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By the book

23 March 2023

The completion of a 15-year library renovation is the end of a chapter for the team behind it – but the bonds they’ve formed are an ongoing story.

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Design

15 March 2016

Nordic design gets some colours. Plus: a new fire station in Gresham and a book about Lebanese cinema posters.

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In focus

19 October 2023

Our pick of the sofas, tables, chairs and accessories that are sure to bring comfort and joy into our workplaces and homes.

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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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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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Open book

27 November 2019

The Finnish capital’s new public library was the result of an anonymous open competition. As other cities look for a less ‘starchitect’ future, it shows what can be achieved with a little democracy.

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Is it the cardinal sin? Not according to those who design the jackets that catch your eye in the bookshop. We meet them to find out why – when it comes to selecting reading material – it should be love at first sight.

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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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Design

19 January 2012

A round up of news, products and projects, including stools from Mexico, cutlery from Germany and a definitive book on Danish design.

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Book smarts

21 April 2022

Clients from Frieze to Rizzoli come to the graphic designer for her storytelling skills. And she delivers bestsellers.

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Design

17 November 2016

A bankable typeface for Oslo’s newest creative venue and a book about the Barbican feature in this issue.

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Serve chilled

17 June 2007

Soda Books, Munich.

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The Monocle Book of the Nordics

An expedition across Europe’s northernmost reaches, The Monocle Book of the Nordics looks beyond the frozen expanses, thick forests and towering mountains and uncovers the folks, firms and stories that have helped the…

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Book keeping

24 February 2017

At Monocle we’re not the only ones who have taken a shine to print. Los Angeles design firm Norma is paying homage to the humble book at the Los Angeles Art Book Fair, which runs until 26 February at the Museum of Contem…

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Shelf satisfying

15 August 2009

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…