Design
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Life cycle
A master bike-maker from the 1980s and his skateboarding apprentice are ensuring the renowned Zullo name lives on for cycling aficionados, passing down the craft of custom frame-building in northern Italy.
Living at the movies
As artistic director for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Cameron Bailey watches 700 films a year. But with midnight meetings and hectic schedules, it’s not all fun and games.
Art Market
A contemporary Asian art auction in Singapore, a new gallery in Hong Kong and an interview with Canadian dentist-turned-collector Kenneth Montague.
Changing times
With globalisation, economic instability and the tech boom constantly shifting business, MBA programmes must adapt. Monocle talks to three schools about how they are staying relevant in a rapidly changing world.
Clean team
The Green Bird team of Tokyo is an army of young people, with cool haircuts and bibs supplied by Nike. cleaning up their city. Picking up litter has never been sexier.
Way to go
The signs that enhance our cities come in a chaotic mix of shapes and sizes. The craft of creating inspiring text falls to those with clear heads – the sign-writers.
Amazing spaces
A publishing nerve-centre in Madrid, a marketing consultant in Copenhagen and an art fair organiser in London. One thing they all have in common is the beautiful and inspiring spaces they work from.
News gatherers
Tamedia's new Zürich offices merge print and online teams inside the first Swiss building designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. The publisher's new timber-framed home creates some company firsts.
String theory
The geometric playscapes of Corocord start off with hard labour and harder maths but come to life with a final, magic design element: imagination.
The light thing
Lamps on our streets and in our car parks are often uninspired. One Italian firm, however, has made it a mission to create original, beautiful outdoor lighting. Monocle heads to the hills.
