Adam Smith on Today’s Global Economy
Two and a half centuries on, The Wealth of Nations still reads less like a relic and more like a quiet guide to a world reshaped by deglobalization, technological upheaval, and widening inequality. Fa
When the Fair Becomes the Design
MATTER and SHAPE, the design salon led by Dan Thawley alongside founder Matthieu Pinet, has quickly become one of the most thoughtful gatherings on the design calendar. This year, though, the real sta
A Life Built By Hand
Trained as a metalworker in his father’s factory, Kita spent years producing parts designed to disappear inside machines. That experience shaped a shift toward intentional making. In Okayama, he fou
The Solo Founders of AI
Ceren A. Desnos examines the rise of the solo founder in an AI-shaped tech economy. As tools compress teams, capital, and timelines, company-building consolidates around the individual. The solo-corn
MB&F: 20 Years of Friendship, and Imagination
Founded on rebellion and built by friends, MB&F turns timekeeping into storytelling. Two decades on, it remains defiantly human.
Institutional Redesign for Economic Change
Economics now recognizes the importance of institutions for growth, as evidenced by the winners of the Nobel Prize in economics for the last two years. And yet, the institutions that comprise innovati
A New Trend In Urban Spirituality: Electro Meditation
What happens when two worlds that were never meant to meet, do? A lifelong raver and a dedicated meditator walks into a listening bar in
Kerem Özerler, Co-Founder and Interior Architect at Wangan Studio, and Umut Şengün, Partner and Brand Studio Director, spoke with Merve Heyfegil İlker, Partner and Senior Advisor at Servotel, at TIF Talks.
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02: Unfolding Asia
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Amid rising instability, powerful demographic, technological, and financial forces are steering the global economy toward greater uncertainty. The best-prepared decision-makers will be those who recognize the stakes early and adjust accordingly.
On the Art of Gathering
Maria Elena Fabbrini, founder and creative director of Tavolata, has built a culinary studio and supper club around the simple act of sitting down together. Each table becomes a
Inside the New Orient Express
Gilda Perez Alvarado, CEO of Orient Express, in conversation with Lina Temelli, Creative Director of Centre Magazine and Marketing Director of Martı Hotels & Marinas
The Market Has Entered Its Hosting Era
Design-led markets are reworking the grocery experience, softening its edges and bringing more intention to the everyday. In that process, a corner shop can feel unexpectedly welcoming.
Building for What Is Arriving
The runway remains the same. The world around it is shifting. As airports take on new technologies, rising passenger volumes, and heightened expectations, their role is being reconsidered.
