Fiona Wilson
Comic relief: The artisans keeping the art of manga-making alive
Digital printing has stripped the craft from Japanese manga. Meet the typesetters staging a print revolution.
The fashion pieces and new openings you need to know about this spring
In keeping with the new beginnings of spring, we travel across the world to meet the labels opening shops and launching debut collections.
Japanese label Kaptain Sunshine settles down in Tokyo
The brand’s long-awaited flagship combines good architecture with attractive product design.
Style Directory: Our top 25 seasonal styles
Spring signals a wardrobe refresh. To help you in the endeavour, we have scoured fashion runways and designers’ studios around the world to help you rethink your staples and statement pieces.
Solid foundations: Three firms redefining the future of development
Boom towns and bright spots across the world are bucking the trends that others are seeing in the global economy. We speak to some key industry players whose firms are reshaping the future.
The new Ginza Sony Park is as radical as its 1966 predecessor
By welcoming visitors to its many exhibitions and events, the new complex is free of the usual trappings of behind-closed-doors big business.
The Pentax 17 film camera is bringing a digital generation back to analogue
Smartphones have changed the way we take pictures. But Pentax thinks that there is still a place for the tactile pleasures of manual photography. The solution? A phone-inspired film camera.
Stitching the future: Inside Tokyo’s Bunka Fashion College
Monocle takes a front-row seat with some of the school’s young stars of style to find out how craft and knowhow are nurtured, and see who among them might be the next Yohji Yamamoto.
The 15 things on Monocle’s 2025 travel wishlist
From Tokyo’s Nexpect Coffee to New York’s Clemente Bar, here are the 15 key places and objects on our radar this year.
Three new must-visit luxury openings in São Paulo, Kurashiki and Paris
High-end hospitality was once synonymous with uniform glossiness, whether you were in Tokyo or Trieste. But the industry is now focusing on experiences that reflect its surroundings.
