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BED AND BOARD

t's a no-brainer that some of the most successful design concepts are based on demand, which is how Savoir Beds came to launch its new bespoke service, Savoir at Sea, last year. “A client asked for four N°1 mattresses for their new yacht, but two of them were too large to fit through the windows of the cabins,” Nic Alexandre, Savoir's managing director, recalls. “They still really wanted them, so we arranged for our craftsmen to visit

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