Seats of distinction
No wander through a sunny Parisian park or stroll along the Seine is complete without taking time to rest on one of the city’s most iconic pieces of furniture: a Fermob chair. Now the company has been tasked with providing suitable accompaniments for another landmark.
Comic timing
France has an august tradition of homegrown comic-book heroes but its rising stars are now Japanese.
Syncing feeling
As programmes such as ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Narcos’ capture imaginations worldwide, dubbing has become something to shout about. We meet a family-run firm giving foreign-language film a voice.
Labour of love
Nowhere captures the spirit of Gio Ponti more than a secluded villa that the architect constructed with real affection for his friend.
Conserve and protect
A behind-the-scenes quest is underway to preserve the world's largest collection of art and antiquities that are now at threat from climate change.
Rise again
A 16-storey apartment block on Málaga’s beachfront has been left almost intact for 50 years. An attempt to dismantle its iconic entrance has put it back in the spotlight as an example of the Costa del Sol’s modernist movement.
Animal instinct
The poorest often rely on pets as much as pets rely on their owners. Berlin’s only roving vet cares for both.
Street view
Installations at Concéntrico, a design and architecture festival in the Spanish city of Logroño, are challenging residents to look at what surrounds them in new ways.
Close quarters
Can apartment blocks really forge communal bonds and help tenants get closer to nature? This building in Barcelona shows the answer is a resounding 'yes'.
Still at its peak
While other bookshops succumb to the Amazon effect and book collectors become scarce, one Parisian specialist is thriving.