LIVING THE DREAM IN CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC
Living your dream takes a lot of determination. Yet Chamonix based entrepreneurial craftsman Peter Steltzner is doing just that.
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Craft + Design
THE FABRIC OF FLIGHT
Returning to her roots in Chamonix offered a magical twist to the career of fashion designer Valérie Pache
THE KNIFE MAKER FROM MONT BLANC
In the 1960s, in a garage in California, Steve Jobs built his first computer. Four decades before, Walt Disney had turned his uncle’s garage into a film set where Alice was supposed to be frightened by the Queen of Hearts.
ALBERTI, THE WIZARD OF WOOD
The exceptionally talented carpenter Roger Alberti explains why larch wood from Cortina is the best and why it's a good idea to build with wood in the mountains.
A TRUE ORIGINAL, MADE IN CORTINA
Cortina is all about tradition and Italian hospitality. On a beautiful Tuesday morning, carpenter Massimo Lorenzi shows us how to properly celebrate these values.
DAMN GOOD BLACKSMITHS
Diego Menardi and Roberto Chenet make artistic lamps and solid knives and ornate wrought-iron fences. They are thoroughbred blacksmiths – and really good friends.
IN THE WONDERLAND OF MAURO LAMPO
The sculptor is the father of the “Giauli“, the gnome-like wooden figures who represent the original inhabitants of the Dolomites. In his book and perhaps soon on the screen.
ARCHITECT OF WOOD
Ivette Clavel, 44, is an unusual architect: She works with wood, never with concrete. That’s why she comes up with plans for furniture, not buildings. We talked to her about working in small spaces and how to interpret clients’ dreams.
THE HISTORY OF OLD OBJECTS
There was this big old suitcase in the garage. Interior designer Caterina Caramello was a curious little girl, and opening this mysterious case felt like stepping into another world:
PETER AND THE WOOD
From an early age, Peter Trojer has loved working with his hands. And ever since, he has also loved wood. So, Peter turned his passion into his profession and, later on, into art.
A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB
The Grivel family and their family business of the same name have been closely tied to mountaineering for more than 200 years.
TRANSFORMING GREY INTO ART
Street art on the mountain: At the Vision Art Festival, artists make graffiti works on concrete blocks. They blend in with nature, play with light.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BOLT?
Swiss sculptor and painter Christian Bolt doesn't like lies in art. He likes inner precision. What does he mean?
THE SUMMER OF SCULPTURES
Chain saws, logs and safety glasses at the International Sculpture Symposium in Davos : where art is being made, things can get messy.
A WOODEN MATTER OF THE HEART
The Davoser sledge is a legend. Master carpenter Paul Ardüser has successfully brought it back through crowdfunding.
CH-CH-CHANGES!
Hans-Martin Heierling, manufacturer of custom-made ski boots, reflects on consumerism and the happiness that lies in owning little.
A SUMMER BACK THEN
If anyone really knows about the Walser people and their historic background, it is Barbara Gujan, director oft he “Nutli Hüschi“ museum of local history in Klosters.
A SHOEMAKER DRIVEN BY PASSION
First there were the skiers. Then came the alpinists - and clients who wanted to wear shoes that were both elegant and comfortable.
THE SCENT OF LEATHER AND LODEN
Kaspar Frauenschuh never listened to what his customers said. That might have been his fashion label’s secret to success.
THE TEACHINGS OF WOLVES IN A FINE THREADED FAMILY BUSINESS
When Armand Allard swapped his pitchfork for a sewing needle he created a family business with a neatly stitched sense of place in Megève.
HUNTING WITH FRIENDS
Bow-hunting and knife-making can teach you a lot about friendship and this is something Megève-based Jacques Brunet and Arthur Forlin know all too well.
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