Tag: Culture
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From human composting to decluttering glassware: the latest trends in design
The freshest developments and innovations, from ethical clothing to quizzical furniture
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Brave new world: the best-designed travel destinations for 2020
From treetop cycle paths to a micro hotel, we guide you through new design marvels around the globe
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Part dinosaur, part Mars bar … it’s the Avatar-inspired Mercedes-Benz!
With the promised sequels endlessly delayed, fans of the environmentalist blockbuster will have to settle for the next best thing: a baffling concept car
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Rowan Moore’s best architecture of 2019
From hemp and cork buildings to energy-efficient council housing, the climate crisis got us thinking laterally• Read the Observer critics’ review of 2019 in full here
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Gardens, waterfalls, parks… what is happening to our airports?
From Beijing to Istanbul, exotic new airports are symbols of prestige for strongman leaders. But the environmental cost is massive…
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Karl Lagerfeld remembered by Carine Roitfeld
10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019The French fashion editor remembers a passionate man of ideas who always remembered the small details• Mary Warnock remembered by Onora O’Neill• Read the Observer’s obituaries of 2019 in full