Culture / Film
Reel Rebel
For the past eight years, Assaad Taha’s company, Hot Spot, has been making films for the Al-Jazeera TV network. His mission? To uncover and objectively report injustices through Arab eyes, while staying firmly opposed “to…
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Business / Craft
Craft work
Hermès is one of the most recognised fashion houses in the world. But as a family-run business with a focus on craft, the current men in charge prefer to manage by looking inwards rather than chasing markets.
Culture / Media
Media Briefing
A new Russian TV comedy channel, a bookshop in Bratislava, a new gallery in Washington and a Q & A with the founder of the Pinta art festival in Argentina.
The Globalist, episode 122
Salone Internazionale del Mobile: Joseph Grima, Alexis Georgacopoulos and Aric Chen join Hugo Macdonald in the studio. Plus, SodaStream’s reinvention and the day’s best chairs.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 1 December
Weekend agenda 1/2 December
This weekend follow the art trail to Amsterdam, watch a documentary at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York, and check out the independent record fair in London.
Culture / Publishing
Media Briefing
A new instand-image camera from Japan, an independent Berlin magazine and bookstore with a top selection, and DIY e-books in Japan.
Affairs / Newspapers
Monocolumn
Friday 19 March
Africa’s media landscape
It is hard to find anyone in Kenya who doesn’t buy a newspaper. From security guards to CEOs, newspapers are read voraciously, from cover to cover.
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 30
Nutty about design? From teak toys to matchboxes to a help manual for budding designers, we have a selection of graphically and artistically superior products to tempt your fancy.
Design / Fashion
Fashion briefing
For the second part of our Workhorse series we profile Japanese zip maker YKK. Plus, a Q&A with the founder of Folk clothing, classics from Our Legace, and 10 Corso Como's new foray into South Korea.
Edits / Education
Expo 34: Story of creation
The Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne has risen from being a regional art school to become one of the leading design academies in Europe over the last 15 years. This is largely down to ECAL’s innovative and energetic head…
Culture / Media
Culture Briefing
A roundup of the best books, films and music.