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...The Co-op Live has been designed primarily for music....
...It’s a tremendous package of co-ordination and power to fit into a matter of microseconds, and it struck me that maybe we find it more pleasing when shorter, slighter players manufacture this....
...More than simply producing movements, these facilities are often visited by clients as they are perceived as veritable temples of the watchmaking art. And they now train new watchmakers too....
...“I know the price of gold; I know how much it costs to manufacture. A piece that is responsibly sourced doesn’t come cheap....
...The Wren sources its beans from Caravan Coffee Roasters and teas from the Brew Tea Co....
...It is not a coincidence that the Aston Martin team, whose investment drive has culminated in the construction of a new £200mn state of the art factory at Silverstone, has been the surprise of the 2023 season...
...Art is just one side of Crogh’s online life....
...At Christopher Farr, the new Hodgkin pieces were also “quite a process”, says co-owner Matthew Bourne....
...Uniqlo has improved the economics by adding features such as piping, patches and embroidery to new products damaged during manufacture or transit....
...Potter Edmund de Waal, one of the featured artists and co-writer of that show’s catalogue, has since become a pillar of the international arts establishment....
...The mix of high craft and high performance is typically atypical....
...With its decorative rectangular handle, the piece of cutlery was produced in c1910 Vienna by the Wiener Werkstätte – the influential arts and crafts studio founded in 1903 by architect Josef Hoffmann and...
...Kirin also acquired Fourpure Brewing and Magic Rock Brewing, two UK craft brewers, in 2018 and 2019, respectively....
...She creates her Fuzzy Friends to commission, and like Kulen, Lienau and Hefti, her creations blur the lines between art, craft and design. Kulen says his rugs are often hung on walls....
...“The monument manufactures its own aura,” writes Kirk Savage, an art historian at the University of Pittsburgh who specialises in American monuments....
...It announced plans for the desert project in 2020 to address Washington’s growing geopolitical concerns, despite the significantly higher cost to manufacture in the US than in Asia....
...The factory makes jeans for many other brands – it produces 36 million yards of denim a year – but not all of them pay for the same eco craft....
...This week, I’ve been reading the cash census from the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and ATM operator LINK, which found that despite the leaps made by fintechs during the pandemic, 10mn...
...“They see us as being a nation of craft. And that is a challenge.” Bremont is due to open a boutique in Shanghai this year....
...It has been co-designed by Michele Clapton, the British costume designer who outfitted the show’s cast for eight seasons, and recalls the dragon eggs given to Daenerys Targaryen in season one....
...Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd: ball and chain radio First produced in 1970, this colourful radio reflected Japan’s upbeat pop culture at that time....
...To think it was to do it – a visceral bliss that only the most capable craft can provide....
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...The spark of the idea sprang from the flint of the medieval craft guilds, where merchants and manufacturers could pool their resources to undertake ventures none could afford to make individually....
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