To encourage the next generation of artisans, Context Travel developed a scholarship program with the Scuola delle Arti Orafe, a prestigious jewellery school in Florence.

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The scooters are emblazoned with a print inspired by the life of Florence Broadhurst, a turn-of-the-last-century singer and comedienne who founded a finishing school in Shanghai before moving to England and then to Australia to set up a wallpaper company.

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