Design
Interview: We meet this year’s Pritzker Prize winner, to learn about his approach to architecture
Chengdu-based Liu Jiakun is the winner of this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize. Since its inception in 1979, the annual award has been a barometer of where the architecture industry is heading. Naturally, designers worldwide…
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Gear up for autumn in the best activewear for work and travel
GoldwinJapan Japan’s Goldwin has a reputation as one of the world’s finest skiwear manufacturers and is the Swedish national ski team’s brand of choice. Recently the label has been translating its technical know-how into…
Coasting it: Beer-mat designs that can build your brand
Coasters are an often overlooked opportunity for clever advertising. From Brazil to Bavaria and beyond, here are a few of our favourites.
Berluti goes for gold in tailoring for Team France at the 2024 Olympics
Craft know-how and tireless tailoring made maison Berluti ideally suited to outfit Team France on the biggest stage of all.
Coast to clothes: Fashion labels that tailor to an island lifestyle
From Mallorca to Filicudi, discover three island brands that could only have been founded where the shore meets the sea.
Zeus + Dione’s co-founders on reconnecting with Greek craft traditions
This forward-thinking eyewear brand is taking inspiration from the country’s rich past to complete its signature summer look.
The road to Denmark’s emergence as Scandinavia’s design powerhouse
From industrial giants to students and workers, creative problem solving permeates Danish life. But how did we get here? And what happens next?
Olympiapark’s success story: How it set the gold standard in architecture
Built at an important moment as Germany restructured its postwar image, Munich 1972’s athletes’ village is a rare example of Olympics infrastructure that remains admired today.
The summer essentials that will elevate your wardrobe this season
From a maestro of stretchy fabric that’s expanding its offering to an Italian leather specialist celebrating the Olympics, we line up this summer’s must-have looks.
Design agenda: Paris’s arrondissement culture and Miami’s public-park renaissance
How each of Paris’s 20 districts offer a unique identity to its residents and Miami’s newest adaptive reuse project gives the city a promising makeover.
This celebrated Brazilian architect finds inspiration outside of the blueprint
From making short films to becoming friends with Radiohead, architect Isay Weinfeld says that there’s more to life than architecture.
