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18 results for Czechia

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Monocle on Design - Bryant Lu, Hana Vopravilová and ‘The State of Housing Design 2023’

9 January 2024

We discuss high-density developments in Hong Kong and meet an emerging glass artist in Czechia. Plus, we look at US housing design.

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Monocle on Design - Extra: Krehky

19 October 2023

The Czech brand produces limited-edition products manufactured in Czechia through collaborations with emerging and established designers. We meet its co-founder, Jana Zielinski.

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Sonic wonderlands

19 October 2023

From an artists’ haven in rural Oxfordshire to a former cable factory in Czechia, we visit three recording studios around the world that are reimagining the craft of capturing the perfect performance.

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The Monocle Daily - Friday 15 April

15 April 2016

As the Czech Republic gets a new name we ask whether Czechia will catch on. Plus: we pen a break-up letter to our Kindles and catch up with Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Vienna.

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Out and about

19 October 2023

Now more than ever, it’s important for journalists to sniff out stories in person. Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, celebrates some of the journeys that our team have taken to fill the pages of this issue: from Genoa…

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The Monocle Daily - From Prague to Venice

30 August 2024

Monocle’s finest staffers and correspondents discuss the day’s big stories: a high-profile gathering of world leaders in Czechia, the latest from the Middle East, municipal elections in Brazil and why in Japan it’s now…

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The Globalist - Czech coalition crisis and Paris Fashion Week

1 October 2024

The latest from Lebanon, Czechia’s coalition crisis, the Mozambican soldiers operating out of Total Energies’ natural gas plant, why sex has returned to cinema and news from the world of architecture. Plus: we report from…

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The Foreign Desk - Globsec 2024 highlights

7 September 2024

The first edition in our special series recorded at the Globsec Forum in Prague. We hear a selection of highlights including an insight into defending a country during active conflict with Ukraine’s former defence minister…

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Monocle preview: November issue, 2023

23 October 2023

Are you sitting comfortably? Monocle’s autumn design bonanza profiles the best new chairs, tables and accessories available this season, interviews architectural luminaries including Renzo Piano and hits the road in Czechia…

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In safe hands

19 October 2023

The past is important but give it too much weight and the present can slip through your fingers. Czechia’s makers know this all too well. From the communist era’s brutalist gems to Michael Thonet’s beloved bentwood furni…

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What’s in a name

24 February 2022

Is “Turkey” an albatross around the country’s neck? And will “Türkiye” take flight?

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House rules

30 November 2023

Spending more time at home in the colder weather and hoping to give your interiors a lift? Follow our foolproof tips, from getting the lights right to reviving a favourite chair, and you’ll be well on the way to domestic…

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Fully functional

21 July 2016

Christopher Lord reporting from Brno: The Czech Republic’s second city was central to European design before falling into a troubled 20th-century sleep. Revival came thanks to research investment but its future may lie in…

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The Agenda: Design

26 September 2024

Expanding London’s green footprint, recycled-aluminium chairs and more.

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Masters of their destiny

19 October 2023

As North Macedonia’s cultural scene awaits possible EU funding, the fate of its young creatives hangs in the balance – but that’s not stopping them raising the bar.