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Food & Drink

They have it licked

The owners of modest gelaterie can find themselves running businesses with the potential to become deliciously successful global brands. We look at three fresh players.

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  • 5 min read
They have it licked
Design

Ship shape

It should be a moment to savour – a sea breeze, a glass of rosé. But most ferry trips involve terrible coffee and fumes. We have a plan to get holidays back on course.

  • Issue #145
  • 5 min read
Ship shape
Hospitality

Premium pit stops

Most service stations are a means to an end: a quick stop-off beside a motorway to refuel and stretch your legs. But can they be more? We park at cultured conveniences revving things up.

  • Issue #145
  • 13 min read
A green Mashiko Kitchen food van parked outside the modern wooden architecture of Mashiko Roadside Station in Japan.
Entrepreneurialism

Crown jewel

Business is blooming in the fertile fields of Victoria’s King Valley as Melbourne’s entreprenurial ‘tree changers’ put down roots.

  • Issue #144
  • 8 min read
Crown jewel
Technology

Elevated living

Swiss elevator giant Schindler and its rivals navigate the complex engineering behind moving millions of urbanites skyward daily, as cities grow taller and pandemic concerns reshape vertical transportation.

  • Issue #144
  • 10 min read
Cross-section illustration of elevator shaft showing people on different floors waiting and riding
Business

Business

Rethinking Japanese express-train design and the Swiss app conquering paperless ticketing.

  • Issue #144
  • 8 min read
Business
Transport

Train times

Every nation wants cleaner, smarter ways of getting around and rail is set to be the big winner. We talk speed, design and night-time adventures with Michael Peter of Siemens Mobility.

  • Issue #144
  • 8 min read
Train times
Business

Taking flight

A Colorado start-up is leading the charge to bring back supersonic passenger flight, with test aircraft ready and billions in airline commitments backing the ambitious venture.

  • Issue #144
  • 14 min read
Taking flight
Business

Cities Briefing

We sit down with the woman who could be Copenhagen’s next mayor and explore a park project in Busan.

  • Issue #144
  • 4 min read
Cities Briefing
Transport

Missing links

As the world gets moving once again, we highlight the grand-scale transit projects that would give cities and nations new momentum.

  • Issue #144
  • 13 min read
Stylized illustration of coastal landscape with green mountains, water, and colorful geometric shapes

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