Design
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Building sights
BAU is the world’s largest fair for the construction and architecture industries. From grand designs to garden sheds, Monocle visits the design world’s most no-nonsense gathering in Munich.
Counter culture
A quick bite on your own in one of Tokyo’s cafés and restaurants is a pure, indulgent pleasure, especially when you’re adding to the ambience with a sharp-looking outfit.
Seasonal change
The biannual Pitti Uomo menswear show is a fashion calendar highlight, but Italy's waning influence has brands looking abroad. This has necessitated an unfamiliar focus on expansion, with Japan first in line.
Rebuilding process
After the 2011 attack on Utøya, a positive story emerges from the tragedy. We meet the Norwegian architectural firm, Fantastic Norway, tasked with redesigning the island for a hopeful future.
In good faith
A new mosque in the heart of Köln is set to be Germany's largest, inviting the city’s Muslim community and promising a renewed sense of religious openness and architectural admiration for all.
Harmony restored
Built in the 1930s as a Third-Reich propaganda machine, Munich’s Haus der Kunst has since evolved to become one of Germany’s most prestigious and global-minded contemporary-art venues.
Collingwood
Creative industries and individuals from near and far are flocking to the renovated factories and warehouses of Collingwood.
Looks good on paper
Who puts the lead in your pencil? Probably a German firm with a history of making fine writing instruments. Meet the masters of the stationery cupboard fighting back against digital gadgets.
Inventory no. 61
This month, the natural world brings wood, leather and rare essences to the fore and creates unexpected combinations with chocolate-and-caramel tea and a vodka that starts life with a cow.
Wood for good
While the woodworking firms and lumber yards of northern Japan have been in decline, wooden-toy brand Mastro Geppetto is thriving.
