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Trolls: Third Time’s a Charm
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Norwegian Air inflight magazineThe Dam troll was an icon in the 1960s and 1990s, yet its Danish creator never fully reaped the rewards. Now a troll doll film by DreamWorks looks set to launch a third wave of troll mania – and right past wrongs.
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Aesop: A Retail Fable
ICON
issue 124Australian beauty brand Aesop has built a London store interior from industrial plumbing parts, a ceiling in Adelaide from glass bottles and a kiosk in Grand Central station from copies of The New York Times. It will soon have over 300 stores worldwide, but the story behind them is always different.
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Hotel Review: Hotel Hotel
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Hotel Design, Development & ArchitectureHotel Hotel, a new boutique hotel in Australia’s capital, is a celebration of local creative talent and community spirit.
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Marimekko: Flower Power (Helsinki)
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Norwegian Air inflight magazineIt was created when a designer defied a ban on floral patterns. Fifty years on, we ask how the Marimekko poppy became the world’s most iconic print.
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Design Days Dubai: Design in the Desert
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Norwegian Air inflight magazineAs Design Days Dubai enters its third year, we travel to the UAE to meet the new generation of creative talent bringing contemporary design to Dubai.
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LEGO: The Bricks That Keep Building
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Norwegian Air inflight magazineLego has grown by more than 40 per cent every year for the past five years. After a near-collapse in 2003, and with the rise of Minecraft, we ask how.
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Anton Alvarez: Thread Wrapping Machine
ICON
issue 123The ingenious Thread Wrapping Machine by Anton Alvarez is just one step in this Swedish-Chilean designer’s endless journey to push the boundaries of craft.
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Ron Arad: Last Train
ICON
issue 123Ron Arad has turned a chance observation and an idle pastime into an artwork – or is it a process? – for the Venice Art Biennale.