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Design in Ho Chi Minh is on the up: we speak with one designer who is using the city’s signature restaurant stools as a canvas. Plus: Nic Monisse and Grace Charlton pick highlights of The Monocle 100 ...

Childhood best friends and mothers, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hoehn, and Maureen North are on a mission to kick plastic out of ...

If you need lumber in Pokémon Pokopia, you can find it on the ground or have a Pokémon make it for you. We explain how to do ...

When the dryer buzzes, most of us peel the soft gray fluff from the lint screen and toss it without a second thought. It seems like a tiny, harmless habit that helps prevent a dryer fire, but all that ...

Got lots of Mason jars with handles you no longer use in the kitchen. Turn them into a bird feeder with just a craft stick ...

When it was time to choose a direction for the look and feel of my new home, I knew I wanted a modern, spa-like essence so ...

When you’ve been writing about and testing backpacks for as long as I have, they start to blur together. Even in EDC — a category that prides itself on inventive construction and advanced materials — ...

By Stephen Treffinger This article is part of our Design special section about buildings, objects and techniques that are ...