The Weekend Opener
from Andrew Tuck
Industrial design needs to clean up its act and save the rest of us the trouble
When did planes get so filthy? If passengers don’t hand over their garbage to the crew before landing, then all the pressure falls on a cleaning team that’s given just minutes to prepare an…
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Our first Chiefs conference in Jakarta went off with a bang. Here’s why you should visit too
I lost my virginity this week. Boy, was it fun – especially as I was surrounded by so many Monocle supporters, colleagues and incredibly talented business leaders. I’m not sure why it took me…
Why restaurant design has us all feeling like sitting ducks
Dear restaurant designer,I hope that you don’t mind me dropping you this note out of the blue but I wanted to have a word about the humble topic of seating. You see, you have…
Business meets pleasure at Salone del Mobile. But Milan is the real star of the show
You might have noticed that we talk about Salone del Mobile, Milan’s Design Week furniture fair, quite a lot. We make a dedicated Salone newspaper, we deliver coverage every day on Monocle Radio and we discuss its…
Restoring a beautiful object is a map to a distant, radiant past
There’s a vintage shop in Palma called Món S.XX that sells mid-century furniture, 1970s lighting, aged garden tables, globes and pictures. I drop in on my city walks just in case I might need…
When late nights lead into early mornings, good company makes all the difference
1It’s been a week. Last night the deal was one TV show and to bed. And we’re talking 21.00. It was either The White Lotus or Adolescence. We decided to keep the fun storyline of incest and…
Montorgueil is picture-perfect Paris – I couldn’t help but get drawn in
We had a party in Paris on Wednesday (indeed, there’s a separate party-people report in this very outing of The Monocle Weekend Edition). And it was fun. When I took the Eurostar to Paris…
There was something fishy about this year’s Mipim convention…
It has been a very soggy week in the south of France (I know, the hardships one has to endure). Usually attendees at Mipim, the world’s largest convention for the property market, can look…
Jakarta is calling all chiefs – here’s why you should answer
Shall we do some house news? Firstly, I’d like us to talk Jakarta (not a euphemism). On Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 April we are hosting The Chiefs, our engaging conference series that looks at…
Why it’s time we all had a personal curator
Robert Bound asked me whether I would come on his radio programme, Monocle on Culture, to talk about a new exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) that looks at The Face magazine in its glory years…
Having reservations
We have all become used to the notes in hotels informing us that towels will only be replaced if you leave them on the floor or that this is a hotel that no longer…
