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Looking for answers
What does it take to be a great designer? Is fussing over furniture distribution crucial to your brand’s success? These issues are tackled in conversation with three industry heroes.
Rack them up
Be it a smart or casual affair, it’s time to replenish your wardrobe as spring makes a welcome return.
Bright idea
Midgard, a lighting company revered for its functional design and beloved by the Bauhaus, has been given a new lease of life by a couple of mid-century devotees.
All fired up
A storied Portuguese ceramics brand has been rescued from oblivion – with some vivid results.
Young and in luxe
Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.
Retail therapy
From covered arcades to century-old curtain shops, Osaka's shoppers favour face-to-face commerce over convenience — proof that Japan's second city still prizes conversation as much as consumption.
Wardrobe directions
Our editors have toured the showrooms, interrogated the buyers and been to the shows. The following pages offer up our picks of the spring/summer 2018 season.
Going up
Rome finally gets its own grand department store: a €250m gamble by Thailand’s Central Group that turns archaeology, ambition and 800 brands into the city’s newest must-visit address.
Business
Canada launches a space-age carbon counter and Sweden unveils the world’s first shopping centre selling exclusively upcycled and repurposed items.
Heart of glasses
In between fashion weeks, Milan plays host to Mido: the world’s biggest stage for eyewear.
