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Furniture

Measuring up

If your home is in need of a fresh focal point or statement piece, consider these seven perfectly formed design items.

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Measuring up
Design

Remaking a masterpiece

A modernist home in subtropical São Paulo has been carefully restored by one of the city’s best architects. We take an exclusive tour of this Brazilian beauty.

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Remaking a masterpiece
Aviation

Going the distance

With the world opening up, Finnair is poised to fly out of the gate with an ambitious refit of its long-haul fleet – in particular, a bold re-imagining of what Business Class can be.

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Premium economy class seating in Finnair's refurbished aircraft showing enhanced comfort features
Fashion

Class of its own

Fashion schools tend to be either technical or conceptual. Yet Florence's Polimoda is stitching together a new approach, promoting both practical skills and artistic experimentation.

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Two students in a fashion classroom, one fitting a black garment on another who is wearing protective covering
Architecture

Born again

A new luxury hotel in a former maternity hospital has balanced respect for a beloved, historical building with a global vision in a decade-long transformation.

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Elegant hotel lounge with floral upholstered chairs, wicker furniture, arched ceiling and warm golden lighting
Culture

Scene stealers

Chicago's Manual Cinema solved a stylistic puzzle for the Candyman sequel, using shadow puppets to recreate flashback scenes without jarring the new film's aesthetic.

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Five Manual Cinema team members standing in their industrial studio workspace with projection equipment
Architecture

Jail breakers

A German architect duo is converting a former jail into a smart hotel. Monocle takes an exclusive first look at the prison-turned-pension.

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Restaurant dining room with suspended glass pendant lights, brick walls, and diners at tables
Culture

Nostalgic neon

The fluorescent signs lining Hong Kong's streets are a huge part of its identity. Heritage group TNX is working to stop these lights from burning out by restoring them.

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Modern heritage preservation workshop with traditional neon sign being restored
Hospitality

Hello trolley

Helsinki's legendary Savoy restaurant showcases Alvar and Aino Aalto's original 1936 bentwood birch bar trolleys, now serving guests under chef-patron Helena Puolakka's meticulous revival.

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Bentwood birch bar trolley from 1936 at Savoy restaurant in Helsinki with built-in bar cabinet behind

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