Affairs / Health
Monocolumn
Sunday 26 June
Sino-Indian rapprochement… through the medium of yoga
If further proof were needed of China’s boom, it was on display last week in a Guangzhou hall, sporting garish shades of locally branded lycra.
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Section D, episode 39
David Burney on how architecture can improve wellbeing, we visit an ambassador residency in Wellington and enjoy sporting posters at the Russian embassy in London.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 11 January
The American protester – hero or fool?
A would-be Christian martyr’s infiltration of the world’s most forbidding state on Christmas Day has both frustrated and inspired fellow North Korea activists.
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 March
Japan focus: jitters in the east and continuity in the west
If you happened to have been on any of the crowded bullet trains that left Tokyo for Kyoto, Osaka and Hakata last night, you might have thought that Japan was in the midst of a population boom.
Affairs / Society
Asia briefing
The King of Bhutan's dashing way with national dress, Korea's scheme to produce more babies, and Japan's downsized family meals.
Edits / Health
Ultimate body fix
For a country that’s in need of more than a nip and tuck of its own, Spain is home to a clinic specialising in encouraging a perfectly balanced lifestyle. Monocle checks in.
Affairs / Society
Asia Briefing
Kazakhstan's capital finishes its Metro, Japan's rare deepwater salmon is given a reprieve and the Indian state of Tamil Nadu gets some new urban planning.
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 / Economics
Briefing Oceania
Australia's economy is all at sea; plus conflict on happy island.
Affairs / Health
Face Maker
Plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy has earned legendary status in Brazil, with his philosophy that good looks should be available to all, regardless of wealth or social standing. His pioneering techniques are still admired by…
Affairs / Urbanism
Talk of the town
From a Beijing air-quality expert to an Italian architect, these urban planning visionaries have ideas with the potential to transform our urban world – and soon.
Business / Manufacturing
Toy story
This issue our regular Fairplay series on trade fairs from around the world makes a return. Here we visit the Toys & Games Fair in Hong Kong, the second largest exhibition of its kind in the world, where serious-minded…
Culture / Publishing
Media Briefing
Internet advertising that knows exactly who you are, an Istanbul magazine delivered by bicycle - by the editor, plus more media news.
Design / Health
Fresh start
Austria is reinvigorating its brand and stealing some of Switzerland’s reputation for being the home of Alpine modernity and great healthcare. Nowhere epitomises the trend more than the Lanserhof.
Edits / Health
Revitalising retreats
Be it yoga in Brazil or hot springs in Japan, these destinations won’t recharge your batteries – they’ll replace them with hybrid engines.
Culture / Media
Censor sensibility
Hung Huang is the head of CIMG, perhaps China’s most sophisticated media brand. In just seven years she has spearheaded new TV, print and web media. Now she wants to forge a uniquely modern Chinese culture, in a country…
Design / Architecture
Home at the office
Bosses are wising up to the benefits of creating a more humane workplace. Not only does this give staff a sense of pride and belonging but it also expresses a company’s ethos to clients. Welcome to the anti-office.
Culture / Graphic Design
India adds up
India has 600 million people under 25 and a burgeoning consumer society. How are brands courting these people? Monocle visits Mumbai’s advertising agencies to witness an atmosphere as heady as New York or London in their…
Business / Industry
Light Fantastic
The Austrian lighting company BLL leads the industry with its progressive thinking, installing life-enhancing systems at hospitals, airports and the new Cairo Museum. Soon it will focus its light-direction technologies on…