Bentley’s electric Torcal puts luxury at a crossroads: preserve craft
Could cafés turn coffee grounds and other waste into local
What If Your Next Lampshade Was Grown Around the Corner?
Could neighbourhood workshops grow mycelium lampshades that meet fire standards, arrive on time and cost less to replace? A radical local-production model.
When Design Inspiration Becomes Evidence
Emeco’s lawsuit against Zara Home exposes the fault line between protected furniture design, mass-market imitation and the right to borrow.
When the Original Makes Its Own Knockoff
OMHU's cheaper Tedy sofa dupe weaponizes copy culture—but does parody expose design's problems or normalize stolen authorship?
The £30m Yacht Restoration Paradox
When restoring vintage superyachts costs more than new build, is it preservation—or luxury performance?
Can Fast Food Become an Open-Source Design System?
Bao Fast Foods turns fast food into a modular brand system. Can speed, consistency, and local adaptation coexist without losing soul?
Can Reuse Become Luxury in Design?
Coffee shells, e-waste and bio-leather are entering collectible interiors. But can waste-based design feel luxurious without becoming moral theatre?
Audi Nuvolari and the Myth of the Electric Supercar
Can electrification refresh a supercar myth? Audi’s Nuvolari becomes a branding test for desirability, speed and sustainability.
When Architecture Becomes Product
From Lego cathedrals to branded objects, iconic architecture is being miniaturized and merchandised. What is gained—and what is lost?
