Design / Innovation
Back in your box
How do you make voting simpler, appealing and important? It’s a challenge Norway has tried to solve. The solution is a vote winner.
- 80 results for redesign
Design / Architecture
Rebuilding process
Since Anders Behring Breivik’s atrocious attack in 2011, Utøya has rarely been out of the news. Here, finally, a positive story emerges from the tragedy: meet the Norwegian architectural firm redesigning the island for a…
End Point / Technology
Observation
Over the Christmas season Monocle will be going up a gear rather than winding down. But of course we’ll still find time to enjoy a glühwein or two in St Moritz.
Business / Travel
Do not disturb
After spending a rumoured €273m on a total overhaul, the Dolder Grand is hoping to cement its reputation as the European elite getaway, 109 years after its first guests checked in. But has the Foster redesign retained the…
Midori House, episode 237
Why North Korea is promising on education not food, a look at Mitt Romney and Bill Clinton’s relationship, and how to redesign a Boeing 777.
The Briefing, episode 244
An update on the tensions between Syria and Turkey, we look at why Belgrade banned Gay Pride, and meet the man redesigning Chess.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
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.
The Curator, episode 34
For Quality of Life week, Jonathan Openshaw selects a chat with architect Daniel Libeskind, and a look at redesigning the humble power socket plug.
The Monocle Daily, episode 88
Why China is leading in architecture, film director John Shenk on his new film about Maldives politics, and why the Russians are redesigning the AK-47.
The Menu, episode 44
We visit the Coffee Academy in Berlin, hear from the architects that redesigned Copenhagen’s Noma restaurant, and take another dip into Santiago’s basket.
Design / Architecture
Architecture/Design Briefing
The redesign for the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, a new collection from furniture designer Gesa Hansen, plus a Japanese architect who relocates neglected rural buildings to a new life in the city.
Design / Architecture
Best in class
School architecture needn’t be grey, dull and uniform. The inspired redesign of Oslo International School by architects Jarmund/Vigsnæs is not just ticking style boxes but proves that an exciting study environment has a…
Culture / Newspapers
Printed matters
The conservative values of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung have always been echoed in its design. But the expectations of the modern reader – and falling sales – prompted a complete redesign. *Monocle* gains exclusive…
Culture / Publishing
Media Briefing
Turkey's religion-themed reality show upsets the imams, an Israeli animation studio aims to out-draw Pixar and we report on the relaunch and redesign of Germany's premier financial newspaper, Handelsblatt - reworked by…
Affairs / Newspapers
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 April
How to stand out from the newspaper crowd
I’m stuck in Paris, trying to get on a flight and head home to Florida so I’m looking for something new on the newsstand.
Design / Graphic Design
Monocolumn
Sunday 22 May
English-language newspaper gets design makeover
“Today’s paper is just sparkling. I’m very proud of it,” exclaims Mario García – also known as the newspaper doctor – from his seat at Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post offices in Causeway Bay.
Edits / Music
Monocolumn
Tuesday 8 November
Posthumous albums do a roaring trade
Lioness: Hidden Treasures will be the last Amy Winehouse album.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Saturday 26 June
Rolling Stone gathers army boss
When Barack Obama announced that he was demoting General Stanley McChrystal on Wednesday, the President pointedly avoided identifying the magazine that had just dubbed his head of Afghanistan forces “The Runaway General”…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 September
Flagpole diplomacy
Fledgling nations have an understandable urge to spend the early stages of their independence over-compensating.