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Arty party
Everybody who is anybody in the world of architecture goes to the Venice Biennale. So why were there so few good ideas this time?
Building divisions
70 years after the death of Atatürk, the fate of his namesake Cultural Centre hangs in the balance, symbolising the struggle between Turkey's secular state and the governing Islamist AK party.
Inventory
A few of our favourite things, including a new mobile phone by Bic and a waste disposal unit by Loofen. Plus, where to find the best ryokan at the foot of Mount Fuji.
Brolly good
For 152 years, Maglia Francesco has been using the same methods to make exquisitely detailed umbrellas, passing the skills and the family traditions down through five generations.
Well stacked
A Buenos Aires bookshop with the largest collection of photography books in South Africa.
Culture
This month’s culture roundup. Films include an animated documentary on the Lebanon war and a Russian émigré junkie in London. Books feature Soviet chic, a noir New York tale, and Argentinian memoir.
Light bulb moment
In our series on working lives, we enter artist Katie Paterson's world. She brings ideas of the universe to life, with witty installations that involve calling a mobile phone inside a glacier.
Welcome home
From fashion to toys, outsourced production lines are closing as companies rediscover local industries. This shift brings benefits to individual companies and suggests that not every western nation must be a service economy.
Architecture/design
Briefing: A Danish bag designer goes back to school, a pair of Japanese brothers fall in love with Bolivia, and a Swedish and an American shoe company cosy up for a collaboration.
