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Architecture

Personal space

Architect Junzo Yoshimura’s seaside escape is a private, harmonious ‘mansion’ that is finally ready to be shared with the world.

  • Issue #159
  • 5 min read
Modern interior corner with gray swivel chairs, glass side table and wooden credenza near large windows
Design

Remaking a masterpiece

A modernist home in subtropical São Paulo has been carefully restored by one of the city’s best architects. We take an exclusive tour of this Brazilian beauty.

  • Issue #151
  • 7 min read
Remaking a masterpiece
Design

Collecting the set

How a personal haul of modernist homeware became a premier prop source for the global film industry.

  • Issue #149
  • 6 min read
Collecting the set
Furniture

Faithful to the cause

Knoll’s European arm is remaining loyal to its mid-century heritage, while also adding new designs by Piero Lissoni. It all makes for comfortable business.

  • Issue #148
  • 8 min read
Simone Proietti spray-painting the back panel of a Florence Knoll credenza
Design

Stick ’em up!

When done well, posters can persuade us to buy a pen, observe social norms or fly to a faraway land. They look great too. Put them on your walls.

  • Issue #143
  • 6 min read
Tom Eckersley 1960 poster for Society of Industrial Artists exhibition featuring green eyes and blue arrow
Design

Architecture

Raf Simons discusses a new range of furniture fabrics, plus the concrete creation rising from the Jordanian desert.

  • Issue #124
  • 6 min read
Architecture
Food & Drink

Sweet spots

Melbourne’s mid-century milk bars are being reimagined by a new breed of entrepreneur. Who fancies a shake?

  • Issue #123
  • 10 min read
Sweet spots
Design

Room to glow

The apartment near Lake Zürich that shows how even a concrete new-build can be warm and cosy.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
A warmly lit modern living room with a dark sofa, mid-century wooden chairs, indoor plants, and city photography on the wall.
Design

Counter culture

LA’s diners serve a healthy dollop of nostalgia but their architecture has modern relevance.

  • Issue #117
  • 11 min read
Counter culture

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