Fashion
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Out of the woods
Ishinomaki Laboratory rose from the rubble of Japan's 2011 earthquake. The furniture workshop helped rebuild a community, stool by stool, and grew into a thriving business with a global reputation for simple, sturdy design.
The full package
Yamato Transport is Japan’s largest parcel-delivery service but it's also much more. Its president, Yutaka Nagao, explains how understanding customer needs is key to the brand’s enduring success.
Statement piece
Berlin is firming up its footing on the world stage with a sparkling renovation of its stellar department store, KaDeWe, a six-year, €300m project.
What’s in store?
Hopefully better graphics and windows in our department stores. To help, here are a few design cues for shaping smart packaging, signage and service to keep shoppers coming back time after time.
Christmas shopping in Ljubljana
The Slovenian capital is a treasure trove of unusual and creative gifts for the festive season – and our pick for all the presents and stocking-fillers you could ever need.
Canadian fashion: best foot forward
Viberg boots have been transformed into a fashion favourite. Monocle Films meets the makers who have redesigned the workwear that has been made in Canada since the 1930s.
Retail Survey: Division Street, Portland, Oregon
Division Street in Portland, Oregon has witnessed a model retail renaissance. Monocle Films meets the shopkeepers on this once sleepy stretch, which is now the centre of the city’s budding new retail scene.
Melbourne retail special: Gertrude Street
Australia is a country that knows how to shop and its canny citizens want more than the colourless clicks of an online spree. Melbourne’s Gertrude Street, once overlooked, is now one of the city’s…
The new Monocle Voyage collection – Made in Japan
Designed and manufactured in Japan but with true global wearability, the new Monocle Voyage collection has something for every occasion – and climate. Whether business or pleasure, near or far, these pieces are sure…
Speciality retail: Verona
This Italian city has a long tradition of typography – and the business still has a story to tell. Letterpress workshop-cum-store Lino’s & Co updates old machines with 3D-printed movable type.
