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Norway’s fashion designers were once seen as dull and their work was said to pale in comparison to the work of their Nordic neighbours. Now a new crop is changing all that. Monocle’s Chiara Rimella investigates.
Never mind the tight squeeze, London’s Isokon building offers a lesson in clever housing that today’s architects and developers should heed; we preview a new exhibition celebrating its most famous resident, Walter Gropius. Plus: how Denmark’s Ole Lynggaard brings a shine to jewellery design and a view from Ljubljana’s Biennial of Design.
Album sleeves provide some of the most recognisable designs in pop culture. But what sets the best apart? Monocle’s Andrew Mueller investigates.
Ditch the dirndls and leave out the lederhosen, there’s a fresh crop of fashion designers in the Austrian capital who are taking the nation’s wardrobe in new directions. Alexei Korolyov cuts a dash around town to investigate the city’s sartorial success.
We trace the evolution of the American T-shirt from humble undergarment to ubiquitous wardrobe staple.
At only 69 years old, Israel is a young country with countless identities. But what does this mean for the nation’s contemporary designers, artists and makers? We take a design-minded tour of the country to find out.
In transitioning from a city designed for cars to a city designed for people, Düsseldorf proves that even sacred cows – in this case the city’s beloved ‘Tausendfüssler’ overpass – can sometimes be sacrificed for the greater good.
We take a look at how the design industry is exploring new frontiers: the RIBA’s new venue in Liverpool, the advent of outdoor lighting with the chief executive of Flos and what to watch out for in the menswear industry.
The Willis Corron building in Ipswich launched Norman Foster’s career and set the standard for modern offices in the unlikeliest of settings.
London’s Design Museum looks at the Golden State’s influence, we speak to the co-chief executive of one of the biggest architecture and design firms in the US and we meet one of the people responsible for some of the most recognisable rock art of all time.
