Art & Design

Founded in 1996 by Jonny Johansson and three partners, with only 10,000 euros, Acne was first launched as a small advertising and design agency in ...

Bali is the only island in the Indonesian archipelago that is predominately Hindu, in contrast to the rest of the islands, which comprise the world...

Located in central Thailand, Bangkok has been the nation’s political, economic, and cultural epicenter since it was designated capital by King Rama...

A global byword for specialty coffee, Blue Bottle Coffee was established by the clarinet player-turned-coffee guru James Freeman in 2002. Freeman e...

IKEA began in 1943 as a mail-order business in the small town of Älmhult, Kronoberg in southern Sweden. Today, IKEA has grown to become a global ho...

Kyoto, located in the Kansai region in southwestern Japan, served as a capital city for over a thousand years, playing a central role in laying the...

A global toy manufacturer, lego first started from a small Carpenter’s workshop in 1932. Its signature bricks offer unlimited building possibilitie...

Recognizable by the signature four white stitches and blank tag, celebrated French fashion brand Maison Margiela made its debut in Paris in 1988. F...

Famous as the legendary notebook used by artists and thinkers such as Picasso and Hemingway, Moleskine’s modern incarnation began in 1995 when a de...

Monocle is a London-based monthly publication featuring political, social, cultural and global issues through in-depth reporting by its corresponde...

Intended to be a generic line for the Seiyu Supermarket Group, Muji was launched in Japan in 1980, as Mujirushi Ryohin, which means “no-brand quali...

Ever since diving head first into the home entertainment market with a subscription-based DVD-by-mail operation, Netflix has constantly sought to i...

Patagonia, an outdoor clothing brand with an environmental focus, was founded in 1973 by Yvon Chouinard, who since 1964 had been manufacturing pito...

The first Star Wars film was released in 1977. Over the past four decades, this chronicle of galactic war and adventure has established itself as a...

In 1983, the first Tsutaya opened its doors in Osaka. Conceived as a lifestyle store by Muneaki Masuda, Tsutaya began as a shop renting and selling...

In 2005, three employees at PayPal came together to cofound YouTube, an online platform where users could upload and share video content with a qui...