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Design

Building connections

Swissbau in Basel is a biennial window onto the pre-eminent Swiss construction industry – and a one-stop-shop for the world’s most forward-thinking architects.

  • Issue #132
  • 9 min read
Günther Seitz examining wooden window frames and doors at a trade show display
Design

Well built

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

  • Issue #123
  • 18 min read
Well built
Architecture

To the rafters

Gracing the interior of a number of contrasting sporting arenas, Neue Holzbau’s intricately engineered timber designs have put the Swiss company in a league of their own.

  • Issue #120
  • 7 min read
To the rafters
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.
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
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.
Product design

Expo 34: Story of creation

Lausanne’s ECAL has become a leading European design academy thanks to its innovative head, Pierre Keller. He uses his knack for sponsorship to get students working with some of the world’s leading creative companies.

  • Issue #34
  • 11 min read
Expo 34: Story of creation
Design

House doctor

In Marylebone, London, a petite penthouse is transformed from a doctor's surgery, using Swiss carpenters and Danish storage to handle a mass of media and an upside-down layout.

  • Issue #20
  • 3 min read
House doctor

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