Edits / Education
Whipping up a storm
Italians want the world to know how to make gelato. Which is why one school is attracting foreigners to study the art.
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Affairs / Education
Med school
Palestinians and Israelis are among the first intake at the new Euro-Mediterranean University. Embodying the ideals of Nicolas Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union, it’s an attempt to create a new generation of cooperative leaders…
Affairs / Education
Monocolumn
Saturday 9 January
The dawn of the über-school
When it comes to brainstorming, most will agree two heads are better than one.
Design / Craft
Secure Influence
In a former jail, now home to the American College of Building Arts, students are learning traditional restoration techniques and preserving their city of Charleston, South Carolina, in the process. David Kaufman visits the…
Business / Business Hubs
From coal to cool
Thanks to its excellent universities, international transport links and super bright, skilled workforce, this former mining city in Germany’s Ruhr valley has been transformed into a hive for hi-tech firms.
Design / Property
Inside the box
Habitat 67 proves that buildings created for events – in this case Montréal’s Expo of 1967 – can continue to be useful. We meet three residents and talk to the architect about why the project has been such a success.
Affairs / Politics
Asia Briefing
The Malaysian PM's motorcade, Japan's special town for pensioners, and how the Haitian earthquake became a chance for Taiwan to make its mark.
Affairs / Society
Rocket man
Having dreamt of space travel since childhood, Koichi Wakata is a seasoned astronaut and a household name in Japan. Now he is preparing for his biggest trip yet.
Design / Architecture
Make it better
Akershus University Hospital was created by CF Møller on the principle that good design makes you feel better. Well lit and easy to navigate, it is fitted with bespoke, locally crafted furniture, and state-of-the-art hea…
Culture / Books
Shelf slackers
Greville Street Bookstore, Melbourne.
Affairs / Society
Asia Briefing
Thailand's first female PM Yingluck Shinawatra gets the once over for our Style Leader, and we report on Hanoi's urban masterplan and Japan's pay rise for its football heroines.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
A new sports hall in Australia, an exquisite chair from Sweden and a Q & A with the new director of the ECAL design school in Lausanne.
Affairs / Education
Oceania briefing
The French flock to Pacific colony New Caledonia and Asian students shun Australian universities.
Midori House, episode 227
Discussion of the release of Swedish journalists in Ethiopia, we hear from the Berlin Air Show, and learn how universities are ranked.
Culture / Media
Media briefing
Hong Kong's art-film channel celebrates its first birthday and gallery guides get smart.
Design / Arts
Finnish beginning
The World Design Capital for 2012 is having a design renaissance. Helsinki officials, academics and designers are inspired by the chance to prove it isn’t stuck in the shade of its mid-century heritage. Three key facts:…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 February
Why clever Kenyans learn Chinese
A degree from a western university has long been a priority for any would-be member of the Kenyan elite.
Design / Craft
Schools of thought
With design playing a more integrated role in government and business strategy around the world, Monocle hunts down the establishments spear-heading new movements and others that are keeping traditional ones alive.