NYC-based Lujac Desautel opens up intriguing new perspectives on yacht design and on how you can experience nature when you’re out there. I’m a keen sailor, and I was fortunate enough to begin serious sailing in big, semi-professional offshore racing, so I’m greatly appreciative of good boat design. But my perspective isn’t about handling and functionality, because my skills are limited and I’m basically just...

Necessity becomes a service – Habit turns nutrition around and makes it personal, empowering and attractive Nutrition used to be “scientific” – an abstract standard we measure ourselves against, the realm of research labs and men in white coats telling us what’s a fact and what isn’t. It was hardly a business – except when there were all kinds of weird and wonderful “cures” to...

Dutch designer Carolien Laro crafts break-the-mould Spring Wood furniture in which solid timber is engineered to be flexible Wood is a wonderful natural material with all kinds of eco-friendly pluses to its name. It’s softer than materials like stone, brick and metals – but no one will ever claim that sitting on a wooden chair or stool for long periods is gentle on the...