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Chapter 1
Independent jeweller Kia Schwan
In 2022, Kia Schwaninger took the leap and launched her own maison: New York-based, independent high-jewellery house Kia Schwan. Her inaugural collection, Colorhythms, is a triumph in joyful and expressive designs inspired by the art deco architecture of Miami.
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Chapter 2
R&B musician Gaidaa
Konfekt’s Paige Reynolds caught up with one of Amsterdam’s rising stars, R&B and soul musician Gaidaa. Raised in Eindhoven to Sudanese parents, Gaidaa burst onto the scene with her debut record, ‘Overture’, in 2020. As we find out, the journey to completing her second body of work has been a little less straightforward.
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Chapter 3
Paint purveyor Atelier Ellis
Founded by Cassandra Ellis in 2018, Atelier Ellis is an independent maker and purveyor of beautiful natural paint. Its colour palette is designed to help people tell their stories in their own homes, while keeping sustainability in mind.
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Chapter 4
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
With their ideas flourishing in cities around the world, the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon are a blueprint for contemporary urban planning. The continued search for details about the site also reveals something about our human nature, as award-winning historian, researcher and curator Hiba Alobaydi found out.
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