Politics and cost have prevented Japan from putting a human up there but, they say, their cosmic focus is not the vain flag-planting of the space race, rather research and exploration. A strategy that has led to them dev…
He’s one of the world’s greatest product designers, but Marc Newson’s career is really taking off with the news just announced that he is designing a space plane for Eads Astrium. Planned to be ready for 2011, it will raise…
The challenges faced by the Costa Cruises brand, why the US fell behind in the space race, and Hugo Macdonald explains the redevelopment of Helsinki.
Friday 13 November
A top-secret military base in the mountains where Chinese technicians are building laser beams designed to render western satellites ineffective.
Thursday 15 September
There is hardly a whiff of diesel or rumble of engine at the 64th version of Frankfurt’s IAA Motor show, which opened yesterday.
Friday 26 August
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes a sculpture show in the Yorkshire countryside, an art fundraiser in New York’s SoHo and, for the more intrepid, a marathon in West Africa.
Plans for lunar heritage sites and a cure for the blues from Australia.
Monday 4 June
If proof were ever needed of just how industrious the Japanese are, a quick trip to a city park on a sunny afternoon should be all that’s required.
The rise of the left in Bogotá, Obama stirs up controversy over Cuba, and rebuilding a Chilean icon.
Set among the embassies and doctors’ surgeries in Marylebone, London, this petite penthouse pulled in Swiss carpenters along with British and Danish storage solutions to deal with a mass of media and an upside-down layout…
How the citizens of Phnom Penh can expect to stay dry next monsoon, plus India's plans to put people in space and Indonesia's ambitions to become a green-transport pioneer.
In a city with 21,500 karaoke bars, exclusive members club Amour is in a different league. Founded by Parisian club impresario and graffiti artist André and with interiors by Marc Newson, it is luring a well-heeled inter…
How Bulgaria became a world leader in snail production, the material difference of the new Boeing 787 and the German gunmakers tapping into the US market.
We’ve been getting very excited about our new offices over the past few months, but the wait is finally coming to an end. And 2011 is already shaping up to be an exciting year, with new projects, radio studios and a recr…
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.
‘Playing house’ is one of the more fun adult games. But furnishing a home from scratch is a gradual process and after you’ve bought a property your budget might not stretch to your dream collection. But it is important to…
Russians promise to stub out the smoking habit, getting high in Stockholm, and bridging a great divide in Germany.
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