Design
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Happy space
City dwellers pine for attractive and usable public spaces and city planners are taking note. We visit places where poetic verses are daubed on streets and ‘playable pavements’ allow children to let off steam.
Electric dreams
Japanese digital art collective TeamLab is using technology to remaster what it means to create and experience artworks. We took a stroll among the flowers in their brave new world.
On design
To celebrate the collaboration between Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer and Japanese designer Hiroshi Fujiwara, we contemplate the pursuit of perfection to achieve timeless appeal.
Room to glow
The apartment near Lake Zürich that shows how even a concrete new-build can be warm and cosy.
Inside scoop
Belgium might be small but its design industry is punching well above its weight, as evidenced in its biennale.
The lowdown
In a world that’s now too brightly and badly lit, we look to industry luminaries who fully understand the positive impact of subtle lighting.
Culture
A lease of new life in Kuala Lumpur’s venues, a concrete option for Irish cinema-lovers and the return of a German literary review.
Suite dreams
Whether you’re escaping the bustle of Mexico City, reconnecting with nature in Ireland or yearning for some quality time in iceland, here’s our round-up of relaxing retreats for the holidays.
Play with your food
Architect and caricaturist Gustav Peichl finds many similarities between what he does and what he eats – but the main one is pleasure.
Inner vision
The artist’s studio overlooks a busy scrapyard but inside it’s a pared-down sanctuary.
