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Elevated living
Swiss elevator giant Schindler and its rivals navigate the complex engineering behind moving millions of urbanites skyward daily, as cities grow taller and pandemic concerns reshape vertical transportation.
Business
Rethinking Japanese express-train design and the Swiss app conquering paperless ticketing.
High tides
There’s a swell time to be had in the Swiss Alps. Visitors are ditching crampons and taking to the waves at a pool hundreds of metres above sea level. Surf’s up!
Design awards 2021, part 1
Our first ever Design Awards are here, honouring the year’s 50 most thoughtfully made objects and buildings.
Diplomacy
The EU’s ambassador to Switzerland on tough talks, Germany and Morocco don’t see eye to eye and the UN’s former climate chief on global co-operation.
Here to stay
Refined stays hewn with bags of original charm from the centre of Kyoto to the shores of California, by way of an upscale Alpine lodge and a Danish island retreat.
Order of merit?
From Zürich's pricey bin bags to Japan's anti-splash driving laws, these municipal regulations prove that thoughtful governance can nudge citizens toward better behaviour without heavy-handed enforcement.
Live together
We recommend reverting back to a housing model devised by Jews at the turn of the 20th century.
In Switzerland, the poster refuses to become a relic
Swiss poster design might have a storied past but it's also the ideal media for today, with its simple, stirring calls to action.
Stitch in time
We size up the family-run Swiss fabric producer putting a new spin on age-old traditions.
