Hugo Macdonald
Inventory No. 38
Our selection of products made by new and established designers, including a barrister turned perfumier and a former pilot who makes canvas bags.
Design/Architecture
Mexico City's housing complex that goes back to nature, a chair made in collaboration with flip-flop giant Havaianas, and the bestselling Lamino armchair.
The model maker
Amidst a British design scene of experimentalism, Tomoko Azumi’s furniture is striking for its elegance and simplicity, earning the Japanese designer a solo show in her adopted homeland.
Home at the office
Bosses are realising the benefits of a more humane workplace. This gives staff pride and belonging, and expresses a company’s ethos to clients. Welcome to the anti-office.
Prime number
Nightclub mogul Marcos Campos wanted a more refined venue, asking architect Isay Weinfeld to help. With Numero, they have made an elegant lounge that is revolutionising nightlife for their fellow Paulistas.
Been there, done that.
Instead of investing in new designs and manufacturing processes, increasing numbers of design firms are raiding their archives. Monocle visits two companies to find out why they’re looking backwards not forward.
Gehl force
Celebrated Danish architect Jan Gehl believes focusing city infrastructure on inhabitants' needs, not cars and concrete, improves quality of life. He advocates for a people-first approach to urban planning worldwide.
Future starts now
The Milan Furniture Fair is over but the conversation about design's future is just beginning. We've distilled the week's events into 10 key products from Salone 2010 that illuminate what's next.
Milan design galleries
During this year's Milan furniture fair, Monocle visited three of the city's most celebrated design galleries. As well as checking out their collections and finding out how their businesses are growing, we talked to…
Milan Furniture Fair
Monocle took to Milan in force for the Salone del Mobile to pick through the stands, showrooms and satellite exhibitions and sum up what's going down in the design world. Design editor Hugo Macdonald…
