Laura Rysman
Travel Top 50
All aboard for our fast-paced tour of the finest hotel openings, boats, planes and rolling stock setting agenda in the world of travel and hospitality.
Food
This month’s culinary spree includes a Tokyo carpenter-turned-roaster, a French grocer with a literary history and a Japanese deli backed by a fashion label. It’s a world of creative crossovers.
Branching out
An Italian company has taken inspiration from nature to design a graceful outdoor gym. The collaboration uses specially developed materials, robust enough to survive in public spaces but beautiful enough to avoid ruining them.
Expo 86: Smiles
Converted from the holiday hangout of its CEO, this bucolic sanctuary for Tokyo firm Smiles offers a chance for staff to enjoy the best in modern Japanese living.
Expo 86: Polizia di Stato
A former baronial castle in South Tyrol offers an arresting getaway for both serving and retired officers in the Italian police force.
Expo 86: ‘Polityka’
A rural retreat set up for the staff of a Polish news magazine combines the relaxed vibe of a holiday home with the quiet of a writer's bolthole.
Media
Discovering the heart of Osaka's rare grooves, South Korean TV and a Middle Eastern print collective.
Precious time
At the Biennale des Antiquaires, the world’s top jewellers dazzle crowds with their most extravagant one-off creations. In a buoyant market fuelled by a timeless desire for sparkly things, there’s no rush.
Rossana Orlandi
Italy’s ‘capa’ of the design world, Rossana Orlandi, feels most like herself when she’s at the dinner table. Over lunch, she tells us why.
Standard raiser
Israeli-born artist Oscar Bronner founded Der Standard to fill a gap for non-partisan journalism in Austria. It is now the country's second best-selling quality paper, with over 75,000 copies a day.
