Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 30
Nutty about design? From teak toys to matchboxes to a help manual for budding designers, we have a selection of graphically and artistically superior products to tempt your fancy.
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Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 60
The passing of the festive season for another year doesn’t mean that gifts and alcohol should be shunned until December. Make a present to yourself of, say, some unique kitchenware or organic soap, kick back with a glass…
The Entrepreneurs, episode 68
We meet the mind behind Wantful – a service to find the perfect gift – and look at the upper echelon of the hairdressing industry, while Gillian Dobias visits Paperworld in Frankfurt.
The Briefing, episode 38
Monocle’s Moscow contributor talks about post-election demonstrations and tech-guru David Phelan gives his picks for the best Christmas gadget gifts.
The Globalist, episode 42
We have a visit from gift-laden Japan correspondent Kenji Hall, an interview with Tokyo College of Bicycle Design, and learn about the world’s happiest job.
Edits / Retail
Christmas Shopping in Vienna
From sachertorte to strudel, Vienna is the ideal festive destination so Monocle Films took a closer look to discover the city’s best creative retailers and heritage craftsmen.
Edits / Retail
Inventory no. 12
A Japanese inn special: the Masuichi Kyakuden Brewery hotel in Obuse, plus our great spring gift guide.
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Wednesday 14 December
The joy of real shopping
The best Christmas gift I have received in recent times was a jar of home made pickled onions complete with a hand printed label (thank you George Percy).
Affairs / Diplomacy
Special relations
Nothing represents the shifting sands of global politics better than the African Union’s gleaming new HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A gift from the Chinese, it’s proof of the Asian giant’s growing clout. But the Germans are…
Culture / Arts
Wish lists
As the days get shorter and gift lists grow longer, we asked some of our favourite bright minds to think up the perfect holiday night in with film, music and books.
Design / Interior design
Mode in Japan
Alongside the vast Tokyo International Gift Show – 2,400 exhibitors and counting – has grown a smaller, carefully edited craft and design show called For Stockists. But this bijou event is now the hot ticket, thanks to its…
Business / Travel
Monocolumn
Friday 28 January
High hopes in Portugal for a royal honeymoon
When the Obama family received a Portuguese water dog from the late senator Ted Kennedy in 2009, the tourism minister of the region it was from couldn’t have been happier. “We had been trying to get the Obamas to accept the…
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
Is donating 100 sculptures to Oslo a wonderful gift or just a way of imposing bad taste on the public? Wealthy Norwegian Christian Ringnes, 53, is causing controversy in the city with his plans to create a €30m park filled…
Affairs / Soft Power
Monocolumn
Sunday 5 August
Never underestimate the power of a puppy
Last week the Russian president Vladimir Putin was presented with an Akita fighting dog puppy by visiting Japenese foreign minister Koichiro Gemba.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 3 December
Weekend agenda, 3/4 December
Highlights of this weekend include a photo exhibition in Tokyo, a long-awaited re-release by The Smashing Pumpkins and a website to help you pick the best bottle of vino for your weekend festivities.
Culture / Industry
Monocolumn
Wednesday 27 February
About a toy
Shopping for children is tricky enough and hi-tech toys aren't making it easier.
Edits / Monocle
Monocolumn
Thursday 25 October
Make use of your long trip home
For the long-haul expat, the holiday season is not as relaxing as one would hope.
Design / Industry
Monocolumn
Friday 6 August
DIY and the death of design
The Industrial Designers Society of America’s annual International Conference brings some 600 designers, engineers and professional thinkers from around the world to Portland this weekend.
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Monday 30 April
Design should speak for itself
Today’s young designers are impressively versed in the art of branding across many different forms of media.