Journal

A New Age For Branding Where Charities Are Setting The Pace

Today's brands are many things, including creative platforms that pose between playful and professional pillars. They stir emotion and draw inspiration from everywhere, yes they boost sales but als...

Escape Into The World of Geoffroy De Crécy’s Therapeutic Animations

Through robots, animation, illusions, and pools, Geoffroy captures the simplicity and beauty of empty places, isolation, and automation like no one else. The hypnotic power and movement of the digi...

A 140 Square Feet Home Packed Full of Ideas

Awkward in shape and only 13 square meters of floor space–designers of Studiomama came up with an interior design concept, that gave a new lease of life to a tiny studio, that had previously been u...

A Masterclass in Livable Minimalism

This Zen-like Scottish retreat lies in the historic heart of Edinburgh in a former blacksmith’s workshop. Design duo Eilidh Izat and Jack Arundell spent months designing a single-room layout for th...

Preview the Latest Monocle Release

In this joyful new book, the editors unpack what makes a great city. Preview the Guide in this video and discover how you too can have a High Line, create the most covetable housing or turn a dirty...

The Monocle Guide to Building Better Cities

How do we make better cities – places that work for people of all ages and backgrounds? How do we make cities that provide the obvious essentials – great transport, good places to work – as well as...

Read Donald Trump’s Prophecies Inside Fortune Cookies

When the frustration and reality of Donald Trump being President of America is constantly on your mind, you have no choice but to create a fortune cookie series to remind the world of his prophecie...

"Simple Life and Celebrating Taking Everything Really Slow …"

Two years ago, tattoo artist Julie Toebel and her partner Kai Branss, a director and videographer, bought an old American school bus, rebuilt the inside to meet their needs, and from then on called...

Relive the Golden Age of Computers through James Ball

Before Netflix, Instagram and the internet existed a world of futuristic design and computing simplicity that paved the way for the device you are most likely reading this from. Now treasured art i...

Luftgekühlt brings Ferdinand Porsche’s legacy back to Germany

Since launching in 2014, two-time Le Mans winner Patrick Long and one of California's most renowned Creative Director's Howie Idelson have created a whole new approach to showcasing cars. Their Luf...