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...Nagasaki-a gelatin silver print that darkly conveys the force of the atomic bomb that had devastated the city in 1945. The stark Prostitute, Nagoya conjures up the seedier underbelly of the mid-century boom years. Later images-like the strange, wriggling creatures of Ruinous Garden, or the rusting steel of the series Scrapped Boat, Nagasaki-are more abstract and puzzling, as if mirroring the confusion and disillusionment that took hold when the boom turned to bust. Poised between the horrors of its past and the possibilities of its future, modern Japan has been a society in constant flux: there...
...past few years, Schiffbau has seen the addition of popular new bar NIETTURM, tel: (41-44) 258 7077, with striking views from its seven-meter-high steel-and-glass tower. Equally dramatic are the raw-boned interiors of the adjacent Giessereihalle, another of the area's ex-factories. Browse its pr?t-?-porter boutiques, like DUETT, tel: (41-43) 818 2814, before taking herbal tea at the newly opened TEEPUNKT, tel: (41-43) 540 4233. Giessereihalle also features a state-of-the-art spa in SKIN, tel: (41-43) 818 4343. For gastronomic rejuvenation, head to the ZUPPAMUNDIAL RESTAURANT...
...looking deity stomping on some fools and scaring away the bad mojo. Co-owner Bik Yonjan told me the work came from his father’s traditional art studio in Tibet.There’s a semicircular VIP lounge, separated from the hoi polloi by a curtain of steel beads and decorated with Mandela on the wall and Buddha’s head on a pedestal. It’s unclear what is required to gain entry, but it sure is purdy.Upstairs is also rather well-upholstered, though it lacks the suavity of the downstairs; it looks like...
...that's helping to turn Switzerland's largest city from a buttoned-up financial capital into something approaching a fashionable metropolis. In the past few years, Schiffbau has seen the addition of popular new bar Nietturm, tel: (41-44) 258 7077, with striking views from its seven-meter-high steel-and-glass tower. Equally dramatic are the raw-boned interiors of the adjacent Giessereihalle, another of the area's ex-factories. Browse its prêt-à-porter boutiques, like Duett, tel: (41-43) 818 2814, before taking herbal tea at the newly opened Teepunkt...
Fiber Optics Steel Tongue chair with sustainable aluminum shell, by Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta, $1,800 (projectimportexport.com) recycled aluminum Bark candlesticks, two for $159 (vivaterra.com) FLOR Heartfelt recyclable modular tile, made of natural face fibers, wool and the African plant kenaf, $14.99 (interfaceflor.com) Opposite page: Fresh Fat bowl by Tom Dixon, woven with eco-friendly Provista plastic, $565 (propertyfurniture.com) cardboard BeeBoard desk by Piet Boon for Design Within Reach, $678 (dwr.com...