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Business

Business

Electric car charging in California, the Alpine snowbike boom and a leading London stationer.

  • Issue #160
  • 8 min read
Business
Transport

Train of thought

The trains soon to be arriving at Vienna’s U-Bahn stations are defined by a consideration of every detail in a passenger’s journey. Quite right too – they’ll be on the rails for decades.

  • Issue #160
  • 5 min read
Train of thought
Business

Pit stop

Morocco’s pioneering use of renewable energy is helping it to shift gears to become a car-manufacturing hot spot.

  • Issue #160
  • 4 min read
Pit stop
Business

Full of beans

A clever brand recipe has created a rapidly expanding coffee chain. The question now is: how far can it go?

  • Issue #160
  • 7 min read
Barista in white apron working behind modern coffee shop counter with Japanese-inspired wood slat design and stacked cups
Craft

Downhill shuttle

A Scottish ski-maker is carving a niche with his premium kit. We visit a wintry business that’s gaining momentum.

  • Issue #159
  • 5 min read
Jamie Kunka skiing across snowy terrain on a stone bridge in Scotland's Cairngorms mountains
Fashion

Embrace the chaos

Turbulent times call for bold decisions, says Pietro Beccari, the chairman and CEO of Christian Dior Couture, who has tripled the luxury firm’s revenues.

  • Issue #159
  • 8 min read
Pietro Beccari sitting at a wooden table in his office with contemporary artworks visible on the walls behind him
Retail

Mellow yellow

Amid economic chaos and geopolitical shifts, Jesper Brodin is transforming Ingka Group, the firm behind Ikea, with serenity.

  • Issue #159
  • 7 min read
Mellow yellow
Design

Hand in hand

Technology and craftsmanship are putting Mattiazzi at the apex of Italy’s ‘Triangle of the Chair’.

  • Issue #159
  • 6 min read
Craftsman Walter Vogrig working on a curved wooden chair component in the Mattiazzi factory workshop
Art

Reality check

In art, authenticity is everything. But can the technology and knowhow that allows Factum to replicate the great works of the past down to the smallest detail democratise the art world?

  • Issue #159
  • 10 min read
Workers applying finishing touches to large white statue parts in industrial workshop with scaffolding

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