ANA Business Class By Design

The Japanese airline aims to personify the "Omotenashi" spirit of service and an unparalleled attention to detail

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Air travel is exhausting. There’s no way around it. From taxi rides to long security lines and extended layovers, each step in the process is often as unpredictable as the last—especially when traveling abroad. Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) aims to make the most important part of the trip (the actual flight) more convenient and more comfortable—a fact we were recently lucky enough to experience …

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Fashion Week cameos galore in A$AP Ferg's video to outer-space songs in memory of Leonard Nimoy in this week's look at music

The Tallest Man on Earth: Sagres Reminiscent of the early American folk of Bob Dylan and Woodie Guthrie, The Tallest Man on Earth’s previous albums featured analog recordings of his voice, a guitar or banjo and little else. “Sagres” from Kristian Matsson’s forthcoming Dark Bird is Home—due out 12 May 2015 on Dead Oceans—is a step in a new direction. The Swede’s heartfelt, often nature-heavy …

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Kenny and Warren G take to the stage, robots begin their takeover in Japan and more in this week's look at the web

1. A Bionic Eye Restores a Man’s Vision Minnesota native Allen Zderad has regained his vision almost 20 years—after he was diagnosed with an untreatable degenerative eye disease—10 years of which he spent nearly blind. The 68-year-old underwent a clinical trial of “Second Sight,” a new technology that bypasses the damaged retina by sending light waves directly to the optic nerve. Though the resulting vision …