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.
Spring’s artistic highlights include the reissue of a classic French album, a retrospective on Dutch-American painter Willem de Kooning and the long-awaited return of Spanish director Victor Erice.
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.
It’s not just what you learn; it’s also where you learn it. From a school that’s open to the elements to a curvaceous nursery, architecture can help to give children a head start in life. We visit three educational insti…
From a reappraisal of a pop artist sidelined for her feminist views to a new film challenging the norms of the western, this month’s cultural selection is full of work that will challenge and entertain.
Monocle's global bureaux keep their ears to the ground in a bevy of far-flung locales – and they're there to keep you abreast of the latest developments. This month: planes, panels and playgrounds.
Moving somewhere compact needn’t mean closing the doors of professional or personal opportunity. Life in small cities can give you the best of metropolitan life, only with greater access to nature and a more relaxed pace…
A new crop of bakeries is resurrecting the art of Spanish bread-making, a tradition disrupted by civil war and industrialisation. We sample the upper crust.
A crop of canny chefs has helped tansform the Mexican capital into one of the world’s best places to eat. Monocle convened five key voices at the Caracol de Mar restaurant to chew the fat about the recipe to success and why…