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Design

Ticket to Tangier

Tangier, a crossroad of cultures and long a draw for artists and writers, is the setting for our North African sojourn in linen jackets and hard-working loafers.

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Ticket to Tangier
Architecture

Design/Architecture

A cot made from sustainable Brazilian wood, a colourful nursery in Finland and a bank that's breaking the mould in Denmark

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Modern white building with curved architectural lines and large windows, featuring ground-floor retail spaces and bicycles parked outside.
Retail

Time lords

Every spring, watchmakers and horology enthusiasts descend on Basel for the industry’s key fair. We went along to gauge the mood, spot the latest innovations and pick our favourite launches from the show.

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  • 8 min read
Time lords
Retail

Inventory No. 33

On this month’s shopping list: some nifty business card holders, a Paul Smith for Stelton kitchenware collection and a pair of rockabilly worker boots.

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Inventory No. 33
Craft

Fonts of knowledge

Japanese font-maker Morisawa takes up to four years to perfect a typeface. This meticulousness has led its fonts to become as celebrated as Helvetica, adorning everything from signs to computer screens.

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Fonts of knowledge
Manufacturing

Bowled over

In a remote part of South Korea, 84-year-old Lee Bong-ju is reviving the tradition of making beautiful, unique Korean bronzeware, from elegant cutlery to white-gold dishes that have served presidents and royalty.

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Bowled over
Art

Museum pieces

Museum culture has altered radically in recent years. Here we spotlight the most exciting venues and ask what makes an ideal 21st-century museum.

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Museum pieces
Business

Art market

Bonhams, one of the world’s oldest art auction houses, has opened its doors in Japan with the launch of a new Tokyo office. Colin Sheaf, chairman of Bonhams Asia, explains why.

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Art market
Culture

Culture

Monocle has a chat with the chairman of auction house Bonham's Asia division, and we review the new Bill Hicks biopic and the third album from Paris-based tango tearaways Gotan Project.

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Collage featuring colorful landscape photographs, a sailboat, cityscape, and crowd of people separated by gold and colored paper strips.
Architecture

Milan Furniture Fair

Monocle took to Milan in force for the Salone del Mobile to pick through the stands, showrooms and satellite exhibitions and sum up what's going down in the design world. Design editor Hugo Macdonald…

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Milan Furniture Fair

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