His pieces can sell for more than £50k; Idris Elba is a client; luxury brands from Bang & Olufsen to Armani are queuing up to work with him: Fin DAC is an artist at the top of his game
As an asset class, rare books are now outperforming the likes of cars and wine – they’re easier to store, typically much rarer, and more approachable for beginners. We talk to the industry’s most renowned experts
The open dial and skeleton movement is the perfect combination for a company to show off its watch-making chops, says Josh Sims. Here is a selection of our favourites
Toshikazu Tajima, the CEO of Tasaki, is here to change your perception of the pearl. What was once a symbol of formality is now being brought into the 21st century by the progressive Japanese jewellery company
Michel Haddi has been held at gun point, crossed paths with Osama Bin Laden, and photographed war-torn territories. Yet it’s his fearless celebrity portraiture for which he’s best known. Josh Sims meets the master
A decade ago, the auction houses weren’t bothered by fashion. But as investors continue to look for new asset classes, vintage attire and accessories are becoming an increasingly more attractive proposition
Anders Warming has traded little for large – Mini for Rolls-Royce. We meet the British marque’s new director of design – and find out how you can improve upon perfection
Not all artworks are hung on the wall; some are played in a concert hall. With the ever-rising prices of Stradivari, high-rollers are starting to think philharmonically when it comes to where to put their money
Photographer Denis O’Regan has captured the tours of numerous musical icons. Josh Sims hears his memories
Titanium has been a go-to material in every industry from automotive to aeronautical for decades. But not so with watchmaking – until now. Josh Sims takes a look at the best titanium watches on the market
His street art sells before it dries. He creates album covers for Madonna. He’s painted with everyone from Pelé to the Pope. But he’s definitely not Banksy. Or is he? This is French street artist Thierry Guetta, better known as Mr Brainwash
When you need to make the Oscars look glitzy, you call on David Rockwell. When you want your museum to have gravitas, or need Grand Central Station to be renovated, or your West End show to have real pizzazz, you go to David Rockwell. Meet the one-man creative tour de force
Rock music photographer Mick Rock is known as ‘The Man Who Shot the Seventies’. But he didn’t stop there. We catch up with a legend who has been there, shot that…
Pininfarina has designed some of the most beautiful cars ever made. More recently, it’s reinvented itself as a world-leading design studio in all things – from architecture to yachts. As the company turns 90, we meet its chairman, Paolo Pininfarina
Douglas Millings was a defining tailor of the 1960s – the man who dressed the Beatles. Josh Sims meets his son – a chip off the old block
Kenzo Takada isn’t just a fashion designer – he’s a revolutionary in the industry, paving the way for Japanese designers in the west and leading the high-fashion-meets-high-street charge, says Josh Sims
Stefano Ricci takes us back stage at his ultra exclusive clothing company. Josh Sims finds he has an unusually low-key approach to running his eponymous brand
Back when distressed denim was unheard of, fashion guru Renzo Rosso began ripping jeans to shreds, and he never looked back