Design
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Design/architecture
New buildings, from Portugal to Australia, plus furniture, interiors and homeware.
Inventory No. 67
This month’s treats include some gin for your drinks cabinet, stationery for your home-office and wooden animals for the fun of it.
Power trip
Electric cars aren’t new to the motoring scene but they’ve always been practical rather than user-intuitive or well designed – limitations BMW has looked to tackle with its first all-electric model.
Big Shot
El Casco in the Basque country is a Spanish success story. And despite the difficult economic conditions, it has had the firepower to survive.
Power to the people
Innovative designers and visionary city planners are breathing new life into the much-mocked electric bike – today’s power-assisted two-wheelers are hand-crafted, ultra-efficient, lightweight and, most important of all, chic...
Art Market
Gallery and auction news, a photo sale in San Diego and a Q&A with the Saatchi Gallery's director.
Can I have a word?
Canadian author Margaret Atwood is almost as well known for her relentless activism as she is for her award-winning novels – but she is far more enthusiastic about the latter.
Out of frame
Preparations for Frieze week are under way. More than a week in Regent’s Park, we meet exhibitors, technicians and contemporaries who help create the bigger picture of London's illustrious art fair.
Culture
Music, books, films and exhibitions to watch out for, plus our culture editor's monthly musings.
Glazing a trail
The enamelware coming out of the Noda Horo factory in Japan hardly has time to sit on the shelves. Meet the family firm that has forged a reputation for quality and creativity.
