Konfekt Preview: Issue 14

Seeking inspiration for your home or company’s workplace? Maybe you’re after a radio with buttons of just the right size or even a reimagined fire extinguisher. Monocle’s Design Awards celebrate the year’s best products, models and structures, championing ideas that go well beyond the ordinary. Read more in our May issue, which also finds our correspondents on the ground at property fair Mipim, in ‘India’s Silicon Valley’ and propping up a bar in Lisbon. Plus: books, recommended by leaders in their field. Order your copy today, or read online now.

Let the fresh air in – Konfekt’s spring issue is here to celebrate the promise of the new season. From a Belgian tree-grower to a bonsai master in Kyoto and a lush gardening shop in Vienna, our inaugural horticulture special will plant some bright ideas on how leafy additions can improve your surroundings – and your approach.

Currently serving 250,000 drinks a day, Tao Bin has become a staple in Thai malls, hospitals and offices since the brand launched in 2021. The machines boast freshly ground coffee, fizzy lemonades, protein shakes and more. Monocle Films travelled to Bangkok to see them in action.

The best hospitality projects delight visitors as much as locals. In this vein, businessman Yuta Oka transformed a series of historic buildings in the small town of Setoda into charming inns, a coffee roaster, a public bathhouse and more. Join us on a jaunt to the Seto Inland Sea.