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Matthew Scott

Business

What’s The Big Idea?

We profile some of the brightest founders and firms that have identified new markets and revenue streams. Plus, how to build a charming co-working space, the perfect office chair and more.

  • The Entrepreneurs #7
  • 25 min read
What’s The Big Idea?
Travel and restaurants

Hit your stride

We hope that these diverse ideas might inspire you to be ambitious, be serious about having fun – and to get out there, put your best foot forward and go for it.

  • Issue #166
  • 13 min read
Collection of vintage travel guidebooks including Gateway Guide to Eating in France spread on table with coffee cup
Business

Is the future electric?

Despite booming sales, electric vehicles face mounting challenges from infrastructure gaps to mining concerns, raising questions about whether mass adoption can truly deliver on climate promises.

  • Issue #161
  • 31 min read
Is the future electric?
Culture

Shared Vision

Artists thrive on community. And that’s exactly what Mohilef Studios has created in the City of Angels.

  • Issue #160
  • 5 min read
Shared Vision
Books

Never stop learning

The folk who are perfecting new skills, from surfing to ceramics, no matter their age – and helping others to do so too.

  • Issue #157
  • 11 min read
Three women seated at table during creative writing class discussion in Florence villa
Transport

Electric valley

As the new base for the electric-vehicle industry, America’s fastest-growing city is revving its engines.

  • Issue #154
  • 10 min read
Electric truck assembly line in modern factory with workers and lifting equipment
Hospitality

Staying power

Checking in at intimate boltholes including a Portuguese hilltop town hotel, a wine shrine in a former Arizona newspaper building, and more characterful new properties worldwide

  • Issue #154
  • 7 min read
Interior of Casa Sagnier hotel bar with orange banquette seating, wooden stools, and framed photographs on walls
Design

The Monocle Design Awards 2022

From the smartest greenhouses to the prettiest glassware, the Monocle Design Awards celebrate the most pleasing projects that bring our homes and cities to life.

  • Issue #153
  • 45 min read
Anne Street Garden Villas by AOG Architects showing colorful social housing development with individual identities for each dwelling
Travel and restaurants

Rest easy

Downtown LA Proper has been three years in the making. We take a tour of the revamped 1920s building that’s luring the overnight crowd back to the area.

  • Issue #153
  • 5 min read
Hotel room interior with plaid sofa, wooden coffee table, black pendant lamp and large windows overlooking downtown
Culture

For what it’s worth

Like beauty, value is in the eye of the beholder. So what makes one item worthless and another priceless? How can the story behind an object add to its value?

  • Issue #152
  • 13 min read
Black and white photograph displayed on easel in archival storage room with labeled film canisters on shelves

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