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In their element
The dramatic open-plan offices of this scientific-research group make for staff with unrivalled chemistry.
Living the dream in Monocle’s fantasy city
We’ve gathered 25 ideas from our far-flung travels to entertain as well as to nudge readers, architects, entrepreneurs and developers to delve deeper into what makes their cities tick.
Slow burners
From traditional wicker baskets and classic leather sandals to woven artworks gracing Chinese hotels, the artisans of the Mediterreanean are full of talent – and surprises.
Object lessons
A creative refuge for its students as much as its faculty and staff, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts has its own nourishing natural rhythm.
Reclaiming history
Theaster Gates opens a vinyl shop, Zürich’s slow-news magazine and Australia’s largest arts and culture precinct.
Making the cut
We join movie directors, curators and yakuza, who all drop in on the young blade keeping alive a centuries-old Japanese craft.
Festival season
Model-making in Rome, South Korea’s craft revolution and why good architecture should be a universal right.
Outer space
By adding satellites to its distinctive 1960s spaceship design, Nouvelles Galeries has reestablished connections with its host city.
Family unit
Refusing to be derailed by natural disasters and ever-rising costs, Samantha Mink’s architectural debut is a remarkable and liveable modernist home for her parents.
Sharpen up: How pencil-maker Viarco secured global fans and healthy profits
One of the advantages of using a pencil rather than a pen is that graphite allows for experimentation (and mistakes to be erased); for sketching ideas before making them permanent. It’s this same notion…
