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Reviving Jordan’s architecture
A look at an ancient method of earth architecture being revived in Jordan, we drop in on Canadian author Douglas Coupland to talk furniture and take a tour of Spanish oil giant Repsol’s new Madrid headquarters.
Leather, buildings, fashion and perfume
We talk to leather supremo Bill Amberg, architect Pierre de Meuron, fashion designer Peter Jensen and scent expert Sissel Tolaas.
Backstage with Hermés
A focus on urban development in Lahore, basket-weaving in Vancouver, and we also discuss silk with an up-and-coming Bulgarian designer and the minds behind Hermès.
Reporting from the 62nd Stockholm Furniture & Light fair
A special edition from the 62nd Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. We talk to Michael Anastassiades, Magnus Wästberg, the Bolon sisters, the owners of Mjölk and the brains behind Nosh & Chow too.
The future of wearables
Alessandro Benetton on his latest campaign, the inaugural Harvard business-and-design conference and the future of ‘wearables’: accessories combining technology with fashion.
Rounding up IDS, IMM and Maison et Objet
The hits and misses from three design trade fairs in three cities, IDS in Toronto, IMM in Köln and Maison et Objet in Paris.
Parisian menswear and perfume
We check out menswear collections from Paris Fashion Week, look at the German construction industry at the BAU fair in Munich, drop in on the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and learn how to make a fragrance back in Paris.
Curating Valentino
A report on menswear from Pitti Uomo in Florence, we sit down with the curator of the Valentino: Master of Couture retrospective at Somerset House and hear from architect Peter Besley of Assemblage – designers of the new Iraqi parliament.
Selfridges No Noise initiative and the importance of the unimportant
We talk to Alannah Weston about the No Noise initiative at Selfridges, design guru Richard Seymour discusses the importance of the unimportant and we learn about Vancouver’s wooden skyscrapers with architect Michael Green.
2012 highlights
Best of 2012: We enjoy the past year of Section D and bring you the very best of 52 episodes of design stories.
