Design / Furniture
Design briefing
Issue 64
Our verdict on this year's Salone del Mobile and a round-up of the best in show.
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Tuesday 18 June
We road-test OMA’s debut furniture range in Rotterdam, talk bespoke fragrances in Singapore, and get a preview tour of the new Heathrow Terminal 2 with architect Luis Vidal.
Design / Interior design
Home zone
Issue 64
Some of Japan’s best assets are its architects and designers, and their know-how is ripe for exporting. A new exhibition in Tokyo showcases the best ideas for the house of the future.
Design / Fashion
Cutting a dash
Issue 64
Hectic, hot and chaotic, Bangkok is the steamy backdrop for our fashion story. Stay cool on the run across town and take everything the city can throw at you in your stride. Men’s stylist Takeharu Sato Women’s stylist…
Design / Manufacturing
Giant leap
Issue 64
Dutch company Gazelle has been making beautiful bicycles since 1892. As the firm pedals into the 21st century with technical upgrades and a move into e-bikes, Monocle was talked through the tried and tested methods of a…
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Tuesday 11 June
We talk to Sou Fujimoto, the architect behind this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Plus, all the news from Belgrade Design Week and a short history of lights in Paris.
Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 10 June
Room for improvement
Finding parkland to relax in can be a challenge in Tokyo but the parks' restrictive rules don't help.June in Tokyo brings showers, gloom and a losing battle against mould. Give me a dry, warm day and I’ll happily spend it in a park with friends or a book. This past weekend, I took advantage of the clement weather to head…
Design / Retail
Fashion briefing
Issue 64
Outfits, retailers, designers and makers to keep an eye out for this month.
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Tuesday 4 June
Tropical Modernism in Ghana with our correspondent in Accra, Christopher Lord, Charles Correa gives us a tour of his life's work at London's RIBA, and we sit down with Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker…
Design / Industry
Monocolumn
Monday 3 June
Thinking outside the box
Rather than selling a product and enticing users in, a lot of packaging today is overcomplicated, user-unfriendly and plain unnecessary.It’s a story that’s been repeated so many times it’s become a cliché. Parents buy child expensive and/or exciting present for Christmas. Child then proceeds to spend more time playing with the large cardboard box that the…
Design / Watches
The best of time
Issue 64
The trade fair that takes place in Switzerland each spring showcases the latest in watch-making design and this year, the venue itself was one of the real stars of the show.
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Tuesday 28 May
We hop from ICFF in New York to Clerkenwell Design Week in London and up to a new event in Helsinki designed to promote the next generation of Finnish fashion designers too. Plus, a sit down with Claude Zellweger, creative…
Design / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 27 May
Point and click – and scream with frustration
Why are so many websites so painfully incompetent when it comes to providing the information you visited them with the express desire of tracking down? Constructive (if slightly caustic) criticism follows.If you’re a regular Monocle reader or subscriber you’ve most probably noticed that we relaunched our website some months ago. It was a Herculean task that our web team carried out with focused dexterity and creativity,…
Design / Interior design
Our home
Issue 63
‘Playing house’ is one of the more fun adult games. But furnishing a home from scratch is a gradual process and after you’ve bought a property your budget might not stretch to your dream collection. But it is important to…
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Tuesday 21 May
A visit to the What Design Can Do event in Amsterdam, we talk publishing with Gert Jonkers and Jop Van Bennekom – creators of Fantastic Man, and ask what lessons the West can learn from eastern architecture with urbanist…