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From an 88-year-old Egyptian feminist still writing against the grain to watches forged from seized firearms and leather grown from fungi, a roundup of the changemakers proving conscience and craft can share a wardrobe.
HOW DID YOU END UP WORKING IN THE WATCH INDUSTRY? [Christian Knoop, Creative Director at IWC Schaffhausen] Watch design was always something I looked at as a source of inspiration and admiration. I am a trained industrial designer and have worked on vastly different products, ranging fr…
One way or another electric planes are going to happen. After all, they’ve been around for decades, albeit as experimental prototypes. So how long will it be until they become commercially viable? Not too much longer! That’s right, Airbus, Rolls Royce and Siemens are working together on…
More than four decades after Fiamma Ferragamo created the bow-fronted Vara pump, designer Paul Andrew is giving the house's best-loved shoe a bolder, more assertive evolution.
On the Hawaiian island of Lāna'i, the Four Seasons Resort at Kōʻele, A Sensei Retreat, offers a serene garden of Eden. Cool mountain breezes and warming sun set the scene for genuine restoration and renewal.
In a remote Palestinian town south of Hebron, an international consortium has reclaimed Roman, Byzantine and Crusader vestiges, restoring centuries-old courtyards and turning a place left for ruin into something resembling renewal.
From an 18th-century coral watchtower to a thriving cultural quarter, Abu Dhabi's oldest building has been reborn — crowned by CEBRA's award-winning Musallah, a prayer hall that rises from the water like rock.
The sixth vessel to bear the name and the fourth from Abeking & Rasmussen, 80-metre Excellence is a masterclass in discipline. Launched in 2019, Winch Design unites exterior and interior in symbiotic harmony.
Clarens, Switzerland, April 2020: Boosting our immune system has rarely felt more urgent, especially with the current pandemic swept across the world. Maintaining a healthy immune system can help protect your body from foreign invaders and is paramount for your body in becoming and stay…
With a display that lasted from January 31st till March 7th, Desert X helped shed light on how self-expression is a hot new topic in the Kingdom. The desert sands are slowly slipping through the hourglass, bringing change to the long-cloistered Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nowhere is this m…
Both for countries across the Middle East and around the world, life as we know it came to a grinding halt in early March 2020. As a result it has become crystal clear how fragile our existence is. Talk about a reality check. Despite all the technology we’ve implemented, the complex fin…
The Modist may be no more, but back in February 2019 (issue 73), it was just two years old and definitely on the rise. So we spoke to Ghizlan Guenez, the founder of this conservative fashion e-retailer, as she was on a quest to dispel the notion that modesty means being frumpy or un-chi…