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Animated spin

9 November 2015

President Xi Jinping has become a sensation on Youku, China’s answer to YouTube. A series of trippy propaganda videos, produced by the mysterious Beijing-based production company Fuxing Lushang Studio and featuring an…

Radio

The Urbanist - City animals

27 October 2016

We meet some friendly otters in Singapore, go on a night out with some Spanish bats and board a plane via JFK’s new animal terminal, the Ark. Plus: falcon-spotting in London with the ‘grandmother of peregrines’.

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Animal architecture

15 March 2017

Finding a compromise between an animal’s wellbeing, a farm’s efficiency and local architecture traditions is a fine art and often has to be done with limited resources. For Monocle’s 10-year anniversary issue we pulled on…

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The Urbanist - Animal spirits

5 April 2018

This week is all about animals and cities: from backyard chickens to birdwatching and even entrepreneurs making life easier for your furry friend. Plus: how can we design our public spaces in a more animal-friendly way?

Monocle Minute

Animal house

21 November 2016

When a series of powerful earthquakes hit southern Japan’s Kumamoto in April, many pet owners sought shelter in their cars so that they could stay with their animals. According to a recent survey published by pet insurer…

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Animated airport

25 June 2016

Before the tragic shooting in Orlando the city was primarily known for its many amusement parks, such as Disney World and Universal Studios. These fantastical places are so embraced by the city that even the design of the…

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Animal collective

22 January 2016

When it comes to city living it’s important to establish how to be a good neighbour. And a newly released version of the illustrated children’s book The Brownstone, revised from the 1972 original, is available to do just…

Radio

Monocle on Design - Architecture for animals

23 October 2018

We ask what designers dream up when they put animals at the centre of their thinking, see the silkscreen printers pushing on in Beirut and visit a Stirling prize-winning building to augur the future of the news industry.

Radio

Monocle on Design - Animal architecture

27 October 2020

How do we design for our furry, scaled and feathered companions? We talk to architect Asif Khan about his work for man’s best friend, profile the designers who are making creature comforts a priority and unpack the best in…

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Piggy in the middle

19 November 2019

After footage of a boar attacking a man in Fukuoka emerged, the city felt compelled to respond. Monocle’s Kenji Hall joins a patrol.

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Animal magic

21 March 2019

Zoos can change the world: the not-so-wild claim from Dominic Jermey, Zoological Society London’s top dog.

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Party animal

17 February 2008

The second correspondent in our series looking at foreign coverage of the US presidential election is Li Xuejiang, Washington bureau chief for China’s ‘People’s Daily’, the state controlled newspaper with a circulation of…

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Circus animals

8 December 2016

Biennials are a sparkling staple of the cultural calendar and a springboard for many artists’ careers. But have we reached peak biennial? If this year’s events are anything to go by, it might be time to call it a night.

Film

New-generation animators

8 January 2016

With the success of Pixar came an avalanche of computer-generated animation but not all animators are following the hi-tech pack. Monocle Films travels to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and southern England in search…

Radio

Monocle on Culture - What happens in an animation studio?

17 August 2015

We delve into the world of the animator as we undergo this week’s cultural investigation. We speak to Jude Brownbill at Disney Pixar; director of ‘Moomins on the Riviera’, Xavier Picard; and House of Cool animation studios…

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Anime strikes back

11 January 2016

Everyone has been talking about Star Wars: The Force Awakens recently – but not in Japan. There the seemingly all-conquering blockbuster was held in second place for a fortnight by the cartoon film Yo-Kai Watch the Movie…