Kohei Take
Travel
Next time you’re in Tokyo, check in to a hotel where character and charm come as part of the service.
Spokes people
City bikes are enjoying an unprecedented boom. Meet the retailers keeping pace with the latest trends in a fast-moving market.
Making moves
Good design keeps a city on the go. From bridge-builders to nifty mopeds, here are some of the most dynamic transport ideas.
Cut from different cloth
Uniqlo’s new home represents the company’s desire to become a more hi-tech operation – and rewire its staff at the same time.
The opener
We touch down in Sri Lanka, keep an ear out in Switzerland and bring good news from San Francisco in our monthly round-up of global viewpoints.
Emerging patterns
Shops and stylists, tailors and tracht: welcome to Monocle’s worldwide wardrobe of fashion-forward folk to keep an eye on.
Out of the woods
Ishinomaki Laboratory rose from the rubble of Japan's 2011 earthquake. The furniture workshop helped rebuild a community, stool by stool, and grew into a thriving business with a global reputation for simple, sturdy design.
What’s in store?
Hopefully better graphics and windows in our department stores. To help, here are a few design cues for shaping smart packaging, signage and service to keep shoppers coming back time after time.
Shooting stars
Ambitious entrepreneurs worldwide are starting businesses with one thing in common: good ideas. From a dog walker in Australia to delivery vans in Singapore, here are a few dark horses with bright futures.
