Architecture
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Five studios
Employing someone to reconfigure your home requires trust. Here are five design studios, from New York to Sydney, who know how to make your interior a thing of beauty.
Top twenty five
The objects that fill our homes subtly affect our mood and creativity. Be nice to your subconscious and let the natural, simple and handcrafted surround you with our top 25 picks.
Part of the furniture
Architect and designer Luigi Caccia Dominioni will turn 100 this year. He has plied his trade in Milan since the 1940s, as famous for his exteriors as for his furnishings company, Azucena.
Three design stores
Inviting interiors, inspiring inventories and artisanal appeal: we’ve picked out three stores that are truly dedicated to design.
MIPIM and Cruise Shipping
Monocle hops from the property fair in Cannes to the cruise show in Miami.
Our home
Furnishing a home from scratch is a gradual process and your budget might not always stretch to your dream collection. But it is important to dream. Here’s our inventory of picks.
Samba style
Set on a mountainside with views over the Atlantic and surrounded by trees and tranquillity, this Rio residence reflects the cosmopolitan lifestyle of its Parisian and Swedish occupants.
Book credits
The Hyundai Card Design Library has opened in South Korea’s capital, its shelves stacked with thousands of diverse design titles in appropriately impressive surroundings.
Lay your hat
Tasked with transforming an old Kungsholmen island building into apartments, architect Andreas Martin-Löf went back to its roots as a hat factory. He was so pleased with the results, he moved in.
Keeping it simple
Industrial designer Niels Diffrient built his nearly 60-year career on a belief in staying under the radar. But his work in ergonomics is internationally revered and he collaborated with design greats.
