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Lindsay Lauckner Gundlock

Urbanism

Growing gains

Soften your cityscape and add life to your home with plants. We offer fail-safe tips for growers and a call to action to let your civic pride spread beyond your four walls.

  • Issue #134
  • 4 min read
Growing gains
Retail

Twelve stops for Christmas

Pondering where to pick up gifts this year? Let our editors guide you with their pick of the best shops, emporiums and design stores on the most inviting shopping streets around the globe.

  • Issue #129
  • 27 min read
A cosy homeware shop interior with light wood shelving displaying ceramics, with a colourful sofa and cushions at the centre.
Food & Drink

Food & drink

New openings from Lima to London, plus a few saucy table-toppers and something for your bookshelf.

  • Issue #124
  • 6 min read
Food & drink
Arts

Off the grid

A fearless Mexican city is drawing comparisons to the world’s most exciting design hubs. We meet its key figures.

  • Issue #123
  • 9 min read
Off the grid
Retail

Domestic bliss

Luxury fashion in Mexico used to be European – but rising womenswear stars are redressing the balance.

  • Issue #123
  • 6 min read
Lago owner Regina Barrios wearing a colorful traditional Mexican patterned top
Business

Talking shop

From Tokyo's Isetan to Bogotá's design studios, the world's most forward-thinking retailers are proving that bricks-and-mortar shopping remains indispensable — for neighbourhoods, culture and commerce alike.

  • Issue #122
  • 40 min read
Illustration of a person on a ladder hanging a blue arrow sign in an urban storefront setting.
Food & Drink

Food & drink

We visit a jamón joint in Madrid, Norwegian café-cum-hotel in Tokyo and Parisian grocer par excellence.

  • Issue #120
  • 6 min read
Food & drink
Retail

Best in class: Mexico City

Handsome interiors shop Taxonomía caters to a discerning clientele who shun the traditional in favour of contemporary homegrown products and Mexican manufacturing finesse.

  • Issue #118
  • 5 min read
Best in class: Mexico City
Design

Space exploration

The labyrinthine San Jerónimo home of Ernesto Gómez Gallardo Argüelles is a study in Mexican modernism – and a treasure trove of the polymath’s many designs.

  • Issue #114
  • 8 min read
Space exploration

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