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Business
The new generation of helpful travel agencies, an urban distiller gives his team a getaway and cycle helmets that are both sturdy and sleek.
Rock the house
Having restored the sheen to Sotheby’s rusty balance sheet, new CEO Tad Smith is reimagining the historic institution’s future by embracing digital.
Image conscious
Vienna’s city council is doing a Google and mobile-mapping its streets. The mission? Use public space and get rid of old sweet machines.
Cities
A tale of two disaster-ready cities, the view on participatory urbanism from Aarhus and LA’s inventive way of dealing with the hot, hot heat.
Power up
Traditional bike sales have peaked, but electric bike sales are gaining momentum. With increasing industry innovation, it seems the market can only go in one direction: up.
Timber land
We visit the showrooms of the Hida Furniture Festival in Takayama, the seat of Japan’s woodworking industry.
If the glove fits
Luxury giant Hermès is at the forefront of a movement to revive one region’s leather-work traditions.
Space race
A boom in co-working spaces is offering freelancers flexibility. But are these business incubators a timely innovation or real-estate opportunism?
The secret to opening a bike shop
In the latest episode of our 'Secret to...' series we talk to Jack Pattison, co-founder of Freddie Grubb, about the key elements that go into creating an outstanding bike shop.
Cross to bear
As director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Yves Daccord has learnt to take a calm approach to life-or-death decisions.
