Tom Jeffreys
Upping the tempo
With its scene buoyed by the Dhaka Art Summit, artists and architects are banging the drum for Bangladeshi art.
On the market
In the past year the retail landscape has benefited from discerning rethinks, ambitious new concepts and smart shopping solutions. Here are our picks.
Emerging patterns
Shops and stylists, tailors and tracht: welcome to Monocle’s worldwide wardrobe of fashion-forward folk to keep an eye on.
Beginners’ look
We take in three fledgling fashion businesses ready to take flight: a supportive French underwear brand, a horn-rimmed eyewear specialist and a village-based UK company with global connections.
Architecture
A fix for an urban-planning disaster in Sydney and a Barcelona architecture firm on the up.
On the move
Speedy rail links connecting the Baltics, the first nuclear-power reactor in the UAE and a sea port in Pakistan that is open for business: all are headline projects but will they work?
Business
The social enterprise library that stocks everything from clothing to tools, plus airfare price projections.
Europe
What should be on the UK government’s agenda (Brexit aside) and Austria’s provocative foreign minister.
Hot dates
Our guide to the most anticipated books, programmes, films, albums and exhibitions for the year ahead. Here are the cultural highlights that should make your 2017 a year to remember.
New wave
Once home to waterfront workers, Helsinki’s Punavuori district is now awash with young businesses. We meet the new kids on the dock.
