Defunct US outerwear brand Mighty Mac is being revived for 2010 by Japanese firm 35 Summers.
Noriaki Okabe, the Japanese architect who worked with Renzo Piano for 20 years and whose projects include the award-winning terminal at Kansai International Airport, has recently been putting the finishing touches to the new Belgian Embassy in the Nibanch
Set up in Tokyo almost a decade ago, Haversack was named after the utilitarian bags handed out to US infantry in the early 20th century.
In a radical shift from its traditional brand identity, Sugamo Shinkin Bank has adopted an innovative and colourful design for its new Niiza branch.
Looking good and staying dry are not mutually exclusive.
Monocle advises you not to take the year of the cow too seriously and get moving.
