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Craft

On the floor

Just like the striking rugs that they produce, Nani Marquina’s team at the namesake firm she runs in the Catalan capital is tightly knit.

  • Issue #153
  • 3 min read
Nani Marquina team members posing in their Barcelona studio surrounded by fabric rolls and rug samples
Design

Book smarts

Clients from Frieze to Rizzoli come to the graphic designer for her storytelling skills. And she delivers bestsellers.

  • Issue #153
  • 4 min read
Frith Kerr sitting in her west London studio surrounded by books on shelves, wearing a dark top and looking thoughtfully
Culture

League of its own

An art school just a few blocks from Moma is sculpting the next generation of Rothkos and Pollocks.

  • Issue #152
  • 12 min read
Student in James Little's non-objective painting class wearing blue gloves, gesturing toward a canvas in a studio.
Design

Setting the scene

In news bulletins, the background matters. We meet the Vienna-based designers whose television studios are the stars of the show.

  • Issue #152
  • 10 min read
Television news anchor in red suit standing in modern studio with curved LED screens and professional lighting
Furniture

Well furnished

The city of Inegöl is building on its woodworking heritage to become a furniture-making powerhouse.

  • Issue #152
  • 9 min read
Well furnished
Architecture

Banking on it

As Pictet opens its new Zürich office, we meet the team behind the historic building’s overhaul.

  • Issue #152
  • 9 min read
Banking on it
Craft

Timeless craft

Meet the first female CEO of a major watch brand, the ambassador for a veteran maker and the non-profit behind Watches and Wonders Geneva.

  • Issue #152
  • 11 min read
Nomos Glashütte building exterior with modernist glass architecture and company signage
Urbanism

Urbanism

Disney-branded towns and a posthumous Mies van der Rohe construction.

  • Issue #152
  • 4 min read
Modern glass and steel building with floor-to-ceiling windows illuminated at dusk surrounded by green lawn
Design

Nation buildings

Architects are using their craft to give Ghana an optimistic narrative fit for the 21st century. Can they ‘ignite the ambition of a country’?

  • Issue #151
  • 11 min read
Black Star Square in Accra with Independence Arch, monument, and Ghanaian flags during golden hour

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