- 23 results for muji
Design / Fashion
Fashion Briefing
Banana Reublic heads to Europe, Ferragamo has bags of style and the man in the Vans.
Edits / Food & Drink
Dead simple
When Tokyo-based design guru Kenya Hara is asked to create graphics, he usually ends up advising a company on its entire aesthetic direction. This is how he became design adviser to no-label Muji. As well as generating…
Edits / Interior design
Night caller
Having converted one spare room into the perfect home office (see Monocle issue 4) we decided to turn our attentions to the guest room. Here we furnish the quarters with best-for-guests accoutrements.
Design / Fashion
Monocolumn
Friday 23 October
Don’t tell anyone, but it’s Japan fashion week
Some cities grind to a halt during fashion week.
Business / Architecture
Hearts of the city
Identikit suburban projects and architects without imagination have sullied the reputation of property development but Monocle has tracked down five firms putting passion, innovation and social conscience back into the…
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Friday 23 November
Time-managed tinsel
Christmas seems to have come earlier than ever in Tokyo. The Halloween pumpkins had barely come down when the Christmas decorations appeared. And they are lavish.
Design / Manufacturing
Design republic
China makes cheap products to order. Could it ever make well-designed ones too? Monocle looks at the companies who think it can and are leading the way.
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Tuesday 5 October
Welcome to your future home
From the oatmeal sofa and wooden floorboards to the abstract paintings and modern white lampshades, it resembles a family home that would not look out of place on any street in Japan.
Edits / Retail
Clean conscience
Everything you need to keep clothes and bedlinen fresh, crisply ironed and looking new.
Design / Craft
Talent spot
Tokyo Designers Week is a long-established annual event featuring two key fairs: 100% Design and DesignTide. Monocle visited at the end of last year and found a healthy ambition to champion fresh talent. Here’s our pick…
Design / Interior design
Home zone
Some of Japan’s best assets are its architects and designers, and their know-how is ripe for exporting. A new exhibition in Tokyo showcases the best ideas for the house of the future.
Edits / Gardening
Inside the box
For the novice gardeners among you, ease your way in by starting with a compact window box. From begonia blooms to cascading bacopa, it will be a colourful addition to your doorstep or window ledge.
Edits / Travel
Expo 35: Taipei
The right mixture of progress and chaos is what makes the capital of Taiwan such a fun place to live. Where else would you find the world's most advanced chashless payment system as well as sprawling, hectic night markets…
Design / Business Hubs
Future proof
The Japanese city of Kyoto is renowned for its ancient traditions. But a crop of young designers is making sure it’s also set to become one of the nation’s creative hubs of the future.
Culture / Small Business
Little shop of wonders
In a world of bland city centres, a shop full of interesting and unusual magazines and music that’s staffed by experts is a joyful discovery. And what’s more, they make your neighbourhood special.
Culture / Media
Culture briefing
This is the Second World War you never hear about – an ordinary German civilian’s version. Living in liberal Hamburg, Wölff-Monckeberg was neither Nazi or dissident. The touching everyday account of how Hitler’s Third Reich…
Business / Innovation
Business Briefing
A new Saturday market of small-scale farmers in Puerto Rico adds to the country's organic agricultural movement, a new pie shop in Lisbon taps into the growing trend for inexpensive fare over a traditional sit-down affair…
Design / Travel
Travel Top 50 2012/2013
From an exceptionally helpful member of hotel staff to a great view from your room, every little thing counts towards making a pleasant travel experience truly great. We’re sticklers for detail and in this annual survey our…