Fiona Wilson
Around the world in 40 designs: The best furniture, country by country
Enjoy our tasteful guide to the best nation-focused furnishings to add style and authenticity to your home.
The forgotten underpass of Tokyo’s Skwat Kameari has become a creative, cultural hotspot
With his new arts and retail project, Keisuke Nakamura is bringing a long-neglected corner of the Japanese capital to life.
Why Tokyo’s designers still work by hand and how it keeps Japanese design exciting
The Japanese capital is a city rich with reasons to celebrate design, rooted in a sense of community and respect for every step of the process.
Monocle’s Style Top 25: The best designers, makers and retailers redefining luxury
The luxury industry is slowing down, with a growing focus on timelessness and craft. We present our survey of style experts who create designs with quality at its core.
Bringing Nagasaki’s ghosts to life: Kei Ishikawa on adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel
Director Kei Ishikawa teams up with Kazuo Ishiguro to adapt ‘A Pale View of Hills’, exploring memory, trauma and post-war identity in a moving retelling of Japan’s fading past.
The architects of Sydney Modern: How SANAA redefined the city’s skyline
From a series of pavilions to an urban thoroughfare, SANAA’s design created a new kind of public space. Here, the visionary architectural duo behind the masterpiece reveal how they approached the project.
Japan’s tiny electric vehicle with very big ambitions
Make way for Mibot, the diminutive vehicle moving Japan’s EV sector.
Innovative entrepreneurs Ari S Heckman and Charles Brun bring fresh visions to hospitality and eyewear markets
These business leaders built their success on finding fresh ways to revive overlooked ideas or places. Here’s how they did it.
The film festival toasting Japan’s cinematic renaissance in the Big Apple
As Japan Cuts returns for its 18th edition, director of film Peter Tatara speaks to Monocle about Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s enduring legacy and why ‘shochu’ is the toast of Manhattan this summer.
