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Why are watch brands so obsessed with Snoopy?

Aug 14, 2025, 2:57 PMfutureplc
Why are watch brands so obsessed with Snoopy?
Plus, Acne Studios' new store, a lakeside house, and all-electric travel trailers
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Good grief, Charlie Brown! Why are watch brands so obsessed with Snoopy?

It’s 75 years since Charles Schultz first published his Peanuts comic strip, and there are still new Snoopy watches launching yearly. The question is, why?

 
 
 
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A striking lakeside house in Canada results from a radical overhaul and a bold extension

Splyce Design’s Shoreline House occupies an idyllic site in British Columbia. Refurbished and updated, the structure has been transformed into a waterside retreat

 
 
 
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Step inside Acne Studios’ pink-hued Tokyo flagship: ‘fashion is supposed to be fun’

The new store contrasts sharp minimalism with soft touches, designed in collaboration with Swedish studio Halleroed

 
 
 
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Experience the profound power of the Brumadinho Memorial, honouring the victims of Brazil’s mining tragedy

A deeply moving memorial by Gustavo Penna creates a space for collective mourning and remembrance in Brumadiño

 
 
 
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America’s first all-electric travel trailer broadens its range

The Lightship AE.1 Atmos and Panos are the two newest trim lines for this streamlined travel trailer

 
 
 
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Campaigners propose reuse to save Kenzo Tange’s modernist ‘Ship Gymnasium’ in Japan

The Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s former Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium is at risk of demolition; we caught up with the campaigners who hope to save it

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Embrace the trends of the season, from subtly subverted glamour to ‘dangerous’ menswear, and meet Silvia Venturini Fendi – all in the Style Issue, on newsstands now

 
 
 
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