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The Monocle Companion: 3

The Monocle Companion: Fifty Ideas for a Better World is our summery new paperback that’s brimming with cheery, thoughtful and canny ideas for leaving things better than we found them. The latest outing of our popular paperback format is ideal for enjoying on a sunlounger or popping into a tote to read on the go. It is packed with entertaining reads, insights and thoughts that might just nudge the world in a better direction. Here is just some of what you'll find under the covers:

– Why words matter, how to use them more clearly and what taking pictures can teach us all. 
– Travelling better, how not to be an expat and the importance of friendship in a lonely world. 
– The difficulty of doing nothing at all – and getting around it. 
– What would happen if children ran our cities and how urban centres might survive the loss of workers. 
– Why we need to trash the recycling symbol, go easy on greenwashers (really) and exercise our imagination. 
– War and peas: food diplomacy and why it matters, and rethinking how we eat to save the planet. 
– How to avoid losing sleep over technology and be in the moment with others. 
– The importance of planting seeds and the lessons that gardens can teach us. 
– A common-sense manifesto for businesses and entrepreneurship. 
– How to rethink society for the better. First question: do we need the nation-state? 

For more big thoughts from authors, thinkers and architects, plus a dose of sun, humour and wit, buy your copy today.

The Monocle Companion: 2

The Monocle Companion: Fifty Essays for a Brighter Future is brimming with canny, clever and upbeat ideas – modest, big and world-changing – to improve everything from our daily lives to public discourse and how to solve some thorny problems that the world faces. The second outing of our popular paperback format is packed with knowing nudges, inspiring ideas and positive suggestions for fixing things. Here is just some of what you’ll learn:

– How to look forward with hope and why regret can be a constructive emotion. 
– How to go off-grid. Small communities share big ideas for solving the energy crisis. 
– What is driving the future of architecture, the bits between buildings and some achievable ways to be greener and tread a little lighter as we go. 
– Why world leaders should care more about how we feel than what we earn. 
– Whether national service is really worth fighting for. 
– Why climbing a tree or solving a problem could teach us more than the current curriculum. 
– Why the current course of technology is boring and how building human interaction into it is cause for cheer. 
– Why there isn’t an app for everything – and shouldn’t be. 
– Lifelong learning is important to all our futures. Throwing a pot or attending an art class might just change your world. 
– How new habits – rather than revolutions – will nudge the world in a better direction. 
– Why we mostly agree about the important things but get caught up in the differences. A blueprint for healthier conversations.
 
For more on these, plus other fresh perspectives and long reads, big thinking and perceptive titbits, pick up your copy today.

Small leather tray

Part of an exclusive collaboration between Tokyo-based leather-goods maker Hender Scheme and Monocle, this tray is crafted from custom-developed, vegetable-tanned Japanese leather. Dyed in a dark-brown finish developed exclusively for Monocle, its compact shape allows it to store keys, coins and other small items.

The Monocle Companion: 5

The exhibitions at the Venice Architecture Biennale showcase the ingenuity and ongoing reinvention shaping the world’s built environment. It’s fitting, then, that the fifth instalment in Monocle’s Companion series uses this event as a springboard for 50 new essays, interviews and ideas from both 2025’s Biennale exhibitors and the wider Monocle community. Highlights include: lessons designers can take from artists; dispatches from a space architect; why all cities ought to be swimmable; and why lava is an underrated building material. There’s even a debut photo essay reflecting on how the Floating City has transformed through the lens of a Venetian-born photographer. The Monocle Companion’s Venice Architecture Biennale Special leaves no stone unturned.

Pick up a copy today for insightful reads and fresh perspectives from the world’s most prestigious architecture event. Let’s build better.

Alpen edition Zuckerl

Indulge in Zuckerlwerkstatt’s handmade Alpen Edition candies, featuring beautiful patterns inspired by the landscapes of Austrian Alps. Made with high-quality ingredients, these bite-sized treats come in four flavours including rich hazelnut (containing traces of the nut itself), strawberry, apple-pear and blueberry.

Curated by Meisterstrasse. Over the past 20 years, Meisterstrasse has emerged as the premier source for discovering unique makers and manufacturers, showcasing more than 5,000 local artisans across 13 countries in Europe and Asia. The label boasts a rich heritage, courtesy of its founders Niki and Christoph Rath, who have connections to the Lobmeyr family – a lineage with 200-plus years of expertise in glasswork and chandeliers. The platform highlights brands devoted to their craft, specialising in custom-made products and emphasising sustainability.

The Entrepreneurs – Issue 9

Welcome to our annual business special – Monocle: The Entrepreneurs. Take a trip through Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city as it enjoys an economic boom, tour Wall Street’s revamped HQs as businesses look to lure remote workers back into the office and leaf through our Mexico Survey, which has insights into the country’s art opportunities, buzzing hospitality scene and more. Plus: no one ever really owns a Bic. So how has the company’s CEO, Gonzalve Bich, made it a success story? Stock up on entrepreneurial tips for the year ahead and beyond. 

Short apron

This handmade apron has a clever double-print design, one to the front and one to the back. Made from pure cotton, it features a functional patch pocket and adjustable tie waist for a comfortable fit. A regional speciality from Burgenland, this apron’s reversible design echoes a traditional practice where one side was reserved for work and the other, known as “the walking side”, was for strolling through the village.

Koó has honoured the tradition of indigo dyeing since 1921, running one of Europe’s last blueprinting workshops. Each printed garment by Koó carries a slice of Austrian history, defined by master craftspeople using decades-old techniques. Their Burgenland indigo print was recognised by Austria’s Unesco commission as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010.

Curated by Meisterstrasse. Over the past 20 years, Meisterstrasse has emerged as the premier source for discovering unique makers and manufacturers, showcasing more than 5,000 local artisans across 13 countries in Europe and Asia. The label boasts a rich heritage, courtesy of its founders Niki and Christoph Rath, who have connections to the Lobmeyr family – a lineage with 200-plus years of expertise in glasswork and chandeliers. The platform highlights brands devoted to their craft, specialising in custom-made products and emphasising sustainability.

July/August 2025 – Issue 185

Our special summer issue to carry you through July and August is here – complete with an all-new global urban liveability index. What are the best cities for nightlife, health, housing and safe streets? And what about the best all-rounder? Find these answers and more in our sunniest issue of the year. Plus: we browse the news kiosks that are holding their ground around the world, sit down with celebrated chef Enrique Olvera in his rural weekend residence and hitch a ride on the Mediterranean’s first all-electric ferry. Whether you’re watching out for the latest on Hermès’s timepieces or seeking quiet shade in Finnish mökki cottages, Monocle has you covered.

Coffee table book

Lifestylehotels’ The Book 20th Edition is a guide to exceptional destinations. Tour 12 new member hotels, including the brand’s first ever locations in the USA and Mexico, to uncover why they should make it on your holiday list. This new edition is brimming with exclusive interviews and original stories such as the transformation of a women’s prison into a boutique hotel and a wellbeing retreat in Mallorca. 

Coffee table book: 2

Lifestylehotels’ The Book 21st Edition spotlights beautiful stays around the world for the modern traveller. Taking its readers from Japan to the Alps over 350 pages of design-led hotels, it’s a celebration of architecture, sustainability and mindfulness.