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Sleep with me: How mattress start-ups are reshaping the sleep market
The sleep industry is waking up. Mattress-in-a-box companies have sprung up, but are these new arrivals really delivering a dream product? We investigate the booming market and its key players.
Vital signs
From traditional calligraphy to rare gold-leaf techniques, hand-worked lettering is back in demand. Monocle Films meets three sign painters whose eye-catching signs lend character to cities – and help businesses stand out.
Vim and vigour
Urban-planners once sought ease of life but this made for less active populations. Now, a new kind of design and architecture is putting citizens’ wellbeing at its heart, transforming cities once again.
Out of the woods
Ishinomaki Laboratory rose from the rubble of Japan's 2011 earthquake. The furniture workshop helped rebuild a community, stool by stool, and grew into a thriving business with a global reputation for simple, sturdy design.
Sole traders
Perhaps your ski or hiking shoes were born in a small town north of Venice. We head to Montebelluna to meet the designers and producers who always put their best foot forward.
The way you move
Look sharp on and off the court. With the right clothes, even working up a sweat can be stylish. From sharp tennis shorts to a streamlined swimsuit, these sporty numbers have you covered.
Fashion
Getting into gear with lines from two winter-sports athletes, plus Zegna's new London flagship.
Design
Gert Voorjans turns his talents to domestic interiors, plus a look at what design can achieve in the coming year.
Height of ambition
The Oscar Niemeyer-designed JK Building is the tallest, most populous high-rise in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Thanks to an open-plan design and an eclectic mix of residents, it’s a city icon.
Artistic merit
Art can be a difficult topic of conversation. But when artist David Salle and author Francine Prose get together, they make it look effortless. Coincidence? We think not.
