Kenzo Tange’s spectacular Shinjuku Park Tower has defined Tokyo’s skyline since its completion in 1994. The top 14 floors are home to the much-loved Park Hyatt Tokyo. Here, Monocle checks in for the last time before the…
From a perfumer with a focus on Japanese craft to an Italian shoe specialist that’s refusing to buckle on trends and a Swiss-based menswear shop with global connections, we try for size the businesses at the forefront of…
Elegantly straddling the worlds of luxury and popular culture, Chanel is going from strength to strength more than a century since it was founded. Monocle speaks to its president of fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky, about its…
Having picked post-industrial Inca as the place to settle, Italian designer Chiara Ferrari is helping to spearhead the town’s creative ascent from her converted studio.
The art world is fixated on the unique. But the pursuit of original work doesn’t have to end with high-profile auctions and speculative bids for ‘Starry Night’. Print makers such as Edition VFO in Zürich create limited…
Galeto has held a special place in the hearts of Lisboetas through thick and thin. And it’s no wonder: this perennial pick-me-up has welcomed everyone from politicians to prostitutes. We take a seat to find out why it has…
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.
Twelve times a year, thousands of parliamentarians and their staff journey to the Alsatian seat of the European Parliament for four days of deliberation. As the far-right ascends across the continent, what lies ahead for…