The Bauhaus art and design school preached equality but who’s heard of Lucia Maholy and Marianne Brandt? Design journalist Katie Treggiden digs deeper.

We visit the Barbican Centre for a new show on postwar domestic architecture in Japan and jump up and down on the beds at Jerusalem’s first design hotel. Plus: a closer look at fashion brand Vetements’ decision to ditch Paris for Zürich.

The architectural style tropical modernism is often cited but just as often misattributed. This week Monocle’s Istanbul bureau chief Chris Lord tells us about its unlikely roots and development.

The practice of designing something as large and oft-seen as aeroplane livery deserves deep thought about brand values; we speak to two designers (from our sister firm Winkreative) who have revamped the look of Air Canada's fleet. Plus: a few flush finds from Frankfurt's ISH bathroom design fair and our New York bureau chief on US architecture.

The decline of the broadsheet newspaper has long been anticipated but in 2017 big papers still reign on newsstands and are looking better than ever. Fernando Pacheco explains why.

Nestled in the heart of Flanders – Belgium’s Dutch-speaking northern region – Antwerp has garnered a reputation in recent years as a regional city with a global reach. Today we bring you interviews with some of its brightest design talents.

Hendrik Petrus Berlage’s architecture was more than just an aesthetic triumph. His socialist principles literally and figuratively shaped Amsterdam and still influences Dutch designers to this day.

We wander through the Oscar Niemeyer-designed sambadrome and get a taste of the design that underpins the colour of the Rio Carnival. Plus: a design-minded new workspace in Brooklyn and a closer look at Canadian architecture and its relationship with the environment.

Palm trees have been one of the most recognisable symbols of Los Angeles for decades. But as many of the city’s trees near the end of their lives and the city opts to plant native flora the future is uncertain. Josh Fehnert gets to the root of the matter.

We report from Madrid Fashion Week and meet its recently installed director, Charo Izquierdo, and ask if the Spanish capital can ever rival London, Paris or New York. Meanwhile, architecture critic Michael Webb on why we need more apartment buildings and a closer look at a boundary-blurring project from Chilean producer Nicolas Jaar.