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Leme Gallery

Leme Gallery


Five years ago, in a graffiti-painted corner of São Paulo inhabited by cross-dressers, Eduardo Leme opened an art gallery showing provocative, conceptual Brazilian art. His pioneering approach is paying off, as Galeria Leme is now expanding and its success is helping regenerate the area.

05.11.09

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Day Five

Norton & Sons


Inside Stumptown Printers, in an old industrial building near Portland's docklands, the small team works lovingly with beautiful old brass and iron printing presses, making carefully crafted CD cases for artists in the US and Europe who care what their music packaging looks like.

21.10.09

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Day Five

Norton & Sons


More and more Tokyo residents are switching from tea to coffee. And in some cases, it's thanks to Motoko Ito who runs a small fleet of yellow vans which sell lovingly brewed lattes (he roasts the beans himself) at key points around the city. The little company offers not just coffee but a moment of human contact amid the hurly burly of the city. It's staff know their customers on first name basis. That's the secret, he says, of his success.

14.10.09

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Day Five

Norton & Sons


Step inside the Savile Row tailoring house that has modernised without losing a drop of its heritage. Norton and Sons young, new owner, Patrick Grant, personally picks his cloths from some of Britain’s best mills.

07.10.09