Design
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Fashion
From a menswear shop in Houston to a womenswear label from Budapest, we round up the new and notable in the world of fashion.
The art of simplicity
Luxury cosmetics brand Three needed an Aoyama space to echo its understated image. Monocle meets the architects and creative team behind the shop, spa and restaurant that has resulted from the brief.
Expo 70: Going for gold
Once Queensland’s answer to Las Vegas, the gold coast’s 1950s architecture fell victim to drastic redevelopment. Now there are efforts to revive its fortunes.
Double vision
The arrival of the new Museo Jumex in Mexico City sees it sitting side-by-side with an earlier philanthropic art pile, the Museo Soumaya. Is the city big enough for both?
Object lessons
From an urban hub for furniture-makers to a man-made island design destination and a studio in a woodland haven, Monocle reveals some daring pockets of inspiration from around the globe.
Design/architecture
New projects and products, an interview with Adelaide design outfit JamFactory and an account of living in a piece of architectural history.
Inventory No. 70
This month we bring you an embroidered badge set, a colour-coordinated range of sake, an astronomical children’s book and a hand-cranked coffee grinder that will please the purists.
All fired up
Stoke-on-Trent’s identity as the home of the ceramics industry was thought to be a thing of the past. But in the Staffordshire city we found a vibrant and positive scene.
Born to draw
Illustrator Mohammad Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, published his first comic book at 13. Since then, the cartoonist has captured the hearts and minds of children and adults across Malaysia.
Live Design. Transform Life.
Cape Town's reign as World Design Capital for 2014 focuses on the problem-solving potential of design: an approach that’s more gritty than pretty. As South Africa celebrates 20 years of independence, Gillian Dobias explores…
