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Felix Brüggemann

Design

Good form

We explored the world of product design and asked the best in the business what it’s like to envision new things that excel in form and function.

  • Issue #142
  • 19 min read
Good form
Affairs

Animal instinct

The poorest often rely on pets as much as pets rely on their owners. Berlin’s only roving vet cares for both.

  • Issue #140
  • 3 min read
Animal instinct
Wine

Grape delights

A new generation of vignerons in France’s Jura valley are charming (and challenging) international tastes.

  • Issue #139
  • 11 min read
Group dining on a terrace with a sweeping valley view.
Travel and restaurants

Hungary for more?

The Magyars, as Hungarians are sometimes known, landed in the Carpathian Basin a millennium ago – and you can see why they stayed. The Central European nation has surprises aplenty.

  • Issue #136
  • 3 min read
Hungary for more?
Entertainment

Be our guest

We drop in on a wine journalist in Porto, an architect in Berlin and two designers in Toronto, and – between bites – discuss the delights of hosting at home.

  • Issue #135
  • 10 min read
Be our guest
Photography

Life through a zoom lens

Lockdowns left our cities deserted. But the absence of the usual hubbub allowed us to see them differently. Intrepid photographers were on hand to capture the beauty and humanity of the moment.

  • Issue #134
  • 12 min read
Life through a zoom lens
Travel and restaurants

Raising the spa

Czech spa town Marienbad remains a relic of the Austro-Hungarian empire. What it craves is the international recognition that reflects its regional significance. And as global interest in wellbeing grows, now is the time…

  • Issue #131
  • 12 min read
Raising the spa
Culture

Easy does it

Start the new decade as you mean to go on. Take stock and choose the scenic route. Our gentle manifesto sketches a picture of taking it a little easier.

  • Issue #130
  • 24 min read
Easy does it
Retail

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.

  • Issue #129
  • 27 min read
A cosy homeware shop interior with light wood shelving displaying ceramics, with a colourful sofa and cushions at the centre.
Business

This is what success looks like

Does being your own boss mean weekend freedom or late nights? We asked eight successful entrepreneurs, from fashion to furniture, what their Friday evenings look like and what success really means to them.

  • The Entrepreneurs #1
  • 9 min read
Niclas Ahlström, founder of Made by Choice, sits on a couch with a young child and stuffed toys, with colorful artwork on the wall behind.

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