Marie-Sophie Schwarzer
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.
Into the blue
Blue can convey honesty, suggest authority and lift our mood, making it a branding favourite. With its popularity soaring, Monocle explores the global search for the perfect, and rarest, new shade of blue.
Show stoppers
Major innovations in design creation and curation are being displayed at Europe’s specialist fairs. We pay a visit to three of the most forward thinking.
How to fit in
It’s tempting for successful architects to go global but these three practices are nicely rooted and widely reflective.
Leading lights
Kitting out your office? Sprucing up your home? The furniture and firms you need are perfectly arranged right here.
Emerging patterns
Shops and stylists, tailors and tracht: welcome to Monocle’s worldwide wardrobe of fashion-forward folk to keep an eye on.
Mixing it up
The food processor that is not only stirring up the home-cookery market but also feeding a publishing boom.
Architecture
Small-space living in Japan and a Sydney-based graphic studio with a Dutch sensibility.
