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Mathieu Lehanneur on the art of crafting the torch for the 2024 Olympics
With the French designer’s latest work about to be seen by billions around the world, he tells us how he hopes to reclaim nationalism from the far-right.
Six buildings from around the globe setting industry standards
What makes a well-considered development? Our pick of new projects offer some intriguing clues.
The agenda opener: Updates from our correspondents and a Q&A with Hoor al Qasimi
Plus: romance novels flying off the shelves in France, South Africa, Brazil and Hungary.
The business agenda: A Jakarta-based fragrance label and the company driving Japan’s substitute-meat market
Plus: a Portuguese brand aiming to bring circular fashion into the mainstream.
The design agenda: A new archive space opens at the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
Plus: modularly constructed cabins and an exhibition space in Mexico breaking free of the traditional gallery model
Our annual overview of present and future pioneers in commerce, infrastructure and civil society
This year including news of the European nation getting sleeper trains back on track, the ride-hailing platform that’s expanding across Southeast Asia, and the man charged with refurnishing Notre-Dame cathedral
