The Melbourne School of Design is rethinking how we approach the visual world around us as well as its own teaching space. Monocle visits the school’s new building to learn why it is going back to the drawing board in order…
It’s not necessarily the billion-euro development, star-architect-designed gallery or shiny new ferris wheel that makes locals feel good about their town. Monocle believes that the measure of a city is more about everyday…
Tired of the lobby in your regional HQ in Bangkok? Looking for a clever solution to house all those extra students on your campus? Could the kitchen in your Madrid apartment do with an update? And how’s your plumbing? Our…
Eurozone citizens head to Australia, schools get tough on pupils in Micronesia, and the authorities investigate dolphin smuggling in the Solomon Islands.
Tasmania is a quiet force on the design scene but government backing, a decent museum and a school saved from closure are helping to put it on the world map and attract clients from abroad. We visit the studios of five…
If you want to know what makes Australia special, you needn’t look much further than the nation’s dynamic design community. Monocle meets a choice selection of its crafty creators.
Three years ago, Australian chef Rodney Dunn and his wife swapped the city for the countryside to start their own farm-based cooking school.
It’s a growing concern...