The For Stockists design and craft fair in Tokyo, a rehab centre in the Netherlands and a newly revamped medical faculty in Peru.

In praise of buttons, Japanese electric bicycles, the 1950s furniture re-issues and Alain de Botton's latest project

A new sports hall in Australia, an exquisite chair from Sweden and a Q & A with the new director of the ECAL design school in Lausanne.

A wooden radio handmade in Indonesia, a simple Greek island getaway, and furniture designer Jens Risom experiences a revival in New York.

Floating homes on a man-made lake, a beautiful bamboo recyclable inflight food tray, and fine Finnish furniture.

A revamp for the Warsaw metro, innovative bike mapping in London and a Q & A with analyst Aaron Renn.

Japanese architect Yasuhiro Yamashita talks us through his aluminium housing project, plus a new landmark in Ljubljana and the traditional Japanese *washi* paper finding new markets.

Monocle's round-up of the news, products and projects making waves this month.

The latest products, players, projects and happenings in the worlds of architecture, homeware, packaging and more.

Social housing in Paris, smart wrapping paper from Berlin, the perfect pairing of a new chair and a classic lamp, and a confession from our design editor on his secret love of tinsel.

Sombre, elegant and transparent, this is everything a courthouse should be. The winning design is by 3XN, Lemming & Eriksson Engineers and landscape designers Schønherr Landskab. The building is an extension to the existing…

The latest buildings, most innovative products and most promising talent.

The CEO of furniture retailer Wohnbedarf previews the Milan furniture fair, plus a new gallery in Bolzano and a fuel stop in Navarra.

Danish creations, Taiwanese homes and Italian words of wisdom.

A Swiss gym, a Japanese shop, a German house and a Swedish school.

Inspiring ideas from floating houses to bendy benches.

A reworked Chinese trishaw and a Russian "sleep box" are some of the new products on the radar this month.

A clever redesign for a school in Spain, apartments with a view in Switzerland, the rebirth of rattan in Copenhagen and the craft of tea-caddies in Japan.

Mexico City's housing complex that goes back to nature, a chair made in collaboration with flip-flop giant Havaianas, and the bestselling Lamino armchair.

**Briefing:** A Danish bag designer goes back to school, a pair of Japanese brothers fall in love with Bolivia, and a Swedish and an American shoe company cosy up for a collaboration.