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Design

Well built

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

  • Issue #123
  • 18 min read
Well built
Business

Art of noise

The global electronics brand Bang & Olufsen has kept its HQ in the unassuming Danish town where it all started.

  • Issue #118
  • 10 min read
Art of noise
Design

The Better by Design Manifesto, 2018

Sometimes you need design to step up to the plate and change your life. In tiny increments, that’s what these tools, materials and products will do. Let’s start the revolution.

  • Issue #118
  • 13 min read
Minimalist black and white interior with geometric patterned cabinet and mid-century furniture.
Art

Culture Briefing

Carsten Höller’s dream works, a Danish art fair to watch and Madrid reclaims its airwaves.

  • Issue #116
  • 4 min read
Copper-tinted sculptural cables forming abstract loops against a black background by Alice Anderson.
Residences

Cabinet of wonders

Poul Kjaerholm was one of the greats of Danish design. Here we visit his former home – a testing ground for many of his best-loved classics.

  • Issue #116
  • 7 min read
Japanese-inspired house entrance with natural wooden door and glazed panels flanked by untreated timber walls.
Furniture

Bureaux de change

Improve your productivity by sprucing up your place of work – well, that’s the theory anyway. Whatever happens, it will look sharper.

  • Issue #116
  • 6 min read
Line drawing of a dog resting on a slanted floor beneath a window with diagonal light rays
Business

Trash talk

The Vipp pedal bin went from one-off gift to global bestseller; the inventor’s daughter explains.

  • Issue #113
  • 6 min read
Trash talk
Design

Architecture

A warm welcome to a new church and a farewell to a modernist marvel.

  • Issue #112
  • 5 min read
Architecture
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

Living with a legend

Aarhus city hall was built as a statement of faith in the future during Denmark’s darkest days. Today its stunningly preserved design is still inspiring civic pride.

  • Issue #109
  • 10 min read
Living with a legend

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