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Fashion

Reap what you sew

How can fledgling fashion labels make an impact in the industry? Here’s some inspiration from those who’ve done it.

  • Issue #126
  • 13 min read
Team of Loopwheeler staff posed outside their Tokyo storefront with signage about their Tsunami knitting machines.
Business

Nuts and bolts

Cities don’t just happen; assembly is required. But the inner workings of urban development are often hidden. We meet the makers and architects doing the heavy lifting.

  • Issue #125
  • 8 min read
Nuts and bolts
Travel and restaurants

50 steps to improving your city

Elevating the urban environment needn’t call for grand blueprints from city planners, nor sweeping regeneration. Small projects and individual details can make a difference. Here are a few starters from our editors.

  • Issue #125
  • 22 min read
50 steps to improving your city
Affairs

Fired up

Meet the team with a burning desire to protect Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera temple.

  • Issue #125
  • 3 min read
Fired up
Affairs

Asia/Pacific

Hong Kong’s anticipated sports park, Utsunomiya LRT is on track, and boosting business in Perth.

  • Issue #125
  • 4 min read
Asia/Pacific
Business

Going with the flow

Roland's engineers hiked mountain trails recording streams to solve Japan's most intimate public anxiety: the sound of strangers urinating. Meet the Sound Decorator, bathroom privacy's unlikely high-tech saviour.

  • Issue #124
  • 3 min read
Going with the flow
Fashion

Bouncing back

With its new rubber shoe designs, footwear company Moonstar has both rediscovered its manufacturing pride and found a new fan base.

  • Issue #124
  • 6 min read
Bouncing back
Business

Life in motion

From the infrastructure giant improving quality of life to the railway firm entering the property market, we meet the high-flyers going above and beyond.

  • Issue #124
  • 11 min read
Life in motion

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