Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 16 i Winning Magazine

Have you considered your legacy? Unless you’re fabulously wealthy and are currently tossing up between being remembered for a new library or a hospital wing, it’s probably not a word you’ve had much use for so far. In this, our Legacy issue, we’re exploring legacy not just in the sense of a financial or material gift left behind after we shuffle off, but a broader cultural definition of legacy: the lasting impact of individual acts of creation. The fruits of our labour. The footprint of our lives. Our cover star, the actor Rami Malek (page 18), considers the legacy his onscreen roles — the righteous hacker in “Mr. Robot”, Freddie Mercury, a CIA cryptographer gone rogue — will leave. Tapping into his lifelong introversion, he hopes, “helps the outcasts, the…

The fine watchmaking industry prides itself on being considered, calm and steady. It does not embrace disruption or change for the sake of change. Tradition trumps all, and as such, it’s rare to find a major luxury watchmaker younger than your grandparents. While this unwavering respect for what has come before has led to the preservation of skills and techniques that would otherwise have been forgotten, it can also result in a nostalgic worldview that is resistant to new ways of doing things. However, a small handful of brands are looking not to the past but the future, and designing watches accordingly. An even more select group has been so successful in this vision that its members have, in their own way, played a major role in defining the future…

WITH A FLAIR for introspection and dreamy depictions of beatific beauty, the poets of the Dolce Stil Novo (literally, “Sweet New Style”) revolutionised Italy’s literary tradition, creating works of such enduring relevance and popularity as “The Divine Comedy”. Yet the influence of the stilnovisti goes well beyond the library. Now, with help from Smeg, it extends into the kitchen. The Italian home appliance firm’s ode to Dolce Stil Novo channels its most cutting-edge aesthetic yet: imagined across major and small appliances ranging from the bestselling Omnichef Galileo oven to coffee machines or wine coolers. Characterised by black glass and brushed copper edgework, the Dolce Stil Novo aesthetic brings monochrome minimalism to Smeg’s world-class culinary range. And with Smeg’s Galileo multi-cooking technology, it doesn’t matter which of the seven convection, steam,…

At the stunning Rosewood hotel in Phnom Penh, Sora’s rooftop deck sits above the tropical haze on the 37th floor, commanding expansive views across the Mekong River and the pagoda rooftops of the Cambodian capital’s temples and palaces. South-East Asian hotel bars like this one have traditionally taken their cues from Western drinking culture, serving martinis and whisky sours to the well-heeled business travellers and tourists who stay there. But with the global cultural Zeitgeist shifting eastwards, it’s now “The Land of the Rising Sun” to which bars such as Sora turn to for inspiration. Sora’s current cocktail list features 10 signature drinks, each inspired by a character from Japanese manga animation. Drinks such as the Z Ball, inspired by “Dragon Ball Z”, feature local citrus alongside Japanese ingredients such…

Across a spectrum of creative disciplines — be it food, fashion or industrial design — makers are cottoning on to the fact that tradition and modernity don’t have to be strange bedfellows. On the contrary: turning to time-honoured wisdom in search of innovation can yield surprising, oftentimes beneficial insights. Such is the case in the global wine trade. The likes of Andreas Tscheppe (of Austria) and Alex Foillard (Beaujolais, France) may be household names for contemporary oenophiles overseas, but the push towards “modern traditionalism” is not some far-flung trend happening only beyond Antipodean shores. Samantha Payne, a veteran sommelier and judge at the Sydney Royal Wine Show (one of the critical benchmarks within Australia’s wine industry) coined the term in reference to local Aussie vintners who are “looking back to…

There’s good reason that heritage brands are so revered in the luxury travel sector. Names like Abercrombie & Kent and Raffles conjure images of exotic, elevated adventures. Their longstanding legacies form a narrative that connects on an emotional level with travellers who value heritage, history and exclusivity. Yet these brands need to constantly innovate and evolve, through smart collaborations with like-minded brands, engaging “starchitects” on new builds and expanding their portfolio. The trick, it seems, is to keep legacy relevant. ELEGANCE AND INNOVATION When The Langham opened its doors in London’s Marylebone back in 1865 it was said to be Europe’s first “grand hotel”. Its Victorian Italianate architecture, with its imposing Portland stone facade, was complemented by the fact that the hotel was a technological trailblazer, introducing such wonders as…

Walk through a luxury retail precinct such as Sydney’s King Street or Collins Street in Melbourne and you’ll see a lot of high-end watch retailers — the likes of Rolex, Cartier, TAG Heuer, IWC and plenty more. The timepieces on display might vary markedly in design and price, but one thing of which you can be sure is that the most popular or prominent models in any of these blue-chip boutiques will be a minimum of 50 years old. In a world where almost everything else in our lives is replaced or updated on a yearly basis, the longevity of watch design is truly remarkable. Why do watchmakers stick with the same designs, year in and year out? Fundamentally, it’s because many high-end watchmakers draw on heritage and nostalgia to…

THE MODERN-DAY kitchen is more than a space for preparing sustenance, it is the very heart of the home. An evolution of hearths of ancestral times, it remains a central space in which comfort, community and moments of creativity reign. It’s this concept that has inspired Sub-Zero and Wolf’s philosophy since 1945: when the American home appliance firm Sub-Zero began crafting products fusing aesthetic excellence with unrivalled performance. Now an industry leader in home refrigeration and temperature-controlled cooking solutions, Sub-Zero and Wolf creates each product to the ethos of a “higher standard”. It’s a philosophy to reach beyond practicality, empowering home cooks to craft flavoursome, heart-warming meals. In 2025, the brand celebrates eight decades of excellence in the residential kitchen space. Sub-Zero acquired the domestic ranges of the legendary cooking…

This Japanese-inspired variation on the classic Manhattan cocktail comes from the brilliant mind of Devender Sehgal, the former beverage director of the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong and the man behind The Aubrey’s incredible Eastern-facing cocktail menu, with its focus on both traditional and modern Japanese ingredients. With an equal-parts formula that’s incredibly easy to make and remember, the flavour profile of this stiff whisky cocktail is anything but simple. Sehgal explains the origin of the fascinating ingredients in his Nippon Noir: “Shochu is a national spirit of Japan that’s been around for centuries. Recently, there’s been a rise in ‘new-age’ shochu, including some like the one in this cocktail that’s matured in mizunara [Japanese native oak] barrels, which imparts a complexity and extraordinary flavour,” he says. “Scarlet Orange is a…

‘I LIKE TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MAKE. THAT’S PART OF MY CREATIVITY.’  — ANGELINA JOLIE It’s a Saturday night, and behind the graffiti-scrawled facade of Atelier Jolie, her downtown creative space and gallery, Angelina Jolie is in conversation with artist Shirin Neshat. The topics are heady: the plight of refugees, the rights of women, how to wrench meaning from exile; the value of art in all that. Jolie, ethereal in a cream dress with an embroidered capelet, is gracious. “I’m so happy to be with all of you,” she says to the 50 or so guests, adding that she seeks community to “keep trying to understand ways to help”. For her, being an artist is a means of communication: “I want to know if you feel the same pain.”…

Spanish Grilled Sardines Spain Espetos de sardinas — whole, fresh sardines skewered on sharpened sugarcane and roasted over an open (traditionally olive wood) fire — is a dish so popular in the Spanish coastal city of Malaga (especially at summer beach bars) that the city erected a statue in its honour. The salty snack, made on metal or bamboo skewers over a grill, is ideally eaten straight from the fire — no forks necessary. Preparation time: 5 minutes, plus 30 minutes soaking Cooking time: 10 minutes Serves: 4–6 Ingredients 24 small sardines, cleaned but not gutted or filleted 2 tablespoons salt Method Preheat a grill to medium heat. Soak the sardines in ice water for 30 minutes. Insert a skewer through the belly and under the spine of a sardine.…

Modern Australian craft whisky has been around for about 30 years, but it only became mainstream within the past decade or so. That fact, combined with our very warm and dry climate (compared to Scotland) and a local propensity for using small-format casks, means that commercially available Aussie whiskies that have been matured for 10 years or more have tended to be as rare as hen’s teeth. Now, though, with a generation of whisky-making knowledge and good stockpiles of maturing spirit under their belts, several Aussie producers are releasing whiskies with some serious age on them. If you want to finally find out what 10-year-plus Australian whisky tastes like, track down some of these impressive drops. 1. SULLIVANS COVE While most Sullivans Cove bottles don’t have an age statement on…

From its modest Celtic and Roman origins, Budapest has grown into a beautiful Old World metropolis, thanks to its enviable location on the Danube River and a dynamic local population, which currently hovers around 1.7 million. The extremely walkable Hungarian capital is a vibrant, progressive and relatively diverse island in an otherwise rightward-tilting country, making it a popular destination for gourmets, designers, writers and artists, many of whom come here to sample — or help build — one of the best restaurant scenes in Central Europe. New museums, galleries and spruced-up parks counterbalance the city’s classic (and sometimes beautifully decrepit) architecture, thermal baths and other attractions, artfully blending its two halves: reserved, hilly, residential Buda, west of the Danube, and urbane, mostly level Pest, stretching out on the eastern side.…