Design
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Fashion
Norwegian outerwear firm Norrøna opens its first retail outlet in Oslo and Kitsune pops up in Tokyo.
Talent spot
Tokyo Designers Week features key fairs 100% Design and DesignTide. Monocle visited last year and found a healthy ambition to champion fresh talent. Here is our pick of the best newcomers.
Room to improve
As many predict a tough year ahead, we look at the managers, designers and concepts transforming the hotel sector and rethinking the whole concept of hospitality for today’s informed guests.
Cabin Fever
Unlike the usual identikit winter lodge, this remastered getaway in the French Alps is inventive – but its unique sense of style doesn’t detract from its homely charm.
Architecture/Design
Sombre, elegant and transparent: this is everything a courthouse should be. The winning design is by 3XN, Lemming & Eriksson Engineers and Schønherr Landskab, for an extension to Copenhagen's existing neo-classical courthouse.
Inn focus
The art of inn-keeping requires a natural host, designer and logistician. It takes years to hone the craft of creating an environment where people will want to return again and again.
Keep on trucking
In Paris's 7th arrondissement, Jean-Luc Poujauran abandoned his celebrated bakery to pursue a singular obsession: supplying 200 restaurants with sourdough born from his father's ancient starter.
Mover and shaker
With a Swiss R&D team and an Italian manufacturer, Mover produces high-quality technical ski garments. Monocle pays a visit to its HQ to see how it's done.
Open and shut case
Founded by a diver, Pelican Products now makes indestructible cases for everyone from the military to the iPhone user. It has expanded into ingenious lighting systems and is making a healthy profit.
Inventory No. 30
Nutty about design? From teak toys to matchboxes to a help manual for budding designers, we have a selection of graphically and artistically superior products to tempt your fancy.
