The new nature nostalgia

Heart-shaped chairs and pine-clad interiors are out: the Alps are getting hip. Trends on the design and fashion front are towards ironic renditions of stag antlers and a new take on knickerbockers and Alpine hats. more

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MINI E: patrolling the streets of New York

It's a novelty even for New York: the bustling US metropolis has long been accustomed to countless vehicles and yellow taxicabs on its streets, but the ten cars that recently began patrolling Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island are turning heads, even though you can barely hear them and certainly can't smell them. A fleet of ten MINI E models is on the lookout for such things as hazardous potholes, missing street signs or blocked drains. more

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Detroit - Former car capital celebrates its comeback as a creative city

Motown down and out? Not quite. Where there's a crisis, there is opportunity. Creative folk are discovering a new urban playground in America's former car capital. Artists and visionaries are finding that Detroit offers freedom for experimentation of all kind. Rock-bottom real estate prices and rents, empty, decaying buildings pleading to be revived to new grandeur, and an active, resourceful community are drawing artists into the city. more

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Liam Gallagher and his Pretty Green fashion label -

"A guy who doesn't like clothes means nothing to me," says Liam Gallagher, frontman of the band Oasis. Gallagher, who has a reputation as a stylish mod to defend, took the logical step and founded his own fashion label, Pretty Green. more

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Radical downsizing – the trend towards micro homes

Making the most of minimum space - that really is "creative use of space" and the concept behind the latest micro homes. More and more architects are striving to make optimal use of the scarce space available in our cities. Richard Horden came up with the idea of the Micro Compact Home, a cube with a footprint of just seven square metres. more

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