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Josh Fehnert

Affairs

Shifting sands

From advertising to the transformations of Tokyo, Beijing and Madrid, we lift the curtain on the issues and events shaping the world, set to resonate in 2019 and beyond.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 18 min read
Madrid skyline with glass skyscrapers, construction cranes, and concrete building foundations under development.
Design

The Better by Design Manifesto, 2018

Sometimes you need design to step up to the plate and change your life. In tiny increments, that’s what these tools, materials and products will do. Let’s start the revolution.

  • Issue #118
  • 13 min read
Retail

Shop, read, listen

Unique boutiques offering covetable homeware, exquisite candles and canny storage, plus a few absorbing page-turners and delights for your eyes and ears.

  • Issue #118
  • 15 min read
Shop, read, listen
Food & Drink

Food & drink

Food scoops from a winery in the UK capital and a Korean joint in New York – plus a Colombian chocolate-maker.

  • Issue #118
  • 7 min read
Food & drink
Retail

Class of their own

Top-flight trainers and upbeat tunes to get you up and out, and tasteful homeware, thrilling reads and film tips if you want to cosy up at home as the evenings draw in.

  • Issue #117
  • 17 min read
Open comic book pages with colorful illustrations showing characters in dialogue and narrative scenes
Retail

Shop, read, listen

Cutting-edge cutlery, playful glassware (and a bottle of bourbon to fill it with), classic scents, the latest music and tasteful souvenirs to remind you of sunnier climes.

  • Issue #116
  • 17 min read
Minimalist retail space with wooden table, woven stools, and shelves displaying ceramic vessels and home goods.
Society

The opener

We get sociable with co-working spaces and consider two very different approaches to national pride. First up, a quick fix in Milan, Washington’s explosive exhibition and Portland puts opera on the menu.

  • Issue #116
  • 5 min read
People dining at outdoor tables outside Portineria14 bar in Milan's Navigli neighbourhood
Furniture

Bureaux de change

Improve your productivity by sprucing up your place of work – well, that’s the theory anyway. Whatever happens, it will look sharper.

  • Issue #116
  • 6 min read
Line drawing of a dog resting on a slanted floor beneath a window with diagonal light rays

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