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…
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…
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.
Monday 10 June
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…
Issue 64
Outfits, retailers, designers and makers to keep an eye out for this month.
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…
Monday 3 June
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…
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.
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…
Monday 27 May
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,…
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…
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…
Issue 63
The objects that fill our homes may not define us but they do have a subtle effect on mood and creativity – so be nice to your subconscious and let the natural, simple and handcrafted surround you.
Issue 63
B&B Italia is renowned for its curvaceous and audacious design. We dropped in to its hi-spec hideout near Milan to cast an eye over the craftsmanship that defines its globally expanding business.
Friday 17 May
We never saw it coming but that's because it was too dark: our design editor takes an unexpected dislike to the dimmer switch.After a decade of preaching the importance of low lighting, I’m going to stick my neck out, perform an audacious design U-turn, put my hands in the air and wave a small white flag of surrender: maybe I got it wrong. My…
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