Design
In our design magazine, stories are told of well-designed sneakers, luggage, clutches, Interiors, scented candles and Architecture.
Design doesn’t need to shout to matter. In the kitchen, it should work, fit in, and bring something extra to the experience of making, sharing, and enjoying food. That’s what good design really does—it makes the everyday just a little more considered.
I came to backgammon recently, though the game itself has been around for millennia, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. A friend invited me to play a few times, and I found myself drawn in, not just to the rattle of the dice or the race of the checkers across the board, but to the atmosphere it creates.
Miyake may have passed in 2022, but his thinking feels more alive than ever. Under the creative direction of Satoshi Kondo, the Homme Plissé team continues not by imitation, but by carrying forward Miyake’s questions: What is clothing in a changing world? How can fabric enable movement – physical, social, and emotional?
On a yacht, moored in the marina in Monaco, the German technology house Loewe and New York jeweller Jacob & Co. unveiled a pair of headphones that resist easy categorisation. They are not quite consumer electronics; they are not quite jewellery; and they are not quite sculpture. Somehow, they are all three.
Vincent Van Duysen is a globally recognised Flemish architect. Over the years, he’s designed buildings and interiors all over the world and worked with some of the most respected furniture brands.
Selina Kwong, a London-based Chinese Malaysian womenswear designer. A recent graduate, she is quietly redefining what modern fashion can be. As someone who sees sustainability not as a hurdle but as a creative stepping stone, we spoke to her about the beauty of craft and the kind of future fashion we actually want to wear.
The ritual of cocktail-making is elevated to sculptural refinement in Bar/Giani, the latest collaboration between NUDE Glass and internationally celebrated mixologist Giorgio Bargiani.
We drove it on the road and on the track, and it’s clear Rolls-Royce is targeting a bolder, younger clientele with the Black Badge Spectre. It’s powerful, full of exciting details for the enthusiast, and wrapped in an enigmatic character waiting to be explored. A Rolls-Royce through and through—only much, much wilder.
As ever, Milan’s Salone del Mobile felt less like a trade fair and more like a slow-moving conversation—between past and present, technique and material, form and function. Here’s a selective look at the pieces that lingered long after the closure.
London-born and bred, Alice Cicolini’s fascination with India began in childhood, sneaking glimpses of Jewel in the Crown with one eye open, pretending to be asleep as her mother watched. The vivid colors, the grandeur, the elephants; she was enchanted.
