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Architecture/design briefing

17 March 2009

Monocle's picks from the Stockholm furniture fair, an interview with Salvadoran duo the Washingtons, a layered house in Hokkaido and a pad that warms the cockles in the chilly far north of Norway.

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This oak-and-steel table comes flat-packed and can be assembled into a sturdy little number in minutes. Produced in a limited run of 60 by Porto-based industrial designer André Costa, it provides a lower shelf for books and…

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Task masters

20 February 2014

Decisive, outspoken, innovative, inspiring, bold; Monocle speaks to the steel magnate, hotelier, vintner, electricity group head and fashion distributor setting their own agenda.

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Gira desk lamp

Working with Spanish designer Santa & Cole, Monocle offers a re-edit of this 1978 design classic, the Gira desk lamp. Produced in dark monochromatic tones, it features a focused beam by which you can read and work. How’s…

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 150: Pittsburgh’s bridges

1 April 2019

This week we head to the steel powerhouse of Pittsburgh, which happens to be the proud home of 446 bridges.

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Life in the round

21 June 2012

Standing out against a backdrop of drab, square tower blocks on the north bank of the Chicago River, the white “corncobs” of Bertrand Goldberg’s distinctive Marina City buildings are still inspiring, both inside and out.

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Key organiser with USB and multitool

Inspired by industrial design, this slim key organiser can accommodate up to seven keys and comes with a handy multi-tool, as well as a 32gb USB drive.

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Defence Briefing

17 September 2012

The downfall of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi in late 2011 had unforeseen consequences: thousands of Tuareg fighters employed by Gaddafi returned to their native Mali, adding considerable steel to a separatist movement in the…

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The Entrepreneurs - Instrmnt

13 February 2019

Pete Sunderland and Ross Baynham are co-founders of Glasgow design studio Instrmnt. The studio launched in 2014 with the release of the industrial-inspired Instrmnt 01, a crowdfunded steel watch.

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Monocle's House View - Wednesday 18 April

18 April 2018

We discuss the end of the Castro dynasty, what the Windrush scandal says about English institutions and the Commonwealth’s inability to confront member states’ outdated laws. Plus: eighty years of the Man of Steel.

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 111: the Walt Disney Concert Hall

18 June 2018

Standing proudly in downtown Los Angeles, the Walt Disney Concert Hall is difficult to miss. The complex may fool you at first with its sharp stainless steel edges but once inside the tone changes and it becomes warm and…

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The Monocle Arts Review - Music: Myf Warhurst

25 October 2016

We speak to Double J presenter Myf Warhurst, who gives us the lowdown on the best new Australian releases by Tkay Maidza, DD Dumbo and Katy Steele.

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In the frame

14 August 2014

The soaring glass-and-steel towers that dominate Hong Kong’s ultra-modern skyline spring up at high speed. Those rapid rates are thanks to the use of traditional bamboo scaffolding that is light to transport and quick to…

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The Cinema Show - The very modern Barbara Stanwyck

1 January 2016

Celebrated by critics today for her natural and extraordinarily modern approach to acting, Barbara Stanwyck was ostracised by many of her peers. Victoria Wilson, author of new biography ‘A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel…

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Monocle on Design - On Design 17: What can Singapore learn from the Golden Mile Complex?

17 November 2016

The shabby brutalism of Singapore’s Golden Mile Complex and adjoining Golden Mile Tower doesn’t fit with the city’s squeaky-clean, glass-and-steel vernacular. We ask how the pair have survived in a place that’s famously…

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The Briefing - Thursday 12 January

12 January 2017

Who is Christopher Steele? We look into the career of a former MI6 officer believed to have authored an unsubstantiated report on Donald Trump's involvement with Russia. Plus: a review of Rex Tillerson’s Senate questioning…

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