Latest articles by Simon Mills
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Five UK properties for your home inspiration
Highlights from our recent property perusals include these five houses in London and beyond
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Welcome to Baxter Lago, an Italian furniture showcase at Lake Como
Italian design house Baxter invites us into its home, the perfect showcase for its 2022 collections of indoor and outdoor furniture designs
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Furniture maker Prostoria turns factory into immersive exhibition
Croatian furniture maker Prostoria opens up its factory as an immersive brand showcase, staging the ‘Revisiting Factory’ exhibition
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New Akoni eyewear looks to the stars
Switzerland-based eyewear innovator Akoni launches a new collection that references 20th-century architecture, the cosmos and cutting-edge technology
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Minimal design meets meticulous craft in Lindberg’s latest frames
Danish eyewear brand Lindberg’s minimalist models effortlessly fuse architectural sensibilities with technical precision
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New Lotus Eletre blends extreme aerodynamics with cutting-edge technology
The Lotus Eletre, a full-size SUV and the company’s second all-electric car, will outperform practically every road-going Lotus ever built
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Creatives 4 Systemic Change and APOC Store launch raffle to tackle racism and discrimination
Online collective Creatives 4 Systemic Change and Independent online retailer APOC Store come together for a fundraiser benefiting the Asian and Black Trans communities
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Change Makers taking action against climate change
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Ten c weighs in for winter
A new, cutting-edge collection from the premium Italian outerwear brand is innovatively constructed and cold weather-ready
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2012 BraunPrize opens for submissions
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Simon Mills in conversation with designer Marc Newson and Montblanc creative director Zaim Kamal
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Experience ‘the high’ of running with Satisfy’s vinyl drop
Paris-based sports clothing brand Satisfy launches sustainably-produced double vinyl album, The High – Improvisations
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Building muscle: London architecture walks and runs
Try these London architecture walks and runs for some physical and intellectual edification
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Taiwan Revealed: Transport
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Civil service: Wallpaper* Composed creates dazzling concepts for an architectural icon
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Geox’s technology and applied fashion is in the fast lane
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Clippers and scissors for at-home haircuts
Before taking matters into your own hands, sharpen your styling skills with this how-to guide
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Malu de Miguel's Madrid villa is an exercise in Spanish modernism
Set up in Madrid only three years ago, Malu de Miguel’s practice may be young, but the dynamic Spanish architect is a master at creating well proportioned, tactile residences, using humble materials and plenty of natural light. Her portfolio includes a house in Menorca and a family home in Madrid suburb Boadilla del Monte. The latter combines brick, concrete, large openings, light wells and airy double height spaces in a modest home with a sense of spatial luxury that punches above its weight.
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Sci-fi colonnades embolden this Swiss concrete villa
With offices in Lugano and London and ongoing projects in the UK, Switzerland, Mexico, France, Italy and Mozambique, this architecture practice likes to favour an interdisciplinary approach. Founders Dario Franchini and Diego Calderon recently completed a concrete villa in Comano, in an elongated plot, previously occupied by vineyards, which informed the structure’s trapezoidal form.
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Bowie’s bounty: Sotheby’s presents ’Bowie/Collector’ exhibition and auction
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Form and function: W* discusses 'The Nature of Motion' with Nike's John Hoke
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Bill Amberg forays into felt for new vodka bottle sleeve
The British-based leather maker has collaborated with an English vodka distillery and a sustainable material to make a versatile bottle cooler
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Rum punch: Skepta and Havana Club raise the stakes with an exclusive rum blend
Rapper Skepta has blended up a sensationally smooth spirit for a new generation in his latest collaboration with Cuban rum brand Havana Club
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Photographer Steve McCurry chronicles the journey of wood for whisky
Whisky producer The Macallan commissions Magnum photographer Steve McCurry to document the production of their oak casks, from logging to seasoning
