01Unlike the statues with which it shares an office, Distanz is not a firm that stands still
02Gestalten’s Helga Beck scans the company catalogue
03CEO Robert Klanten drinks to Gestalten’s success
04A selection of Gestalten tomes
05Caroline Schneider, founder and owner of Sternberg Press
06Sternberg Press editors
07Sternberg Press’s office is in the former Karl Marx Buchhandlung
08Vanessa Adler, founder of argobooks
09Argobook display
10Uta Grosenick, co-founder of Distanz
11A window on the inner workings of Distanz
12Gestalten literature
13A well-thumbed Gestalten catalogue
14Gestalten’s airy top-floor space in Berlin-Kreuzberg
Whether it be picture-laden coffee table tomes or volumes on aesthetic theory, Germany produces some of the finest art books in the world – and that’s not limited to Taschen. Monocle went to Berlin to pore over a buoyant publishing industry.
Issue 47
In the rush into digitalisation, US media giants hastily abandoned many of their core values, says the veteran journalist and former foreign editor of the ‘Chicago Tribune’. Elsewhere, old-fashioned values are thriving. We…
Issue 24
A manga about wine has proven a hit with readers in Japan. It’s written by a brother and sister duo, who spin stories while under the influence; there’s a French edition and it is being made into a Korean TV series.
Issue 22
we peruse the shelves of the thriving, eclectic magazine shop Papercut in Stockholm.
Issue 33
Since resigning as design editors-in-chief at Taschen, husband and wife Peter and Charlotte Fiell have been plotting their own publishing empire. After two years of hard work, they are ready to make their splash. But don’t…
Issue 13
Publishing dynasty MDS is growing faster than at any time in its 205-year history, but the man leading its charge into the digital arena is determined that the firm stays close to its founding principles.
Issue 38
A new instand-image camera from Japan, an independent Berlin magazine and bookstore with a top selection, and DIY e-books in Japan.
Issue 47
Hilversum was the centre of Dutch broadcasting for the best part of a century, a model media city of daring architecture. Hit hard by changes in the industry, a period of self-reflection has the city searching for new…
Issue 40
Author of four hit books, Vendela Vida, is alo the co-editor of US culture magazine 'The Believer'. Part of a celebrated literary couple (her husband is Dave Eggers) she tells Monocle how she works and what inspires her.
Issue 20
For our series on media barons we feature Erick Thohir, founder of the Mahaka Media group in Jakarta. After revitalising the failing paper ‘Republika’ he’s now on a mission to modernise print, radio and TV in a freer Ind…
Issue 24
Printed Matter art bookshop in New York is a rare breed- a retail venture that puts principles before profit.
Issue 14
Angelika Taschen has given more established book publishers a run for their money and turned the sexy and subversive Taschen Books into a global powerhouse. She chooses simple wurst for her last meal.
Issue 60
Whether it be picture-laden coffee table tomes or volumes on aesthetic theory, Germany produces some of the finest art books in the world – and that’s not limited to Taschen. Monocle went to Berlin to pore over a buoyant…
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