Design
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Design/Architecture
New packaging, new buildings, books,and bikes, plus our design editor stays up all night to find out whether the 24-hour city was ever a good idea.
Future proof
Kyoto is renowned for its ancient traditions. But a crop of young designers is making sure it’s also set to become one of Japan's creative hubs of the future.
In a small country
The tiny prinicipality of Liechtenstein had big ideas for the design of its parliament building. The result is a perfect blend of stateliness and charm.
On the block
London’s Phillips de Pury, Chicago’s Wright, Sweden’s Örnsbergsauktionen and Berlin’s Auctionata are put under the Monocle microscope, as we explore how the auction design industry is keeping pace in the 21st century.
Art market
A new Russian TV comedy channel, a bookshop in Bratislava, a new gallery in Washington and a Q & A with the founder of the Pinta art festival in Argentina.
Winning team
A former sporting arena has been reborn in Toronto as the flagship store of Canadian supermarket Loblaws. The city’s traditional home of ice hockey now houses fresh produce instead of pucks.
Model behaviour
In Burma’s new model capital, inaugurated in 2005, buildings are designed to consolidate the generals’ power. But with small steps towards democracy, could Aung San Suu Kyi one day call it home?
Perfect parliament
This issue’s theme is all about how to engineer the perfect parliament. Monocle has surveyed the globe and come up with a master plan for a well-run chamber full of lively debate.
