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Culture

Easy does it

Start the new decade as you mean to go on. Take stock and choose the scenic route. Our gentle manifesto sketches a picture of taking it a little easier.

  • Issue #130
  • 24 min read
Easy does it
Design

In with the Old

Time and many thoughtless refurbishments have diminished French architect and designer Maxime Old’s legacy. But, thankfully, two of his most glorious interiors have been preserved in Rouen.

  • Issue #130
  • 6 min read
In with the Old
Design

Clear vision

In a world of too-bright LED lights, respected Spanish brand Marset casts a warmer glow on the business of lamp design. We meet the enlightened makers at its new HQ.

  • Issue #130
  • 5 min read
Clear vision
Design

Architecture

From a French-influences Montréal studio to a green building in the heart of Taipei, we highlight some of the design industry's best new works.

  • Issue #130
  • 5 min read
Architecture
Culture

Shared passion

Art collectors Mera and Don Rubell have found a suitably generous new space to display their remarkable collection.

  • Issue #130
  • 8 min read
Shared passion
Business

Dummy run

As adolescent entrepreneurs embrace Canada’s gig economy, the training of babysitters is undergoing a growth spurt.

  • Issue #130
  • 3 min read
Dummy run
Affairs

The opener

How to improve street lighting, shopfronts and city transit, a celebration of rats’ lives and dogs’ dinners and why the solution to our modern malaise is simplicity itself.

  • Issue #130
  • 8 min read
The opener
Design

Back to the future

Our modern cities have ever-evolving needs. But sometimes putting a new spin on an old idea might just fit the bill, whether the aim is to tackle climate change or simply entertain.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 10 min read
Back to the future

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