Tadashi Yanai started out making fashion at knockdown prices. Then he saw a future in simple, quality clothing. Now the owner of Uniqlo wants to turn his retail company into something that matters. As he…
Monthly Archives
October 2016
Before 2008, it seemed as though a new and exciting project would be launched almost every day in Dubai. After the bubble burst, so many plans got put on the backburner that it was impossible…
YOUR DESIGNS ARE ORIGINAL AND STAND APART FROM THE CURRENT TRENDS IN THE REGION IN THEIR MINIMALISM AND UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH. HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT, AND HOW HAVE THEY BEEN RECEIVED? I believe in…
Sometimes there comes a story of someone overcoming adversity such as war, poverty, and displacement – to achieve beyond expectation. The story of Mark Haidar is one of those. In 2011, Mark Haidar and his…
CEO Sami Khoreibi sheds light on how solar power is taking over the grid. His company, Enviromena, is spearheading the way for this hot technology in the Middle East. The future is now, according to…
Sabry Marouf, the fashion accessories brand created by Egyptian designers Ahmed Sabry and Daki Marouf in Cairo in 2012, has recently been relaunched in London. Delving initially into progressive jewellery collections that aimed to reinterpret…
Slowly, the convoy came to a halt. Headlights flickered off. My first thought was that this was a rotten place to replace another flat tyre. It was dark, we’d been driving all day and there…
This may be an age of austerity but boat manufacturers that had previously plied their trade in the pleasure craft segment are now moving higher up the ladder, making semi-custom yachts in ever-larger sizes. And…