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Lucia Silvestri at the Bvlgari Polychroma high jewellery showroom in Taormina, Sicily. Photo: Courtesy of Bvlgari Unveiled in Taormina, Sicily, just last week, Bvlgari’s latest high jewellery offering, Polychroma, places colour at the centre of its creative vision this year—both literally and conceptually. The name itself is a clever portmanteau: “poly” for many, “chroma” for colour, and a subtle…

Are great minds terrified by their own era? Do some economists live in a parallel world, a universe where technologies politely wait for professors’ permission to exist? In a world where artificial intelligence and robotics are reshaping the contours of human labor, Nobel laureate in economics Daron Acemoglu offers a nostalgic vision. Tax reforms to…

There is something dreamlike about the way Patek Philippe interprets nature and translates it into form. While the most obvious way is to portray the animal’s stripes as a pattern or print, Patek Philippe sees it as a study of duality: shadow and light, restraint and exuberance, movement and stillness. The Patek Philippe Gondolo Serata…

Traditionally used to generate buzz by merging disparate audiences, collaborations are increasingly being used within brand families to unlock deeper synergies rooted in shared heritage and aligned values. This evolution is especially visible within groups like LVMH, Kering and Prada, where intra-group partnerships now serve not just aesthetic experimentation but long-term strategic positioning. This trend…

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, and frequently, other materials too. This alloy remains the material of choice for most collectors and forms the bulk of Swiss exports. We will defer the usual examination of steel in general, fascinating though it is, and move straight ahead to definitions and the use of the…