An ongoing catalogue of the people and things that provide the most convincing cases of making our world more interesting.

Philippe Starck headlines with "Why Design"




Ginsberg on a bathroom wall.




The excellent mess, street artist David Choe.




Hussein Chalayan, consistently approaches technology with a rare and particular elegance and whimsy.




The Sagrada Familia is something to aspire to be – a beautiful work in progress.




Buckminster Fuller




J.M.W. Turner's mad abstract manifestation of ambition. Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway