Ivan Carvalho
Letters from home
We meet the makers and painters continuing the aesthetic legacy of their cities, creating and preserving signs with gold leaf, ochre-white paint and neon tubes.
At your service: Brunico Hotel School
The tourism industry is expanding beyond hotels and restaurants. We meet the next generation of hospitality professionals enrolling in the world's best schools to learn the fine art of flawless service.
At your service: Japan Hotel School
Countries are investing in tourism, which now means more than just hotels and restaurants. We meet the next generation of hospitality professionals learning the fine art of flawless service at the world's best schools.
Film report: Milan menswear fall-winter 2016
When it comes to menswear the rule is to follow the lead of the Italians. At Milan fashion week Monocle Films visits the showrooms and presentations of leading industry players to see what men…
Film report: Pitti Uomo 2016
We ask what’s next for menswear as retailers flock to Florence to spot trends and stock up on Italian fashion – a €9bn industry –and foreign brands. Denim is darker, the fit wider and…
Tools gold
With big-box retail struggling, it's time for a revival of inner-city hardware hubs. In Italy, where knowledge and service rule, they have a model worth copying for the DIY sector.
Travel Top 50 2015/16
Our annual survey of the best in class from carriers to train nations and architecturally blessed inns. It's your round-the-world-ticket to meet the hospitality stars.
Expo 88: Drink in the view
Forst is a family-owned brewery in the mountains of South Tyrol. With a commitment to independence as its calling card, it doesn't hurt that the beer tastes bloody good.
Work wonders
Manufacturing in Turin may have withered but the Borgo Rossini district has made grand use of empty industrial spaces to refashion a warm community in its place.
Style counsel
When Raffaello Napoleone took over Pitti Immagine, Pitti Uomo was a moribund trade fair. Having revitalised it and Florence’s fashion business, he shares the leadership skills needed for a renaissance.
