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Monocle on Design - By the book

19 July 2016

On today’s show we book in some time with the writers, commissioners, printers and editors behind the design world’s budding publishing scene.

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Book credits

25 April 2013

The Hyundai Card Design Library has opened in South Korea’s capital, its shelves stacked with thousands of diverse design titles in appropriately impressive surroundings.

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Faced with the recession and competition from retail giants and online sellers, small bookshops have been disappearing fast from our high streets. But there’s one London gem that’s a textbook example of how to buck the…

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Shelf slackers

17 March 2007

Greville Street Bookstore, Melbourne.

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Serve chilled

17 June 2007

Soda Books, Munich.

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Dress book

15 August 2009

While we’re hoping for an Indian summer, it won’t do any harm to start choosing a few pieces for those colder days. Our key selects for the season offer looks for work and play.

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Monocle preview: How to Make a Nation

1 April 2016

Monocle’s new book, “How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide”, explores all the elements you need to make a happy, vibrant and successful country. From designing a better parliament to choosing a flag, creating social capital…

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Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes

1 September 2015

From warmly lit interiors to polished wood furniture, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes is a survey of everything you need to build the residence you want. From architects to apprentices, design-shop owners to gardeners,…

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The Monocle Travel Guide, Helsinki

Helsinki is a tale of two cities. Arrive mid-winter and you’ll find a frosty wonderland of snow-caked streets, with the residents holed up in cosy cafés. Come in summer, when the sun refuses to set, and you’ll catch locals…

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Culture briefing

17 September 2007

Patrick Watson are a new band named after their frontman, Patrick Watson. Fortunately, this is the only failure of imagination exhibited on their excellent debut, Close To Paradise. Perhaps hailing from Montréal – the…

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Culture briefing

17 February 2008

Music: Vampire Weekend and Chris Bathgate. Film: 3:10 to Yuma and Battle of Haditha. Art: A New York art cpp[ and exhibition picks. Books: JG Ballard's autobiography, Granta and Madam President.

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Bildschöne Bücher

31 January 2008

Less is more is the concept for Bildschöne Bücher, a small bookshop in Berlin that has grown out of the highly successful website 25books.com. Proprietor Bodo von Hodenberg, a former sales director of Taschen, takes a…

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On the shelf

17 March 2009

we peruse the shelves of the thriving, eclectic magazine shop Papercut in Stockholm.

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Culture briefing

24 January 2014

Books, films and music to enrich your life this month.

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Folio society

17 November 2016

When magazine editor Aaron Hicklin opened a bookshop in upstate New York, he wanted to move beyond the usual roster of titles. In the year since he launched, his guest-edited book lists have driven sales and put One Grand…

Monocle Minute

Book binding

26 February 2016

The Taiwanese city of Tainan is championing an expansive light-flooded library in a bid to unite its booming population. Numbers in Tainan have swelled since Tainan County and Tainan City merged in 2010 to create one spe…

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