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Life as art
Renowned textile artist Kay Sekimachi has lived in her Berkeley home for over 50 years. Indoors it’s a warm celebration of furniture and fabrics in which the artist's life very much imitates her art.
Jens Risom
The Danish designer chooses a historic restaurant, full of personal memories, in his adopted US hometown as the venue for his hypothetical ‘farewell banquet’.
Inventory No. 47
This month Monocle’s most desired products include a training kit to master wine aromas, an oversized skateboard made from a 19th-century library table and two must-have items for coffee addicts.
Rugs to riches
The ‘made in Switzerland’ tag is more associated with precise timekeeping than carpets. But one firm in Altbüron is showing that delivering a high-quality product can go a long way.
Culture
Book, film and music reviews, plus culture editor Robert Bound on what makes an icon.
My Frieze Art Fair
The international art world flocks to London for Frieze Art Fair. Monocle meets five key figures involved with the fair to discuss their experiences of Frieze week.
Beymen Nişantaşı
Beymen is the original Istanbul department store and still sets the benchmark for retail in Turkey. First started as a small menswear line, it now has locations around Istanbul and other parts of Turkey,…
Paradise in the city
You'll find 'almost perfect' places to live from Munich to Melbourne. At Monocle, we’ve created the ideal mansion block, with nothing omitted. Now, who’s going to build it?
Inside the box
Created for Montréal’s Expo 67, Habitat 67 is an iconic building that remains relevant today. We meet three residents and talk to architect Moshe Safdie about why the project has been so successful.
