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V&A takes on the car as a design object in new exhibition
In its latest exhibition ‘Cars: accelerating the modern world’ the V&A in London takes on the motor car as a design object to explore its impact on society and its future

Émeric Lhuisset explores refugee and identity at Paris Photo
Émeric Lhuisset’s work tells an alternative story to photojournalism. The French visual artist captures the human side of the refugee. I met with the latest artist in the BMW Residency programme at his exhibition L’autre rive’ in Paris Photo.

Should true sustainability be about breathing new life into existing objects?
Lunaz restores classic cars and converts them with electric powertrains. Its aim is to make the most beautiful and celebrated cars in history ready for the future

Clean, green and urban: Zbee is a progressive electric auto-rickshaw
With the climate in crisis, a wave of progressive designers and makers are rethinking the traditional transport model with some brilliant and exciting ideas. Meet the latest, the three-wheel Zbee urban shared run-around by Clean Motion.

Enter photographer Tim Walker’s fantastical world at the V&A
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things at the V&A in London is the largest exhibition of one of the most successful fashion photographers of his generation and a magical journey into his fantastical mind

Exploring the allure of sparkling wine with an English twist
English wineries have been building somewhat of a reputation for a crisp, dry sparkling wine with a blended cool-climate grape variety, and made to the classic méthode champenoise. Are they disrupting Champagne, the pinnacle of sparkling wine?