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Arts

Christoph Niemann

The illustrator and artist discusses food in his work, his talent for frying and the German capital’s gentrification – and doodles a quick portrait with the help of some salt and pepper, of course.

  • Issue #125
  • 5 min read
Christoph Niemann
Design

Play it cool

We visit the cities making space for people (of all ages) to get out and about and have some fun.

  • Issue #125
  • 17 min read
Play it cool
Urbanism

Cities

Oslo’s governing mayor on how to green a city, a Mexican city gets a rebrand, car-sharing in Slovenia and Berlin’s rooftops are blooming.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
Two men shake hands on stage while exchanging an award at the European Green Capital ceremony, with a woman applauding in the background.
Design

Singular visions

Five decades after rejecting architecture's conventions, Elizabeth Diller remains stubbornly curious — the counterculture nonconformist who accidentally built New York's most beloved public space.

  • Issue #118
  • 16 min read
Singular visions
Retail

Best in class: Berlin

Get lost among the sheets of foam, coloured pencils and felt-tip pens at this Kreuzberg stationary empire.

  • Issue #115
  • 6 min read
Best in class: Berlin
Retail

Shop, read, listen

Shopping for Finnish trolls in London and finicky pooches in Berlin, plus this month’s best books, products, music, film and more.

  • Issue #112
  • 16 min read
Hotel & Home Singapore showroom displaying contemporary porcelain pieces and ceramics on a wooden table.
Design

Fine tuning

How the GDR’s vast broadcasting house has been restored as a thriving arts hub.

  • Issue #110
  • 8 min read
Fine tuning

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