Filipe Redondo
‘We’re a gateway for brands to the country.’ If you want Brazil, you start at Iguatemi
The CEO of Iguatemi on what’s powering the retail real-estate group’s healthy growth trajectory.
How Balneário Camboriú became Brazil’s mini-Dubai
Once a sleepy resort city, Balneário Camboriú is now having a growth spurt, attracting a new wave of entrepreneurs with its safe streets, oceanfront towers and promise of social mobility.
This celebrated Brazilian architect finds inspiration outside of the blueprint
From making short films to becoming friends with Radiohead, architect Isay Weinfeld says that there’s more to life than architecture.
Fresh stays
We present the finest hotels for your perusal this month, from a former Iranian embassy in Belgrade to a cinema-themed opening in Tbilisi. Plus: new shops that make responsible retail a pleasure.
Fashion statement
The world of fashion is constantly reinventing itself. We meet three visionary leaders who, despite working in disparate fields, are cut from the same bold cloth.
Life’s a beach
The 450-strong team of the Copacabana Palace make the hotel a sunny outpost of grand hospitality.
Scene stealers
Chicago's Manual Cinema solved a stylistic puzzle for the Candyman sequel, using shadow puppets to recreate flashback scenes without jarring the new film's aesthetic.
Beyond a joke
In an era where comedy walks a tightrope between relevance and risk, satirists worldwide navigate the delicate balance of wielding humour as political weapon while avoiding cancellation or worse.
