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Mix and match

Bookshop chain Tsutaya is adding some design nous to the country’s co-working offering – and an alternative to its rigid office culture.

  • Issue #162
  • 8 min read
Interior view of Share Lounge Marunouchi showing café area with large windows overlooking Tokyo Station's red-brick façade
Business

Engine rooms

Good workplace design can be decisive in winning over clients – as well as in tempting remote workers back to the office. We run down the ground rules.

  • Issue #156
  • 9 min read
Kettal's Hydroponic Garden system showing tiered wooden shelving with various plants and vegetables growing in containers
Culture

Top dog

The start of a new series that will make you smile.

  • Issue #147
  • 1 min read
Linus, a two-year-old Eurasier dog from London, sitting attentively with eyes closed and mouth slightly open
Affairs

Happy returns

Our editor in chief welcomes the excitement in the air as the world begins to reconnect.

  • Issue #142
  • 4 min read
Happy returns
Business

I miss my desk

Now that we’ve all proved we can work from home, are we done with the office? Not even remotely.

  • Issue #134
  • 7 min read
Illustration of a laptop displaying 'Office' surrounded by desk items including a desk lamp, coffee cup, cactus plant and books on a yellow background.
Architecture

Business sense

Organic grocery chain Alnatura has gone above and beyond to create a smart and healthy office culture in its new HQ.

  • Issue #126
  • 7 min read
Business sense
Urbanism

The opener

Why it’s time to kick off your shoes in the office, the drive to ban drive-thrus and some woolly wanderers flocking to Paris.

  • Issue #126
  • 7 min read
The opener
Business

What works?

We were told that workplaces would become less relevant but the opposite is true. Here’s how to improve your lot.

  • Issue #120
  • 2 min read
What works?
Society

The opener

We get sociable with co-working spaces and consider two very different approaches to national pride. First up, a quick fix in Milan, Washington’s explosive exhibition and Portland puts opera on the menu.

  • Issue #116
  • 5 min read
People dining at outdoor tables outside Portineria14 bar in Milan's Navigli neighbourhood

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