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Design
Our report from this year's Köln furniture fair, a Danish art gallery and Finnish design grandee Yrjö Kukkapuro.
Expo 11: Olympic gold rush
As the world focuses on Beijing for the Olympics, a massive building boom transforms the city. Monocle visits the Olympic Park to see if it’s nation-branding folly or the start of the Chinese century.
A place in the woods
Architect Jim Olson has stayed true to his principle that buildings should be a bridge between nature and people. His family lodge is a 50-year labour of love and a hymn to understated living.
Design
Too much old furniture ends up in skips. John Harris makes stylish furniture from this reclaimed timber, proving that even discarded precious woods can be transformed with elegance. See his work in Paris.
Skill set
Our design talents to watch for 2008 and beyond run the gamut from creators of a new regional jet to the designer of great office-cum-daywear, united by a passion for simple, pared-down looks.
Architecture/Design
Mexico's chocolate museum, Vitsoe's Australian encounter, and a Q&A with Scott Fellows of BassamFellows.
Track record
With the first Eurostar train departing from the renovated St Pancras International, we look back at its history from a 19th-century ale depot to a €1.15bn modern gateway, surviving bombs and wrecking balls.
Mode in Japan
Next to the vast Tokyo International Gift Show, a smaller, edited craft and design show called For Stockists has become the hot ticket, thanks to its charismatic founder.
Yo smushi
Rud Christiansen’s The Royal Cafe places Danish High Modernism in its proper regal and culinary context. Pull up a bespoke Ant chair for global food, iconic branding and fun in Copenhagen.
Palace coup
In central Milan, it often makes more sense to renovate than trade up. While a 100 sq m property costs €380,000 on average, one as covetable as this would set you back more.
