Design
How Paris Design Week is now emerging as a contender to Milan’s design reign
With striking venues, support for emerging designers and renewed respect for France’s métiers d’art, Paris Design Week has quickly become a must on the global design circuit, and Milan’s fiercest competitor.
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The Danish churches putting faith in yoga, jazz and modern design
The Denmark architecture experiencing divine intervention.
Interview: Hines co-CEO Laura Hines-Pierce shows us her office of the future
Hines is on a mission to modernise the workplace. Here, the family firm’s co-CEO tells us why mixed-use developments will transform the office-goer’s everyday experience.
Loose Ends, the community project turning unfinished projects into heirlooms
A global community of craftspeople – knitters, quilters, sewers – are completing precious objects by those who have departed to the great sewing bee in the sky.
Sticking around: How the Post-it changed the way we work
Four creatives share how the humble but ubiquitous sticky notes have improved their work, from organising maps to involving 30 households in the design of their homes.
In good hands: How dedicated schools are keeping luxury brands’ traditions alive
From tailoring and upholstery to goldsmithing, we visit five schools that are helping a new generation to master traditional crafts.
Interview: Nteje Studio’s Myles Igwebuike on exploring heritage through design
How heritage and craft can connect cultures and communities, from the UK to Nigeria.
Nic Monisse on why Dubai designers are the future of the Middle East’s creative scene
The 2024 edition of Dubai Design Week proved that the emirate’s creativity is homegrown.
Moving to Mumbai? Colaba is the place where art and architecture unite
In the first of a new series on urban enclaves – places that have their own powerful dynamism – we head to a former colonial redoubt in Mumbai (or still Bombay to locals).
