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Inventory No. 71
We’ve continued this issue’s Italian theme for this month’s Inventory, with a pasta maker, a coffee machine, perfume and grappa all on our wishlist.
Sign language
As a country renowned for taste and style it is little surprise that Italy’s brands have such a strong aesthetic identity. Monocle delves into the nation’s visual history and charts its most striking logos.
Inventory No. 70
This month we bring you an embroidered badge set, a colour-coordinated range of sake, an astronomical children’s book and a hand-cranked coffee grinder that will please the purists.
Design/architecture
New projects and products, an interview with Adelaide design outfit JamFactory and an account of living in a piece of architectural history.
Fashion
Knits, hats, gloves, backpacks — everything you need for an Arctic winter, plus retailers and labels to watch
Inventory No. 68
What's on our wish list this month, including a sturdy briefcase and a warming toddy.
Planting the seeds
The flagship product of Royal Copenhagen is its Flora Danica porcelain. The delicate dinner set is handpainted, an art that takes years of intensive training. We meet the master painter and her apprentice.
Inventory No. 67
This month’s treats include some gin for your drinks cabinet, stationery for your home-office and wooden animals for the fun of it.
Power trip
Electric cars aren’t new to the motoring scene but they’ve always been practical rather than user-intuitive or well designed – limitations BMW has looked to tackle with its first all-electric model.
Big Shot
El Casco in the Basque country is a Spanish success story. And despite the difficult economic conditions, it has had the firepower to survive.
