From a trailblazing Japanese label’s hi-tech textiles to a Danish coffee roastery’s foray into fashion, we look at the designers and brands taking delight in challenging expectations.
Barcelona has a proud history as a hub of textile manufacturing and design. Today this endlessly inventive city is home to a new generation of independent producers and makers still flying the flag.
A good book amounts to far more than just printed matter. Here, we explore the volumes that have touched the lives of 50 friends of Monocle, drawn from the worlds of design, culture, food and more.
Ollie Adegboye /As the fashion market becomes ever-more saturated, there has never been a better time to interrogate our understanding of luxury. A focus on timelessness and quality can reshape our perspectives and cut…
North Bennet Street School is helping to keep American craft alive. We meet the students stepping away from screens and turning their hands to traditional craftsmanship.
From the future of city living to how smaller states can make themselves heard, three solutions-focused professionals tell us how they are rethinking the way we live.
Once touted as unstoppable disruptors of fashion retail, luxury e-commerce companies have struggled to recover their pre-pandemic momentum – with some only narrowly dodging insolvency. We discuss the sector’s future and…
It’s the people behind the properties that make the industry tick. We meet the figures revitalising a 1980s mall, renovating homes with the environment in mind and lifting a San Francisco landmark to new heights.
The use of urban architecture, particularly office blocks, has transformed completely over the past few years – but opportunities abound. We asked five property experts how we might harness these evolving landscapes.
What makes a well-considered development? Our pick of new projects offer some intriguing clues and the resulting buildings are becoming industry benchmarks.