From his studio in Osaka, Japan, Pritzker Prize–winning architect Tadao Ando produces minimalist, poetic riffs on the built environment, including quiet, meditative spaces for churches, museums, housing, and retail shops. Formerly a boxer, Ando now designs walls from smooth-as-silk concrete, but he also has a love of wood: Ando’s newest work in the U.S., the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is clad in cedar, and part of his plan as a board member of Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympics is simply to plant more trees.

Carl Hansen & Søn represents over 100 years of furniture history with respect and passion for quality craftsmanship. The world's largest manufacturer of furniture designed by Hans J. Wegner, Carl Hansen & Søn also produces works by renowned design masters such as Kaare Klint, Poul Kjærholm, Børge Mogensen, Arne Jacobsen, Frist Henningsen, Tadao Ando and EOOS. Carl Hansen & Søn furniture is produced in Denmark and sold all over the world.

Flight 001 (pronounced: “flight one”) was originally conceived in 1998 aboard Air France flight 023, somewhere between New York and Paris. John Sencion and Brad John, two business travelers who had spent far too much time preparing for their trip, envisioned a travel store as streamlined as flight itself. The store launched the next year. Flight 001 sells a vast array of products—such as luggage and bags, gadgets, maps and books—all keeping the traveler specifically in mind.