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Now in its fourth edition under Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah, the Kuwait Concours d'Elegance gathered sixty classic cars, world-class judges and record crowds, with Bespoke itself entering a rare 1933 Standard Avon.
Box House is no box at all, but an L-shaped building holding three family homes, each uniquely shaped with its own private courtyard. Kuwaiti architects Massive Order conceal this complexity behind a composed, deliberately simple façade.
Flown from Germany for Kuwait's Concours d'Elegance, the Uhlenhaut Coupé is essentially a 1955 W196 Formula One car made roadworthy, a jewel from the Mercedes-Benz Museum's extraordinary collection of Silver Arrows.
Known simply as Room, Sir Antony Gormley's monumental sculpture is both interactive artwork and luxury suite at London's Beaumont hotel. Kasia Maciejowska explores a daring first for the Turner Prize-winning artist and his hoteliers.
Hublot marketing director Philippe Tardivel explains the brand's future-facing ethos, its restless pursuit of new materials such as carbon and titanium, and what excites him most among this year's boundary-pushing launches and collaborations.
Whilst rivals chase China's new rich, Hermès has backed Jiang Qiong'Er as she pioneers Shang Xia, an original Chinese brand built on restraint, style and old-fashioned craftsmanship, housed in a converted Shanghai police station.
Guido Terreni, managing director of Bulgari Horlogerie, discusses life after the Octo, the Finissimo's new platinum incarnation and how the maison balances high jewellery against high complication in its ever-evolving watch collections.
Michael Hansmeyer's milled columns and grotto resist easy description. Generated by algorithms and printed in three dimensions, his grotto bears 260 million facets, some a tenth of a millimetre, shifting as you approach.
Although medical research suggests it may harm our health, almost everything around us is designed for sitting. So studio RAAAF joined visual artist Barbara Visser to devise an edgy work landscape that abolishes the traditional desk and chair.
Dylanlex necklaces draw their raw appeal from a vintage look, blending ethnic styling with Art Deco. Crafted from aged brass, copper, bronze and mixed metals, then hand-laid with Swarovski crystals, they trade colour for pure metallic sheen.
Today's design-savvy superyacht owners want more than the mother ship alone. Smaller chase boats now accompany them, engineered with outstanding sea-keeping and performance profiles to rival offshore race winners, with no compromises on amenities or style.
Developers once champed at the bit to break ground on Oman's integrated resort towns. Despite the global financial crisis and the Arab Spring, two of the Sultanate's most ambitious projects are still plodding on.