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Personal touch
We visit the best autumn openings. From a socially minded floating Dutch hotel and a family-run French château to an elegantly green-fingered café in Istanbul, join us to discover where to shop or stay.
Art market: Frieze
Universal Design Studio lays out the setting for this year’s London art fair.
Lifestyle technique
Tokyo's Culture Convenience Club blends quality of life and technology in Tsutaya Electrics. The well-designed shop displays hi-tech products alongside books, plants and plenty of comfy seats.
Dock star
In Aarhus, imaginative rejuvenation projects are making the Danish coastal city a rival to the country’s capital. But this isn't gentrification; it’s a fresh approach to progress, sprinkled with liberal amounts of industrial grit.
Shore start
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has designed a striking new artists’ residency on Mexico’s Pacific coast where artists from around the world can pursue unique projects – and drink tequila.
Inventory no.87
From Finnish gin to charming cookware and notable stationery, this October select showcases our favourite autumn finds.
The fine print
What can the art world learn from a Hollywood agent? Monocle inspects the chances of a team pairing brands and blue-chip artists.
Fashion
Our sartorial offering this month includes smart spectacles, elegant tartan skirts and dandy silk handkerchiefs.
Design
Rethinking Olympic stadiums, plus a new homeware shop in London and Chicago's architecture biennal
Older and wiser
Japan has an ageing population, making nursing home Ebino Ryofuen a welcome presence. That said, many countries would benefit from a little more respect for their elders.
