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Home truths
We visit the Barbican Centre for a new show on postwar domestic architecture in Japan and jump up and down on the beds at Jerusalem’s first design hotel. Plus: a closer look at fashion brand Vetements’ decision to ditch Paris for Zürich.
On Design 33: How do you build for a tropical climate?
The architectural style tropical modernism is often cited but just as often misattributed. This week Monocle’s Istanbul bureau chief Chris Lord tells us about its unlikely roots and development.
Top-flight design
The practice of designing something as large and oft-seen as aeroplane livery deserves deep thought about brand values; we speak to two designers (from our sister firm Winkreative) who have revamped the look of Air Canada’s fleet. Plus: a few flush finds from Frankfurt’s ISH bathroom design fair and our…
On Design 32: Is the broadsheet newspaper here to stay?
The decline of the broadsheet newspaper has long been anticipated but in 2017 big papers still reign on newsstands and are looking better than ever. Fernando Pacheco explains why.
Are Antwerp’s best days still ahead of it?
Nestled in the heart of Flanders – Belgium’s Dutch-speaking northern region – Antwerp has garnered a reputation in recent years as a regional city with a global reach. Today we bring you interviews with some of its brightest design talents.
On Design 31: Dutch courage – who was Hendrik Petrus Berlage?
Hendrik Petrus Berlage’s architecture was more than just an aesthetic triumph. His socialist principles literally and figuratively shaped Amsterdam and still influences Dutch designers to this day.
Design at the Rio Carnival
We wander through the Oscar Niemeyer-designed sambadrome and get a taste of the design that underpins the colour of the Rio Carnival. Plus: a design-minded new workspace in Brooklyn and a closer look at Canadian architecture and its relationship with the environment.
On Design 30: Will LA lose its iconic palm trees?
Palm trees have been one of the most recognisable symbols of Los Angeles for decades. But as many of the city’s trees near the end of their lives and the city opts to plant native flora the future is uncertain. Josh Fehnert gets to the root of the matter.
Fixing Madrid Fashion Week
We report from Madrid Fashion Week and meet its recently installed director, Charo Izquierdo, and ask if the Spanish capital can ever rival London, Paris or New York. Meanwhile, architecture critic Michael Webb on why we need more apartment buildings and a closer look at a boundary-blurring project from Chilean…
On Design 29: What is metabolic architecture?
This week Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief Fiona Wilson tells us about Metabolism, an obscure and futuristic Japanese architectural movement from the 1960s that drew on influences ranging from living organisms to communism.
