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Why do street lamp posts always have to be straight? Shouldn’t a telephone booth – since it’s no longer in use anyway – be twisted once in a while? And should the walls of a house sometimes have a zip? The British artist Alex Chinneck answers questions like these with his artworks on the streets, squares and house walls of Bristol.

The product design group LIXIL has launched a foldable bathtub at Designart Tokyo under the name Bathtpe. The idea is fascinating and it is probably not unusual that it originated in Japan. As is well known, rooms that can be used in different ways have a long tradition there. But the idea could also be a success here.

The Swiss Historic Hotels are unique contemporary witnesses, in whose patina the centuries live on: from the bustling mule station on the historic trade route to the lonely monastery with its blooming garden to the majestic Grand Hotel in front of the mighty Alpine panorama, each hotel tells its own exciting story.