
WHERE TO LIVE WELL / MONOCLE JULY/AUGUST 2017
«As a wave of populism has risen in western liberal democracies, the idea of the city has come under attack. In the UK, the populists sneer at the «metropolitan elite»; in the US it’s the «coastal elites»; and in France, Marine Le Pen rails against Paris’s «arrogant elite». Those living in cities, they argue, are...

FIBRES AND FABRICS / TEXTILE VIEW Nº 118
«Reports that the clothing market is in decline variously around the world, has not dented the hard work yarn and fabric manufacturers put into creativity and innovation -in fact, the bar continues to be raised. In addition, fabrics are becoming «smarter»- there’s a quickening trickle of ideas and developments for yarns and fabrics to be...

TOM RAFFIELD’S HEAD OF STEAM / CRAFTS MAGAZINE Nº 266
«Cornwall-based furniture designer and maker Tom Raffield is pushing the boundaries of steam-bent wood to create a sustainable business on his own terms. ...