Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek
Twelve stops for Christmas
Pondering where to pick up gifts this year? Let our editors guide you with their pick of the best shops, emporiums and design stores on the most inviting shopping streets around the globe.
Sweet spot
Shoppers want quality at the right price. Meet the brands creating a market where nothing costs more than €500.
Doctor feelgood
Roof gardens, natural light, green space – how three health centres are tackling modern healthcare challenges.
50 steps to improving your city
Elevating the urban environment needn’t call for grand blueprints from city planners, nor sweeping regeneration. Small projects and individual details can make a difference. Here are a few starters from our editors.
Siargao, The Philippines
This tiny Philippine island is determined to build its tourism industry in a different way to its bigger and busier neighbours.
Architecture
From a concrete creation in Chile to a cosy studio in New York, we highlight eye-catching architecture.
Inside scoop
Belgium might be small but its design industry is punching well above its weight, as evidenced in its biennale.
Park my ride
Ride-sharing and the threat of driverless cars could challenge the future of the movie staple – the valet parker. But there’s hope...
Diplomacy
Promoting the Spanish tongue, Finnish education models and the Nobel Peace prize winner whose women’s movement helped end Liberia’s civil war.
Nord-y but nice
Slick lines? Scandinavian sensibility? We find it all at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.
