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All together now
Are co-living spaces the answer to loneliness? Reza Merchant’s Collective in London proved a hit and now he’s primed to make his social experiment a global endeavour.
Risky business
When you get arrested in Saudi or into a scrap in Iraq, one company hopes you’ll call.
Shapely numbers
From furnishings and fixtures to full refurbishments, we celebrate 50 winning design innovations.
Retail therapy
From covered arcades to century-old curtain shops, Osaka's shoppers favour face-to-face commerce over convenience — proof that Japan's second city still prizes conversation as much as consumption.
Going up
Rome finally gets its own grand department store: a €250m gamble by Thailand’s Central Group that turns archaeology, ambition and 800 brands into the city’s newest must-visit address.
Business
Canada launches a space-age carbon counter and Sweden unveils the world’s first shopping centre selling exclusively upcycled and repurposed items.
Core strength
Apple's retail chief on swapping fashion for tech, rebuilding a demoralised global workforce and why leadership, not gadgets, defines her tenure at the world's most valuable brand.
Blown away
Czech design is in the spotlight and its artisanal glassware and furniture are finding an enthusiastic global market.
Nord-y but nice
Slick lines? Scandinavian sensibility? We find it all at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.
Material culture
Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.
