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Business

Business

A Swiss boatmaker using great design to stay afloat and how Hasselblad is staying relevant.

  • Issue #127
  • 4 min read
Business
Craft

Game on

A line-up of beautifully crafted toys and games for some light-hearted respite.

  • Issue #126
  • 5 min read
Game on
Design

Well built

Our pick of superlative designs that are functional, beautiful and made to last.

  • Issue #123
  • 18 min read
Well built
Entertaining

Bread winners

It is integral to French identity but sales of bread are falling and eating habits are changing. We meet the flour-flecked folk offering crumbs of comfort with an artisanal approach.

  • Issue #121
  • 14 min read
Bread winners
Business

Not changing tack

Modern technology has little place at Rivierre, France’s last working nail factory. Workers here have faith in traditional ways – and their century-old machines.

  • Issue #121
  • 6 min read
Not changing tack
Design

The lowdown

In a world that’s now too brightly and badly lit, we look to industry luminaries who fully understand the positive impact of subtle lighting.

  • Issue #119
  • 12 min read
Rows of glowing spherical pendant lights in blue-to-white and pink-to-white gradients mounted on metal rails.
Fashion

The new rebels

Tunisia’s tumult battered its fashion factories. But the country’s designers have cut (and sewn) a new direction that’s selling from Paris to Japan.

  • Issue #117
  • 9 min read
Woman in blue and white striped top with wide-leg denim pants standing on sunny terrace with green foliage
Design

True colours

When in Paris, the visionary designer heads for the tranquil – but suitably colourful – setting of her local bistro.

  • Issue #117
  • 3 min read
True colours

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