Design
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Hammer time
In rugged Nova Scotia, the Ghost Laboratory summer camp gives architecture students a rare chance to build their own designs. But will this year's intake create liveable buildings or get carried away?
A bicycle made for you
Monocle has tracked down the perfect bespoke bike, with good looks and clever details, lovingly made by a family-run firm.
Inventory No. 16
A Japanese label machine, bracing Viennese shower gel, a modern take on the Lebanese nargile and Spanish nursery furniture. Plus, Tokyo's Mareesia Garden hotel and a pool near Porto.
Jacob Jensen
Jacob Jensen’s products for Bang & Olufsen made design history. His philosophy remains relevant today, reflected in his choice for an imaginary final lunch: the “incredibly well-designed” garfish from his childhood.
Bag for life
For 50 years, Inujirushi has supplied robust canvas bags with leather trimmings, thriving on customer loyalty. Only recently has it opened a shop in Asakusa, the Tokyo neighbourhood it has always called home.
Art market
The first in a new series looking at the world of buying and selling art. This month: a Q&A with Christie's specialist Carina Villinger and Damien Hirst's forthcoming Sotheby's sale.
Oceania
The French flock to Pacific colony New Caledonia and Asian students shun Australian universities.
Med school
Palestinians and Israelis are among the first intake at the new Euro-Mediterranean University, which embodies the ideals of Nicolas Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union to create a new generation of cooperative leaders.
Asia
China rediscovers the bicycle as oil prices soar while disaffected Japanese youths flirt with communism.
Architecture
We toast the revamp of Finnish drinks chain Alko, Stockholm's waterfront gets switches on, plus a view to a thrill on Chile's coast.
