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With Finland’s love of libraries well established, we head to a Helsinki haunt that typifies the country’s bookish ways.

  • Issue #109
  • 4 min read
White spiral staircase with dark railings curves through multi-level library with bookshelves and warm lighting
Architecture

Architecture

From a small studio in Mallorca to a UK factory that's also a creative space, showroom and museum, we round up the best in global design.

  • Issue #109
  • 6 min read
A low white modular bookshelf filled with books and small decorative objects against a white wall.
Entertaining

Perfect setting

Laying on a spread this Christmas? Luminaries from the worlds of design, hospitality and diplomacy reveal what makes a terrific table.

  • Issue #109
  • 9 min read
Perfect setting
Design

Living with a legend

Aarhus city hall was built as a statement of faith in the future during Denmark’s darkest days. Today its stunningly preserved design is still inspiring civic pride.

  • Issue #109
  • 10 min read
Living with a legend
Architecture

Building society

A former construction yard has been brought back to life by businesses that are working together to grow – quite literally.

  • Issue #109
  • 6 min read
Coexisting businesses support each other
Business

Business

A new emporium for Japanese crafts in Singapore, a Czech glassware company gets a brand revamp and which countries spend the most on Christmas.

  • Issue #109
  • 3 min read
Business
Fashion

Past lives

The Missoni designer looks to the past for inspiration as she drives her family brand forward.

  • Issue #108
  • 3 min read
A vintage green plastic creature toy with raised arms displayed on a glass table among eclectic home decor.
Design

Timber land

We visit the showrooms of the Hida Furniture Festival in Takayama, the seat of Japan’s woodworking industry.

  • Issue #108
  • 9 min read
Timber land
Design

Modern love

In a rescued Bristol townhouse, Ken Stradling's lifetime of Nordic glass, pottery and design treasures tells a story of salvage, taste and devotion – to objects, to a building and to a marriage.

  • Issue #108
  • 6 min read
Modern love
Architecture

Utility room

The Bauhaus’s designs still resonate today because of their functionality: Tecta can see the beauty in that.

  • Issue #108
  • 7 min read
Utility room

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