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Architecture

In safe hands

A design-minded journey through Czechia reveals how contemporary architects are breathing new life into medieval castles, Renaissance facades and striking communist-era buildings.

  • Issue #168
  • 22 min read
In safe hands
Hospitality

Back to nature

A former motor lodge in the Catskill Mountains has been transformed into a rustic roadside retreat.

  • Issue #168
  • 5 min read
Man in light blue shirt and cap reading book in hammock with small black and white dog on wooden deck
Craft

Silver Surfing

The long legacy of Georg Jensen’s silverware is kept safe in a secret archive to inspire today’s artists.

  • Issue #168
  • 9 min read
Silver Surfing
Architecture

Light touch

An architect’s plush and playful early modernist home in the Belgian town of Lier received a gentle polish from its new owners.

  • Issue #168
  • 9 min read
Light touch
Architecture

Tests of time

Architecture is about more than simply ushering ideas from sketch to skyscraper. It can play a critical role in solving global issues.

  • Issue #168
  • 17 min read
Tests of time
Architecture

Brown in town

Interior-architecture firm Studio Modijefsky is looking to the Dutch capital’s past to inspire its forward-thinking designs.

  • Issue #168
  • 8 min read
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Furniture

In focus

Our pick of the sofas, tables, chairs and accessories that are sure to bring comfort and joy into our workplaces and homes.

  • Issue #168
  • 9 min read
Red upholstered armchair with matching frame alongside round side table and table lamp in modern interior setting
Design

Down to the letter

Font foundry Sharp Type scours everything from libraries to cemeteries in its mission to create one typeface to rule them all.

  • Issue #168
  • 9 min read
Down to the letter
Design

Charging ahead

With ambitious comparisons to Prada and Porsche, Sweden’s Polestar is counting on good design and four new models to gain traction in the congested EV market.

  • Issue #168
  • 8 min read
Close-up of white Polestar 2 electric vehicle's rear end showing red LED taillight and black bumper with model name

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