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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

What is the future shaped like? Award winning designer, Yves Behar , who puts a lot of thought into this, shares his ideas about innovation. Leonhard Euler, the seminal Swiss mathematician shaped the world we live in today with his theorems--from sudoku to space travel. 2007 marked the tricentennial of his birth and we spoke with astrophysicist Thomas Zurbuchen about his impact today.

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ABOUT SWISS WINE, RICHARD NIXON, CANTON BERN...(and more!)

We're glad to be back (and hope you are too)! This is the issue that tells you Everything You Needed to Know about:

Swiss wine -- did you know about this? We chart unknown territory in our conversation with Zurich based ad-guru and wine connoisseur Ernst Meier. Richard Nixon -- Henry Haller served as executive White House Chef under five US presidents. Read our interview with him and then learn to dine like an American President with Haller's recipes.

Berne, Indiana; New Bern, NC; Bernstadt, Kentucky; ... Did you know that there are over 60 places named Bern in the United States? We talked to Helvetica Map creator Erdmann Schmocker about Bern... + more...

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Welcome Back!

Hope you've been having a fun summer. We have!

Most of the fun in question has to do with the launch of our new lifestyle section: Helvetica Bold. Helvetica Bold is your portal to all things "Globally Swiss". We've got our eye on Switzerland and Swiss heritage, and also the Swiss flux of culture and influence. This is nothing new, our name comes from a variation of the 1956 font, Helvetica, from type-designers Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffman of Zurich. Their font Helvetica, became extremely popular with designers worldwide, and to date is easily the most utilized typeface of all time. More importantly, Helvetica came to epitomize Swiss International Style—a graphic aesthetic that emphasizes cleanliness, readability and objectivity. Which is exactly our goal. + more...

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