The Weekend Opener
from Andrew Tuck
Why restaurant design has us all feeling like sitting ducks
Dear restaurant designer,I hope that you don’t mind me dropping you this note out of the blue but I wanted to have a word about the humble topic of seating. You see, you have…
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Intellectual property
This week I could almost match my column buddy Tyler Brûlé for the number of places that I’ve visited and people who I’ve had the privilege of meeting. It has run from conversations about…
Reel life
1Reading the Oscar nominations, I realised that our household’s film-watching has been very off-pace in recent months. So, in quick succession, evenings this week have been spent watching Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers…
Working wonders
1Some house news. The Chiefs is our conference that asks leaders (whether business, civic or diplomatic) to come on stage and tell us their life stories, discuss their successes and reveal the ambitions that…
A view to distill
What do you see? I had drinks with a friend this week who is a creative director at a big online-retail brand. He’s working on a refresh that includes new visual elements for the…
Animal instincts
I am not a great believer in horoscopes – or, indeed, a believer in them at all – but I am a Capricorn. While I will have no truck with such nonsense, that means…
