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The latest book from the travel writer’s travel writer is The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari, which is published this month

After such iconic creations as the first Venner parking meter and London TX1 taxis, the designer’s current projects include lights for Anglepoise and loudspeakers for Bowers & Wilkins

The German-born designer specialises in hand-crafted, limited-edition pieces such as the Smoke series of charred furniture that features in the Gramercy Park Hotel

The creative director of cult global Finnish brand Marimekko oversees everything from its distinctive printed furnishing fabrics and tableware to clothing and fashion accessories

The fashion designer launched his eponymous label in 1995 after graduating from Central Saint Martins. He is best known for glamorous, structured evening dresses

The multi-award-winning architect and designer’s projects range from high-rise residences, restaurants and hotel interiors to bathrooms, furniture and wallpaper

The Royal Ballet principal was the winner of last year’s Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in dance for his performance in Arthur Pita’s “The Metamorphosis”

The chairman and creative director of the Moncler Group has collaborated with the likes of Balenciaga and Giambattista Valli to reinterpret the brand’s quintessential down jacket

The Michelin-starred British chef co-owns New York restaurants The Spotted Pig, The Breslin, The John Dory Oyster Bar and the newly opened Salvation Taco

The director of the Vitra Design Museum has curated exhibitions on Mies van der Rohe, Issey Miyake and Le Corbusier, and is also a lecturer, critic and writer

The UK-born, US-raised conductor of Italian origin is music director of both the Royal Opera House in London and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra in Rome