Having broken free from decades of political upheaval, Argentina’s capital is today a thriving metropolis marked by a confident, eclectic mix of influences, extending to everything from food and nightlife to art and design. The result is a city that is both wholly South American and absolutely unlike any other.
Whether it’s improvising life saving devices worthy of MacGyver, making cars that “talk” to each other to avoid accidents or tinkering with all manner of potentially disruptive technologies, there’s a select group of people whose work will actually change the way we live. Meet six of them.
Touting itself as a sovereign state, the tiny Italian town of Seborga has its own prince, its own passports and its own currency — and with a new leader in place, all the ambition and intrigue of a much, much larger country.