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Made in Britain
This week we look at how the ‘made in Britain’ brand is fairing, sit down with UK chair-maker Goodfield and rifle through the textile prints at Liberty department store.
Extra: Beirut: a city without monuments
Beirut is a city still dealing with past conflict: the bombed-out buildings and abandoned houses speak of the wars that scarred the Lebanese capital in the 20th century. Although it’s a lively place to visit, the lack of physical monuments commemorating its difficulties suggests a city still dealing with a…
Milan Design Week digest
This year’s Salone del Mobile clocked a record attendance figure. We bring you interviews with designers and buyers in a special report with the highlights worth hearing. Plus a day out in London to consider design for children.
Extra: Designer discs
To celebrate Record Store Day, Monocle contributor Frederick Bernas visits Roebel in Germany where The Optimal Media plant has combined old and new technology to become a major player in vinyl production.
Design for the long haul
On the back of Qantas’s first non-stop Perth-to-London flight, we meet David Caon, the man charged with designing a comfortable long-haul experience. Plus: our first impressions from Milan Design Week 2018.
Extra: Sound design
Monocle’s Kenji Hall meets Thomas Fagernes, partner, director and senior architect at Snøhetta, to discuss the company’s new project in the South Korean city of Busan and how the design of such structures should echo their function.
Latin America’s future builders
We head to São Paulo, Mexico City and Santiago de Chile to find out which Latin American architects are making waves abroad. Plus: our Fashion editor on why LVMH is playing musical chairs with its designers.
Extra: Politics and graphic design
From posters to placards, to badges and even buses – graphic design is everywhere in our politics. Monocle’s George McDonagh visits London’s Design Museum for the ‘Hope to Nope’ exhibition, looking at the past decade of political graphic design.
Building on water
Architects have long used water to reflect or adorn their work. We meet the editor of a new title making waves in the world of residential architecture. Plus a word with landscape architect Kongjian Yu about solving China’s water crisis and a flick through the finest design magazines with journalist…
Extra: Canadian lighting
Monocle’s Toronto bureau chief Tomos Lewis find out why Canadian lighting designers are experiencing a bright spell at the moment.
