Design / Craft
Japanese Craftsmanship
March 2011
Monocle reports on why consumers in Japan are increasingly keen to support smaller, independent design firms.
Business / Craft
Handmade retailers
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Design / Craft
Secure Influence
January 2012
In a former jail, now home to the American College of Building Arts, students are learning traditional restoration techniques and preserving their city of Charleston, South Carolina, in the process. David Kaufman visits the…
Design / Craft
Vienna Apprenticeships
March 2011
Monocle surveys the relationship between apprenticeships and low unemployment rates in Vienna.
Design / Craft
Tokyo Designers Week
November 2011
In the wake of a very difficult year for Japan, Monocle heads to Tokyo for its annual design week to see how the city and country is using craft heritage to attract new business.
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Design / Craft
THE MONOCLE BRIEFINGS: Craftsmanship
January 2012
Some cities come to mind straight away when you think of craft and design, but it's also true that untapped markets offer opportunities for entrepreneurship. We talk to designers and artisans in Shanghai, Bradford, Winter…
Design / Craft
Tasmanian Craft
April 2012
In Tasmania, talented craftspeople are making use of the island's natural materials to design and build furniture, ceramics, and more. Monocle tours the island to meet the designer-makers putting Tasmanian personality on…
Design / Craft
Made in Gotland
October 2010
We head to Gotland, an island off the coast of Sweden, to meet its craftspeople - woodworkers, ceramicists, architects, weavers - and find out what it is that makes Gotland a thriving craft community at a time when others…
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Edits / Craft
Mountain producers
December 2012
From a breed of sheep brought back from extinction in the Italian Dolomites to vintage recipes revitalizing the dairy business in a remote part of Norway, Monocle films brings you inspiring tales of mountain producers on…
Affairs / Craft
The high life
December 2012
Each Swiss valley has its own culture - even language. Locals make the most of their isolation but also know how to sell their skills. The Lower Engadine has perfected this lost-world vibrancy.