Kimberly Bradley
Bare essentials
Bikini Berlin is a newly redesigned complex mixing retail, culture and creative thinking about the public space. Once a fading relic of the Cold War, intelligent ideas from its new tenants are helping to…
Hard lessons
In the heart of Berlin a design-focused family has created a home that is as personal as it is refreshing: the Monohaus is a building that shows the softer side of concrete.
Land lovers
A new wave of entrepreneurs is trading city life for the countryside. We meet the people finding success in everything from Japanese heirloom vegetables to British seaweed skincare and German schnapps distilling.
Europe
Leipzig's stocks rises to rival Berlin, Vienna gets into the (walking) zone and Moscow moves to tackle traffic.
Bare essentials
Bikini Berlin, a newly redesigned complex, mixes retail, culture and creative thinking. Once a fading Cold War relic, intelligent ideas from its new tenants are helping to redefine the shopping-mall model.
Art market
A Q&A with the founder of a Turin-based art organisation, plus new galleries and art sales.
Power trips
In 2014, diplomacy returns home, a former foe is redeemed, a military outpost is upgraded and intelligence makes its next move. Monocle tracks the political importance of these significant places.
Object lessons
From an urban hub for furniture-makers to a man-made island design destination and a studio in a woodland haven, Monocle reveals some daring pockets of inspiration from around the globe.
Class work
Making a workplace an enjoyable, productive environment doesn’t have to involve table football. These industrial spaces have it right through simple light, good architecture and a commitment to people.
