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Net gains

19 March 2020

The waters around Santa Barbara are producing sustainable catches that are challenging patrons and restaurant owners to ride a new wave of cooking and dining.

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Fixed abodes

16 November 2017

Welcome to The Sea Ranch. Newcomers are encouraged – as long as they adhere to the aesthetic of this natural wonder

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The Road Ahead - California

16 May 2019

We travel north on the Shoreline Highway from San Francisco to Marin County to meet a wealth of Californian characters, from counterculture heroes to oyster farmers.

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Reputation building

16 April 2020

Self-reliant and dismissive of fame, W Earl Wear was an unsung hero of modernist architecture. But his handful of sculptural homes command a growing band of devotees.

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Room to breathe

15 August 2019

Why the design of this 1960s retreat, promoting modernity while embracing its nature, has stood the test of time.

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Turkey's California

24 August 2017

We travel to the Aegean Coast in Turkey, where tourism may be falling but its beach clubs are buoyed by a homegrown crowd escaping city life and political upheaval.

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What would the US be without the hamburger? Like a country without a decent urban commuter bike. And that’s been the case, until Specialized set up a workshop in California to produce new designs that are tarmac-lickin’…

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Monocle on Design - ‘California Captured’

25 September 2018

We make for the sun-soaked hills of southern California to examine the post-war modernist-architecture boom (and mine a few lessons for today). Plus: Josh Fehnert talks to Katie Treggiden about London Design Festival.

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California dreamin’

19 April 2018

The 1960s was a golden era for West Coast architecture. One of the overlooked heroes of the period was Ed Killingsworth, best known for his work with hotels in later life but something of a maverick of modest mid-century…

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Catching the wave

21 November 2013

First published in 1992, ‘The Surfer’s Journal’ is more book than magazine. It’s a handsome, lovingly produced, defiantly old-school title that’s holding out against the incoming tide of digital culture.

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Monocle on Design - California: designing freedom

13 June 2017

London’s Design Museum looks at the Golden State’s influence, we speak to the co-chief executive of one of the biggest architecture and design firms in the US and we meet one of the people responsible for some of the most…

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The Monocle Minute - California’s fight against wildfires

29 October 2019

California steps up its fight against wildfires that are raging in the state. We discuss how the results of Colombia’s local elections will shape the country’s future and how the German state of Thuringia proves that cen…

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Kenzo Estate

30 November 2010

The Kenzo Estate in Napa Valley, California, is owned by Kenzo Tsujimoto, founder of video games giant Capcom. Monocle visits to see how the company is aiming to break into the global wine market.

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Going east

17 May 2019

LA’s Eastside is proving fertile ground for designers who are refining Californian style.

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Sunday Brunch - Sunday Brunch 2: California Designing

20 August 2017

We head to the Design Museum to learn about its new exhibition California: Designing Freedom, explore Leonard Cohen’s life with Kieron Matthew Banerji and sample ice-cream sundaes in north London. All that before we go…

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Bordering the sublime

10 May 2018

The US-Mexico border may be politically contentious but food culture and entrepreneurship have found a way to flourish here, with some tasty results.

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