxic misogynistic influencer.

This leaves our society in an incredibly concerning position: Andrew Tate's legacy of popularizing violent degradation toward women and other minority groups will continue to affect our lives. While misogyny has always been a deeply ingrained issue in our civilization, what I call the "Andrew Tate Effect" makes it feel like we are taking a huge step back. We are not only seeing men making sexist remarks more regularly, but we are also seeing a rise in young men who genuinely believe that women should be subservient to them, are their property and deserve to be treated accordingly. This, frankly, is terrifying.

"So," you might ask, "what can we, as a society, do to remedy the issue?" What I think is most important here is to better monitor the internet usage of young children, first and foremost. Young boys are too easily influenced to question the misogynistic rhetoric of people like Andrew Tate, and the TikTok and YouTube algorithms makes it worse. By liking a few posts from "alpha male" influencers, your pages will likely fill with similar content. We all must challenge those who have fallen down the misogynistic rabbit hole. Most women and feminine-presenting people I know do this already, as this issue directly affects them, but it is essential that men start to call out the beliefs of their peers. Of course, some Andrew Tate stans will be too far gone to knock any sense into them, but it is up to us to at least try and help them unpack their incredibly loaded viewpoints. If we all make a real effort to both prevent the spread of misogyny and encourage those who contribute to it to self-reflect, we can create a much safer environment for women in our society.

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Trigger Warning: sexual assault, sexual abuse Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of the infamous Andrew Tate. A former professional kickboxer turned influencer, Tate is best known for sharing his horrifically misogynistic and generally degrading views online. This description may sound quite jarring if you don't know who he is; however,...

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Andrew Tate isn't just another misogynist with an online following. Here's why you need to pay attention.

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Self-described misogynist Andrew Tate, the online influencer known for his high-volume rants - including referring to women as men's physical and financial property, saying women "bear some responsibility" for being raped and himself being investigated for both human trafficking and rape charges - has been banned from social media.

This censoring is significant for Tate, who gained his fame as a hypermasculine kickboxer promoting male superiority across all the major social media platforms. Before being shut down, his TikTok account had amassed over 11 billion views. He had 4 million Twitter followers, 4.7 million Instagram followers, 768,000 YouTube subscribers and millions of clicks and shares on Facebook.

Meta, which owns both Facebook and Instagram, said Tate violated its policies on "dangerous organizations and individuals." Spokespersons from TikTok, Twitter and YouTube have shared similar sentiments with a number of media outlets.

Along with touting his misogyny, Tate brands himself a "success coach." Hustler's University, Tate's subscription-based online course and affiliate marketing program, described by some as a pyramid scheme, shut down over the weekend but not before amassing over 100,000 subscribers, according to its website.

Tate's social media ban is significant considering the main audience eating up his rhetoric: a younger generation of men. Geared toward millennials, his messaging has also found a following among male teenagers.

Why is it important to pay attention to who many are writing off as just the latest over the top social media influencer? What he represents, said Josh Roose, a political sociologist and senior research fellow at Deakin University in Melbourne, is a dramatic shift taking place in online misogyny: moving beyond the sexualization and dismissal of women (which much of Tate's material promotes) to also encouraging gendered hate and violence.

Equating hyperviolence with hypermasculinity makes Tate especially dangerous

The "manosphere"is a term used by sociologists to describe the online ecosystem of anti-women websites - from those that actively promote extremist behavior, violence against women or incel culture, to those that share views on a perceived "final frontier" of traditionally masculine values or are interested, to varying degrees, in male superiority.

Tate's rise and popularity in the manosphere realm hasn't necessarily been unique - Dan Bilzerian, Jordan Peterson and Roosh Valizadeh currently occupy online spaces promoting their own visions of masculinity, gender and politics to "millions of angry, somewhat isolated, sort of lonely, insecure men," said Roose.

Bilzerian has been known to promote a hypersexualized, playboy lifestyle; Peterson, a clinical psychologist, has become famous for his culturally conservative politics and views that masculinity "is in crisis"; and Valizadeh, who gained an internet following as a pickup artist, has been under fire for his misogynistic discourse and anti-feminist views.

Peterson was suspended from Twitter earlier this year, Valizadeh had his YouTube account banned in 2020, and Bilzerian was banned from Snapchat in 2015 for posting NSFW images.

What sets Tate apart from his social media predecessors, said Roose, is how distinctly violent his brand can get.

"I view Andrew Tate as part of a continuum of actors," Roose said. "Entrepreneurs who get online and are prepared to do and say whatever it takes to gain a following. He is violently misogynistic in terms of his outlooks on women and sexuality as a whole. He frames life as a battle - men as warriors and women as domesticated, subordinate servants."

This battle mindset - punctuated by videos of Tate doing things like wielding a machete, speaking gratuitously of his own fighting skills,while simultaneously demeaning women and their physical abilities - is particularly poignant coming from the former professional kickboxer. In 2016, he was booted from the U.K. reality TV show "Big Brother" after a video surfaced of him hitting a woman with a belt, which he said was consensual.

He latches onto the sporting "us versus them" ethos - one that continues to permeate most male locker rooms and sports worldwide - and applies it to society's attachment to the gender binary.

And he doesn't limit his diatribes to just women. Tate has also described those with mental health issues as "weak" and "lazy," and said that depression isn't real. If you're sad, it's because your life is not good - it's not like his.

"You feel sad, you move on ... You will always be depressed if your life is depressing," he tweeted in 2017.

"If you're not successful and driving Lamborghinis, then you're crap," Roose said of Tate's messaging. "He's built this up to not only gain more followers and finance, but also to mold the world around him, which he's doing in some aspects."

His violence is influencing a younger generation of males navigating what it means to be male in society

Young men - teens to millennials - comprise the vast majority of Tate's following, said Roose, who also specializes in extremism and its intersections with masculinities, economies and law.

Tate's messaging has been attractive within the spectrum of the manosphere, latching in particular onto a distinct brand of young, male anger.

"If you want to know where Andrew Tate is gaining traction, it's more likely to be in the white-collar sector among educated, younger men who work out at gyms on the weekend or after work," Roose said. "Younger men are more likely to hold anti-women attitudes in terms of women's rights - that women's rights has gone too far."

In broad terms, this traction Tate and other misogynists have gained, Roose said, can be attributed to male insecurities about their place in the working world.

The "traditional" male ideals of breadwinning and physical labor, often imbued with sexism, Roose said (men as the strong and sole provider), has largely faded in our society.Instead, work has become increasingly non-gendered, individualized and competitive.

Tate's rhetoric has harnessed the concerns, fears, insecurities and hate of younger generations of men who see the changing landscape - a society where a man's identity might no longer be intertwined with one's professional and social status (especially relative to women) - as a devaluation of their masculinity.

Tate is the latest key player in a larger, concerning movement

The impact of Tate's messaging should not be considered separately from other attacks on women and their freedoms, Roose said - from the rampant online harassment and judgment of women to the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, they are all part of the same larger conversation: how violence against women will be defined for generations moving forward.

"We're seeing this seed being planted for a new generation of men who don't respect women and who have deep-seeded animosity toward women's rights," Roose said.

Extreme misogyny, historically speaking, is nothing new. But the breadth and depth of its messaging via social media - "reaching kids in their living rooms," Roose said - is something to be concerned with. In particular, through the messaging of influencers such as Tate, online misogyny has elevated beyond sexualization to, specifically, hate.

"How many men are really bashing their wives, in particular young men? Or partaking in incredibly harmful activity in the private sphere? How many of them are engaging with [Tate's] material and being deeply influenced by it?" Roose asked.

Data that answers these questions is often incomplete. Such behavior is more prevalent than is reported, Roose said.

And it is easier to blow up on social media using controversy and absolutes, as Tate has done, than it is by promoting healthy masculine ideals - examples of which are ubiquitous, Roose said, but need to be championed more fiercely moving forward, rather than demeaned.

And what about the anti-Andrew Tates of the social media world?

Roose cited Adam Goodes, an Indigenous Australian soccer player, and Colin Kaepernick, an American football player, as examples of famous athletes who promoted healthier versions of masculinity - tolerance and community work in particular.

Goodes, whose mother is of the Australian Aboriginal Stolen Generation, has championed Indigenous rights, causes and culture throughout Australia. Kaepernick used his platform to raise awareness of civil rights and the Black experience in America.

But when they spoke out against racism and hate, their messages were politicized, condemned and literally booed.

Still, speaking out is what is needed to fight against the messages that popular social media misogynists are trying so desperately to spread, said Roose.

"If we don't collectively stand up and advocate, research and speak out [against misogyny]," said Roose. "The opposition, so to speak, is so organized that we will be dragged, kicking and screaming, back to them."
Thanks to Alicia Benjamin for copy editing this article.

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Andrew Tate isn't just another misogynist with an online following. Here's why you need to pay attention.

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Self-described misogynist Andrew Tate, the online influencer known for his high-volume rants - including referring to women as men's physical and financial property, saying women "bear some responsibility" for being raped and himself being investigated for both human trafficking and rape charges - has been banned from social media.

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Are you boring if you don’t like to party, or go to clubs?

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Nah, Just means you like other stuff. Personally , I love clubbing, I don’t get to do it that much because it takes money and I’m a...

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1Hanging Hotel/Suspended campsite

The following project, commissioned by Holden Manz Wine Estate Cape Town, is situated in Massif de L' Esterel, (Gorges Du Vedron) South of France. The architecture dictates and choreographs our perceptions of immediate contexts and environments.

The hanging platforms offer a rest for rock climbers, a pause enabling them to enjoy the views and environment before continuing their journey. The surfaces are partly embedded partly protruding from the existing rock face structure. A grid of borehole foundations injected into the rock face expand into the existing granite, clamping the main body of the structure into the façade. The hanging hotel creates a serious of polarised glass spaces which protect the climber from glare reflecting light in an uniform direction creating an illusion that the sun is in a lower position than it is and therefore negating glare, Uvb light rays are reduced by using holographic filtered compound glass, this reduces the number and types of wavelengths entering the spaces which in turn reduces the harmful uVb rays, the holographic filters split the white light with a prism affect, the filters are removable and this effect can be taken advantage of. This hi tech prism louver system almost completely reflects direct incident light, but admits diffuse zenith light. The dismountable concave reflection louvers wrap themselves round the pods acting as partly a shading system, they also heighten the experience and the view, a filter that allows to choreograph the view as it is in all its reality but whereby mirages and misleading illusions, at these altitudes, are controlled and edited by these pods creating clear and real images of the immediate environment, alternatively, the pods choreograph a heightened yet dislocated relationship with the real perception of existing views, an alternate reality by using the prismatic optical elements which divide colour with changing viewing points.
The pods naturally induced visual hallucinations resulting from altitude and exhaustion. The pods also simulate a self contained environment suspended from the immediate environment allowing the climber to rest providing a meditative space before continuing, important for mental strength and physical resolve. For the prevention/containment/ of anomalous perceptual experiences during mountain climbing. The spaces within the hotel can either enhance the perception of the surrounding area or block it to aid recovery and over exposure.
The main shell of the hotel is a carbon fibre reinforced polymer shell which very much like the tarpauline tent is flexible yet strong, the main load is carried by the walkway, columns, horizontal foundations which pin the reinforced glass pods and carbon shell to the granite cliff face like a portal edge.

1. Half constructed half evacuated from cliff face structure is pinned into position hanging as a tent or portal edge.
2. The steel horizontal foundations
2. Timber cross beams bored into the cliff face protrude enough to rest on columns which carry the majority of the walkway load.
3. The columns sit into the rock and strengthen under load.
4. Columns play an auxiliary structural role, the columns are flexible and can move slightly to compensate for uneven walkway load bearing.
5. Timber cross beams have triangular wedges attached to edge so when they are driven into trapezoidal holes in the cliff the wedges are pushed into the timber beams creating a very tight fit into the rock itself.
6. The ropes and reinforced guide frames are clipped into the cliff face and can be moved as necessary. Portaledges sit into the rock.
7. The main body of the structure is partly supported by existing rock, it's centre of gravity is positioned on the ledge allowing the structure to lean back into the granite cliff face making it easier to clip into the horizontal foundations.
8. The project is a hanging hotel with viewing platform which provides structural security for climbers, a rest stop to enjoy the view.
The section of cliff face is secured to the rock and provides a stable meditative wildlife sanctuary.
9. Finger and fist jams are part of the concrete surface structure sprayed into the boreholes and over the surfaces allowing climbers more security before climbing onto platforms. An artificial climbing surface.

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Main pod structure: Steel horizontal piles, columns and steel frame sections
-Secondary: wooden rib walkway supporting structure, to form smooth geometry
-Third: Laminated plywood panelling and carbon fibre reinforced polymer shell to form skin of partitions and pod divider
-Pod glazing: Holographic filtered compound glass, prism louver system
-Finish: Elastic plaster and paint

Project team

Dr. Margot Krasojevic

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here are a lot of reasons why Kaley, 23, doesn't go clubbing any more. For a start, it's too expensive, with taxis, door fees and alcohol to pay for. Plus the clubs, even in the capital, are disappointing: they shut at 2am, much earlier than venues in Berlin, and just when you start enjoying yourself it's lights on.

It's a similar story for Michelle, 24, who says she went out a lot at university but now she prefers chilling at home, and spends her cash on one-off big events such as festivals. "Everyone needs a night out, but it doesn't have to be in a club," she says.

These are just two stories sent to the Guardian in response to our survey asking millennials (those aged 18 to 35) about their relationship with a once treasured pastime: clubbing.

Studies suggest that today's young have fallen out of love with it, and in its latest trend report the Office of National Statistics dropped the price of nightclub admission from the list of common goods and services used to calculate inflation.

Hundreds of clubs have closed in recent years. The decline of nightclubbing has been attributed, in part, to the smoking ban, and to relaxed licensing laws that make bars and pubs more appealing. But it has also been suggested that many young people, like Michelle, now simply prefer a night in as opposed to a night out, meeting people via online dating platforms such as Tinder instead.

We received 196 responses to our call out on clubbing, with the vast majority (131) agreeing that a night in was now preferable to a night out. What's more, 70 people said generation Y was less interested in clubbing, compared with only 45 who said more. However, not everyone answered this question.

So, why are today's youth no longer keen on clubs? It's not necessarily what you might think: 98 respondents said that their generation was not less interested in face-to-face meet-ups because of the rise of social media (compared to 33 who said they were - again, not everyone responded to this question).

Here are some of the reasons millennials don't want to go out any more, in their own words:

Many talked about the rising price of a night out. Lucy, 25, from London said: "Why be crammed in a sweaty club or be limited to a handful of mindless nightlife activities when I could be doing a lot more at home for less money, with greater cultural value and without the hassle of trekking out?"

And even those who do enjoy a night out accept that it is at least partly because it's still affordable where they live. Helen, 23, from Newcastle said: "I'm lucky to live in one of the few parts of the UK where a night out is still relatively affordable. A taxi in town will cost you no more than £10 and drinks are rarely more than £3 or £4. The nightclub scene is also more diverse in Newcastle, catering to more genres and age groups."

Harri, 27, from London pointed out that a night out now costs almost as much as a weekend away. " I think dancing and sweating gross amounts to loud music is good for the soul. But you can now get cheap city breaks for the price of a good night out that you won't remember in London. And city breaks look better on Instagram."

A lot of people slammed the fact that music is not what it used to be with Scin, 35, from Australia putting it quite succinctly, "I don't miss nightclubs because music is shit now."

Tom, 33, from London bemoaned the demise of once great clubbing venues: "Bouncers are always rude and aggressive with no cause; DJs usually play what they want not what people want to listen to; the drinks are overpriced. Last time I went to Fabric, the music was still good but I realised as I was walking out that I'd been robbed."

Many of those who responded also expressed a preference for big nights or festivals, where they could enjoy quality time with friends, rather than regular club experiences. Blaynos, 26, from London said: "I'd rather spend my money on going to try some new food rather than going to an overpriced nightclub, and spend my down days chilling at home with mates."

' Last time I went to Fabric the music was still good but I realised as I was walking out that I'd been robbed.'

Rather than seeing themselves as a generation stuck staring at phones and not wanting to connect in real life, most of the young people who responded said that clubs were simply not personal enough. At the end of a long week they want to spend time with their friends, rather than shout over music at them.

Sarah, 30, from Bristol said: "I'd much rather make a plan and meet up with friends face to face rather than sit in separate rooms and talk over social media. I don't use Facebook any more and I think my friendships are better now I make the effort to catch-up with people properly...I love live music, and going to see bands play live is the main way to keep them in existence these days."

Harriet, 26, from Manchester said: "Having finished a masters recently, I'm suddenly in a city where there's not a lot of people I know around, so when I get to see my friends it's nice to sit down and chat with them rather than getting really drunk and not knowing what's going on with them. We're all working and busy so don't get to do the catch up stuff during the week."

There was a small majority who found the clubbing scene simply too stressful. Dave, 19, from York said: "I find even pubs to be overwhelming, so nightclubs are just awful with all the noise, sound and crowded people. It's much easier and more comfortable for me to talk to my friends on Skype or Facebook than to force myself into an uncomfortable and intimidating situation."

Abi, 24, from Bath agreed: "I find clubs totally overwhelming - I can't talk, people get lost or split off and it just generally ends up with me trying to find people rather than dancing ... staying in is more under my control."

Sirena, 25 said that while previous generations embraced hedonism and were willing to lose three days to a big night out, the desperation to meet all our self-imposed goals makes today's young feel like a night out is an outrageous indulgence. "Plus, I think time with friends is at more of a premium as working days become longer and cities are more sprawled."

Michael, 33, from Leicester said: "Life at home is far more relaxed nowadays so there isn't the push to get out of the house to talk to friends, and you can talk to anyone over the internet for free. Pre-social media and messenger services it would have cost a small fortune to stay in touch the way we do now."

Abi from Bath finds clubs totally overwhelming.

There were issues that, perhaps understandably, affected women more than men. Ashley, 21, from London summed it up nicely when she said: "As a girl, going out to clubs can be quite annoying and sometimes scary if you constantly have to keep avoiding drunk people who may try to take advantage of you. I don't need to worry about that on a night in."

Mina, 19, from Walsall agreed: "Not going to a club means you're less likely to get your drink spiked or get chatted up by creep strangers. Instead, you can actually talk to your friends without shouting over music."

Mina, 19 from Walsall.

For some, health issues were also a factor. Alex, 27, from Essex said: "The reason we are less interested in clubbing is due to a combination of social media, being over-exposed and obsessed with how we want to be perceived to the outside (virtual) world. This stops us from letting our hair down for fear of candid photos being publicised online. There is also a lot of pressure to not drink, and not relax due to comparing ourselves to our peers with jobs, relationships, healthy lifestyles."

Alice, 28, from Manchester said: "There is a surge towards being healthy and a night of drinking is a real turn off. A few drinks with friends is nice but better to go out for food."

The last reason given by many millennials? Exhaustion. This cropped up a lot, particularly among younger millennials still studying for their exams. Emily,18, from Solihull said: "I am working hard during the week for my A-levels and spend the majority of Saturday playing sport so when I have the chance to go out by Saturday evening I am too tired."

Leah, 18, from Newcastle agreed: "Going out is too much effort. I'd rather chill in and relax from the stress of studying. It's also a good time to catch up with the things I haven't had time to watch or listen to in the week. It's always too expensive to go out."

Brie, 21, from Sheffield was in a similar situation, and said that she cannot deal with a headache for a full morning as well as coping with university study. "A cuppa and biscuits in front of the telly is way more comfortable than waiting to be served in a club."

For older millennials, just as exhausting as work is trying to keep up with competition in the graduate market. Ruth, 22 from Edinburgh said: "With a competitive work environment and everyone looking for graduate jobs, I cannot imagine turning up to work hungover or tired on a weekday and still performing well enough to get ahead. Going to bars and clubs is too expensive, everyone's too busy worrying about whether they will ever be able to afford a mortgage or children to throw away money every week on a club."

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'I'd rather chill in and relax': why millennials don't go clubbing

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here are a lot of reasons why Kaley, 23, doesn't go clubbing any more. For a start, it's too expensive, with taxis, door fees and alcohol to pay for. Plus the clubs, even in the capital, are disappointing: they shut at 2am, much earlier than venues in Berlin, and just when you start enjoying yourself it's lights on.