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Fashion
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DIOTIMA: Caribbean temptation

Rachel Scott, Founder and Creative Director about her label Diotima: Through Diotima I seek to present a seductive and nuanced vision of Caribbean style, looking to the future while remaining grounded in history and my lived experience as a Jamaican.
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Design
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OLM Nature Escape: innovation and sustainability come full circle // Lifestylehotels

The OLM-Nature Escape, embedded in the breathtaking scenery of the Dolomites, embodies not only an outstanding technological concept, but also an architectural masterpiece in line with the highest sustainability standards. The project meets all the criteria of the "Casa Clima A Nature" standard and stands out thanks to its unique combination of technology, architecture and environmental awareness. OLM also recently received the GSTC certificate (Global Sustainable Tourism Council Hotel Criteria).
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MH Residenz
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MH Residenz: Green is the new glam

MH Residenz GmbH is Austria’s leading company for glamping and luxury resort development, and turns resorts into places where luxury and nature live in harmony. We spoke to Wolfgang Schille, Head of Design at MH Residenz GmbH, and asked him how striving for greater environmental sustainability can be compatible with comfort, personalised luxury and unforgettable holidays...
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Hotels
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Sustainable beautiful island hideaway

With his first hotel project, Brazilian star architect Marcio Kogan has created a special kind of sustainable island hideaway: The luxurious Patina Maldives virtually hides in nature, which it strives to protect - from construction to operation. 
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Hotels
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White Desert, Antarctica: Explore the Unknown

Patrick and Robyn had a vision in 2004. Ever since then, the possibility of exploring Antarctica has been made available to the public with a luxurious twist. White Desert has also successfully managed to combine adventure travel and eco-tourism. How do they do it? Find out here.
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Architecture
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Plastic-Recycling at Tiffany’s

The fact that a healthy environment is increasingly becoming a luxury is something that even providers of luxurious gems are reluctant to accept. Tiffany's therefore had a façade made from plastic waste from the sea designed for its store at Changi Airport. Designed by MVRDV, 3D-printed and fascinating.
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Architecture
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A floating ring as a social project

In times of climate crisis and constantly rising sea levels, floating cities are increasingly coming into focus as a new habitat. With Dogen City, N-Ark from Japan has now designed a ring-shaped city in the sea as a social project.
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Nagomi
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Smell the harmony!

The word “nagomi” sounds mysterious and promising: is it the name of a Central African desert? Are the Nagomi an indigenous Amazonian tribe? Or is it the name of a newly opened celebrity restaurant in Kensington? None of these things are nagomi – or maybe somehow they are, as the three melodious syllables represent the Japanese art of achieving harmony and balance in life by incorporating opposites and conflict...
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Architecture
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A snow owl made from steel, wood and glass

In spring 2024, it will be decided whether the Danish star architect Dorte Mandrup will be the winner of the Mies van der Rohe Award with her Kangiata Illorsua Ilulissat Icefjord Centre. The Icefjord Information Centre in Greenland has been nominated for Europe's most prestigious architecture prize.
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Mindfulness - Buddha
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MINDFULNESS: What would Buddha say?

Self-care would never have become a thing without an enlightened Buddha. So, mindfulness and Buddha? That fits! But mindfulness and artificial intelligence – how do they go together? Well, they do! That’s why we’re taking a tongue-in-cheek look at young Buddha and seeing what AI can do for our well-being today...
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Hotels
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Alpine wellness in designer look

Can a 1960s spa house be transformed into a stylish hotel? Oh, yes! The proof: the new "The Comodo" in the Austrian spa town of Bad Gastein, which now offers alpine wellness with a designer look. Architect Piotr Wisniewski describes what it took to make it happen.
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The Way of Nagomi
Art & Culture
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“SUCCESS ISN’T A PREREQUISITE FOR HAPPINESS”

Ken Mogi knows what makes people happy. Following his world best-selling book The Little Book of Ikigai, the Tokyo-based author has now written another entitled The Way of Nagomi about the Japanese path to harmony and zest for life. During our interview, the rock star among neuroscientists revealed why now’s the time to move over to the Far East lifestyle, how we could ensure greater well-being in everyday life and what he himself gains from balance...
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