271 results for California

Film

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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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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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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Sunny outlook

15 April 2010

The Mojave desert receives more sunlight than anywhere else in the US, so plans for it to become a solar-power ‘Saudi Arabia’ seem spot on. But while many recession-hit locals are in full support, others are casting a…

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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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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.

Radio

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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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 91: Long Beach, California

3 July 2018

Monocle 24’s Sam Impey and food writer Brian Addison tour Long Beach, home to one of the most diverse food scenes in the US.

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Modern lovers

21 January 2015

Architectural acolytes seeking a temple to modernism usually head for Scandinavia but they may now want to go west, too. In the California desert, an old bank has been reborn as an oasis of mid-century style and host to a…

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My last meal: Alice Waters

17 June 2011

Food is an entire philosophy for Alice Waters, founder of restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. She would choose to dine with family for her hypothetical last meal, and on the menu would be fresh produce bought…

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Baja or Bust

17 February 2007

If you’ve had enough of the Antwerp to Brussels commute, relocate your life. Every month we’ll take you to an emerging business hub and tell you everything you need to build a new company and enjoy a better standard of…

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Art market briefing

19 May 2015

We meet Rodman Primack, the design director of Miami/Basel, and tour the world's auction houses.

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Business briefing

19 October 2015

Fashion in the Palestinian Territories, the little California airport with big ideas and a bookshop in the 'Bul.

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Americas briefing

11 June 2015

Drinking to San Antonio's success, on the buses in Curitiba and New York's small solution to a big problem.

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