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Italy Survey

Industry leaders – from food to fashion and technology to shipbuilding – offer their perspectives on why, and how, Italy will bounce back.

  • Issue #137
  • 1 min read
Italy Innovation Survey cover showing geometric green and red shapes with numbered contents list
Furniture

Made of stern stuff

Italian design houses unite to protect a €43bn industry that combines generational craftsmanship with global talent, creating an innovation hub rivalling Silicon Valley.

  • Issue #137
  • 11 min read
Black and white sketch of a minimalist table or bench with long rectangular top and angled legs
Design

Design

We take a spin in a classic convertible in our brand-new series on the stories behind the world’s most beautiful works of industrial design. Plus: the latest furniture.

  • Issue #135
  • 7 min read
Design
Design

Close to home

A life’s worth of travelling informs this South Tyrolean haunt – but it finds inspiration on its doorstep too.

  • Issue #125
  • 13 min read
Close to home
Retail

Spring bulbs

Our collection of the best lamps and lights to brighten up your life, indoors and out.

  • Issue #123
  • 4 min read
Nemo clip lamp with adjustable dark metal head and glowing warm light mounted on wooden shelf edge.
Food & Drink

Inventory No. 71

We’ve continued this issue’s Italian theme for this month’s Inventory, with a pasta maker, a coffee machine, perfume and grappa all on our wishlist.

  • Issue #71
  • 4 min read
Inventory No. 71
Design

Sign language

As a country renowned for taste and style it is little surprise that Italy’s brands have such a strong aesthetic identity. Monocle delves into the nation’s visual history and charts its most striking logos.

  • Issue #71
  • 5 min read
Sign language
Craft

Cycle chain

Emilio Aldo Renesto is a steelwork specialist whose frames are one of the first links in northern Italy’s small yet sturdy bicycle industry.

  • Issue #71
  • 4 min read
Cycle chain
Architecture

Design

Our verdict on this year's Salone del Mobile and a round-up of the best in show.

  • Issue #64
  • 7 min read
Padua chairs
Design

Ship shape

Milanese architect Claudio Dini was tasked with creating a residence with a maritime feel, without going overboard, so that the occupants could feel all at sea in their city dwelling.

  • Issue #24
  • 5 min read
Ship shape

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