Product design
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Bureaux de change
Improve your productivity by sprucing up your place of work – well, that’s the theory anyway. Whatever happens, it will look sharper.
Space race
We rarely notice street furniture, yet the design of chairs, bins and bike racks has a profound effect on our cities. We meet the designers enhancing our urban mood and surroundings.
Trash talk
The Vipp pedal bin went from one-off gift to global bestseller; the inventor’s daughter explains.
Turning heads
Sinister and mean, these plastic owls have become a global design success by doing one thing well: scaring the crap out of pigeons and other crop-raiding birds.
Sleeping giants
Sophie Grove reporting on revivals: Many successful companies have been scuppered by circumstance over the years but in some cases there’s an argument for resurrection. Why not bring back these fine examples?
Fashion
French dresses, Californian totes and a men’s label from product designer Jasper Morrison.
Wondrous wares
From seating to storage, these are the design innovations with which to fit out your home, office or otherwise.
The list: virtuous cycle
Saddle yourself with some great gear from independent and interesting bike brands.
Give them a hand
The modern luxury watch must be timeless but not stuck in a time warp. The people behind Swiss watchmakers Raymond Weil, Chopard and Vacheron Constantin explain how they balance heritage with new technology.
