What with the sweet afterglow of Vienna Design Week behind us we entered October 2013 full of enthusiasm - not least because it meant the opening of the new (smow) Cologne store. The month nearly nose-dived on account of a hideous plagiarism in Leipzig, but was more than rescued by Alison and Peter Smithson at the AIT ArchitekturSalon Cologne.......
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Hot on the heels of Vienna Design Week 2013 and its very successful "Passionswege" programme news reaches us from Florence of an alternative approach to rejuvenating and invigorating traditional handicrafts. One that involves nothing more complicated than leaving the craftsfolk to do what they do. One of the confusing aspects about Florence is that despite the 8 billion tourists who visit the city every year, the streets of the town centre are still largely populated by small trades
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