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Fashion
New York retailer Articolo brings the spotlight back to the side table. Co-founded by Emanuela Frattini Magnusson, its debut collection features work by designers Ross Lovegrove and James Irvine.
Buried treasure
Tadao Ando is one of the world’s most respected architects. Working against Japan’s ‘rip down and rebuild’ policy, he is now burying structures and wondering if architects should stop creating new buildings.
Inventory No. 7
Shopping trips to Marunouchi can be exhausting. Thankfully, there’s a new venue to rest weary heads: the glowing, 24-storey Peninsula Tokyo, the first free-standing hotel to open in the city in a decade.
Future classics
Menswear sales are recovering from a 2005 dip. This season’s Pitti Uomo drew 21,000 buyers, with significant growth in new markets. Its fashions were similarly forward looking, pointing to future classics.
Model nation
Reimagining Liguria and Monaco as Costazzurra: a Riviera superpower with reengineered ports, banned hypermarkets, Fincantieri shipyards and a World Cup-winning brand strategy.
Travel wardrobe
With no big budget, Clemens en August kick-started its brand with whistle-stop tours across Europe. Now the company, whose name nods to its C&A pedigree, is eyeing the US market.
Top Marks
As millions of students around the world head back to university digs, the residents of Casa dell’Accademia have it much better than most. Here’s a lesson in inspired design on a strict budget.
Architecture/Design
Muscular Icelandic gyms, Spain's eat in the White House and an explosive Beirut house.
Driving test
What rolls off students’ drawing boards today could be at the Frankfurt Motor Show tomorrow. With top design schools from Germany to India, the future of automotive design is picking up speed.
