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Mathilde Bel

Affairs

The opener

We fork out for a fantastically big bento, then walk it off with the help of Karl Marx. Jane Goodall, meanwhile, gets down to (monkey) business and shares cheeky anecdotes.

  • Issue #113
  • 5 min read
Red pedestrian traffic light showing a figure with arms outstretched in Karl Marx commemoration in Trier, Germany.
Design

Turning heads

Sinister and mean, these plastic owls have become a global design success by doing one thing well: scaring the crap out of pigeons and other crop-raiding birds.

  • Issue #113
  • 3 min read
Turning heads

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