David Plaisant
Design
How HQs with in-built factories are keeping staff engaged and improving their products
Not long ago, many were questioning the need to have offices at all – but there’s a growing awareness that proximity to production can help to keep standards high.
Affairs
The diplomacy agenda: A chat with Lithuania’s PM, Italy’s charm offensive in Africa and the pitfalls of a long-standing US democratic scheme
DemocracyIn the public eyeUSA Would you ever willingly sit in on a council meeting? What if you were paid to? This is roughly the question that inspired the Documenters programme, an initiative launched by…
Culture
Making a scene
Paulistano artists, galleries and art fairs have emerged from the ruinous Bolsonaro years with a new urgency to make their mark.
Travel and restaurants
Places that inspire
There is no such thing as neutral architecture. Every part of a building’s design, from its layout to the texture of its materials and the balance of natural and artificial light, has a profound…
