Reportage
The 2024 Oscars: colour and proportion on the carpet
Pink, green and metallic surfaces supplied several distinct approaches to evening dress.
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Design / Reportage
Kodak Mini Shot: giving a digital image a surface
The line's 2024 Brazilian launch connected a camera with the practical gesture of printing.
Dining / Reportage
Urus and Benoit Mathurin connect a steak-house menu with a French accent
The 2024 announcement placed a chef collaboration beside the restaurant’s emphasis on older cattle.
Design / Reportage
Breton takes a Brazilian furniture setting to Dubai
The brand’s first international flagship announcement paired Al Wasl Road with an interior by Fernanda Marques.
Design / Reportage
Razr 40 Ultra: the value of staying closed
The foldable's outer display changed the relationship between its two physical states.
Dining / Reportage
Michelin Portugal 2024: four new stars, four different geographies
Desarma, Ó Balcão, Sála and 2Monkeys entered the one-star selection in 2024. Read as a dated record, the group gives a more useful picture of Portuguese cooking than a single national shorthand.
Culture / Reportage
Guggenheim Bilbao: an ordinary image at an unfamiliar scale
Signs and Objects brought Pop Art’s borrowed images into view through changes of size and substance. Its 2024 exhibition record remains a useful route through the collection.
Style / Reportage
Dior autumn 2024: Miss Dior returns as a graphic sign
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s collection connected a ready-to-wear reference with coats, tailoring and an artist’s installation.
Dining / Reportage
Cordial: the work behind an uncomplicated drink
A central São Paulo bar placed house-made ingredients and preparation systems at the service of a more accessible cocktail list.
Culture / Reportage
Broadway 2024: a season read through four kinds of stagecraft
Water for Elephants, The Outsiders, Stereophonic and Cabaret offered different answers to what a stage can do. This is a reading of the 2024 season, not a current availability list.
Style / Reportage
PatBO: handwork inside Femme Frames
Patricia Bonaldi's New York presentation set hand embroidery against laser-cut detail, velvet and a restrained palette.
Dining / Reportage
Mila: an osteria with more than one reference
The 2024 account connected Italian forms with São Paulo ingredients, shared plates and a distinctly coloured room.