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Design

That’s charming

We present 10 of the world’s most charming places, from an airport to a restaurant. Plus, Stephen Bayley explains why charm is a quality that will always get you through.

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  • 18 min read
City: Hamburg
Design

Fashion

The clothes, bags and shoes we've fallen for this month, plus news designers, brands and retail ventures.

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  • 7 min read
Shoe heaven
Design

In from the cold

In the morning chill of the UK’s southern counties lies a late-1960s hideaway by architect Rex Johnson. Monocle makes itself at home with winter clothing befitting a lost modern classic.

  • Issue #50
  • 4 min read
Man in denim jacket and beige trousers holding a teal umbrella outside a modern home.
Design

Design

A round up of news, products and projects, including stools from Mexico, cutlery from Germany and a definitive book on Danish design.

  • Issue #50
  • 8 min read
Umbrella concept
Design

Bach life

Tucked inside woodland and backing onto a beach, this residence in New Zealand’s North Island is the most ambitious project to date from local practice Herbst Architects, using wood to blend into scenery.

  • Issue #50
  • 5 min read
Entrance to house through pohutukawas
Retail

Inventory No. 50

This month our wishlist includes traditionally made soaps from Lebanon, classic kitchenware from the UK and brilliantly functional bags from Sweden.

  • Issue #50
  • 7 min read
Lamp selection
Craft

Expo 50: Secure influence

In a former jail, now home to the American College of Building Arts, students are learning traditional restoration techniques and preserving their city of Charleston, South Carolina, in the process.

  • Issue #50
  • 13 min read
Simeon Warren, dean of the college, carving stone at an outdoor workshop under a wooden structure.
Business

Hanging by a thread

Iranian carpets are works of great craftsmanship. But with souring US relations and fewer Iranians prepared for the hard toil and low pay, the historic industry is in danger of decline.

  • Issue #50
  • 6 min read
Dyed silks from Qom
Culture

Art market

A pioneering art gallery project in Oslo, a Q & A with Brussels-based publisher Andreas Qvist and a sleek new digi-radio.

  • Issue #50
  • 4 min read
Steffen Håndlykken and Stian Eide Kluge
Culture

Culture

Top tipping for 2012 and a round-up of the best books, music, and cinema, including Martin Westlake's Asian photography.

  • Issue #50
  • 9 min read
Martha Marcy May Marlene

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