Skip to main content
Currently being edited in London

Daily inbox intelligence from Monocle

Design

Page 99

Culture

Clean canvas

A Victorian bath house in south London has been reborn as an inviting – and very timely – new gallery space serving Goldsmiths’ art college and the community beyond.

  • Issue #118
  • 8 min read
Clean canvas
Craft

Pressing issue

Leipzig's printing heritage and post-reunification reinvention have quietly made it Germany's most compelling creative city — drawing designers, publishers and thinkers to its unhurried, typography-rich streets.

  • Issue #118
  • 17 min read
Pressing issue
Design

Swede dream

A wooden house made in Sweden but set in a Japanese forest. What could be more idyllic?

  • Issue #118
  • 7 min read
Swede dream
Design

Hidden talents

Tokyo furniture shop Bullpen is one of the few outlets focusing on handmade pieces by lesser-known design talent.

  • Issue #118
  • 5 min read
Hidden talents
Design

In safe hands

The home of one of Portugal’s leading architects now belongs to a family friend and is a much-treasured modernist masterpiece.

  • Issue #118
  • 5 min read
In safe hands
Design

My house is your house

On an area of parkland in central Warsaw stands a small settlement of wooden Finnish homes. A legacy of postwar hardship, these days they stand as a striking symbol of peace and friendship.

  • Issue #118
  • 3 min read
My house is your house
Design

Simple but effective

A childhood LA home, designed by maverick architect RM Schindler, has been brought back to its modernist glory.

  • Issue #118
  • 6 min read
Simple but effective
Design

Singular visions

Five decades after rejecting architecture's conventions, Elizabeth Diller remains stubbornly curious — the counterculture nonconformist who accidentally built New York's most beloved public space.

  • Issue #118
  • 16 min read
Singular visions
Design

Home grown

When a designer decided to rebuild his own home in Maastricht, it turned out to be a great career move.

  • Issue #118
  • 4 min read
Home grown

Monocle Cart

You currently have no items in your cart.
  • Subtotal:
  • Discount:
  • Shipping:
  • Total:
Checkout

Shipping will be calculated at checkout.

Please note: Orders to the United States may experience delays beyond the estimated-delivery window due to customs processing. Please refer to our FAQs for information on import duties and regulations.

All orders placed outside of the EU that exceed €1,000 in value require customs documentation. Please allow up to two additional business days for these orders to be dispatched.

Not ready to checkout? Continue Shopping