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Business / Manufacturing
The Impossible Project
Adaptive Eyewear is a social enterprise that’s working to correct the vision of some of the millions of people in developing nations that have no access to glasses. They do this using a unique technology that might prove…
Culture / Arts
Finishing touches
The Rijksmuseum’s overhaul has taken 10 long years. However, it is finally ready to reopen its doors to reveal an interior revamp that is almost as impressive as the wealth of art it so beautifully displays.
Edits / Recipes
Green machine
Most restaurants boast of using only fresh ingredients but they don’t come much fresher than at De Kas.
Design / Environment
Overseas export
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen manufactures the boats that keep navies and coast guards up-to-speed worldwide. A near-century old success story, theirs is a contribution to a local tradition stretching back even further.
Edits / Travel
Northern IJ Bank
Canals to sail on, traditional wooden houses along the dike to choose from and a nearby creative hub; these are just some of the reasons to move to Northern IJ Bank. The Dutch are catching on and, with planned developments…
Design / Aviation
This is the way
Schiphol, JFK and now Frankfurt airports have all turned to one Dutch designer to create the perfect signage systems. Paul Mijksenaar tells Monocle about his crusade to take the art of wayfinding in a new direction.
Edits / Food & Drink
A song for supper
As a shy teenager from an island off Rotterdam, Anton Corbijn only felt confident behind a camera. Described by Bono as the ‘fifth member of U2’, he has befriended many of the subjects he has shot and filmed in his 30-year…
Affairs / Business Hubs
Separate lives
In October the Dutch island of Curaçao will become a new semi-autonomous nation. It’s hoping that its proximity to South America will make it an ideal gateway for European countries doing business in the region. But first…
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
The latest products, players, projects and happenings in the worlds of architecture, homeware, packaging and more.
Design / Publishing
Making airwaves
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…
The Monocle Daily, episode 126
Why The Netherlands’ prime minister and cabinet have resigned, we look at Audi’s takeover of Ducati, and talk to a newsroom in the Baltic region.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 11
Jonathan Openshaw looks back over the last 10 weeks of Monocle 24, including a Lebanese brewery and the Impossible Project in the Netherlands.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture briefing
The For Stockists design and craft fair in Tokyo, a rehab centre in the Netherlands and a newly revamped medical faculty in Peru.
Affairs / Architecture
Monocolumn
Friday 19 February
The new market makers
From Oman to the Netherlands architects are creating markets for the 21st century as urban planners realise that they offer a retail and social model that people like (as long as the rubbish crates arrive at the end of the…
The Monocle Daily, episode 392
We debate European austerity vs growth, say farewell to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, talk literature at the PEN World Voices festival in New York, and munch on a Brazilian biscuit or two.
Edits / Craft
Inventory No. 32
A sleek wooden locomotive toy and a smart Danish bike helmet are among the picks for this month’s shopping guide, but we start with a look at a stunning boutique hotel in the Netherlands.
The Globalist, episode 377
The latest from Kenya as it inaugurates a new president, we find out why Russia is trying to ban foul language, and continue our week-long series on monarchies around the world – this time in the Netherlands.