Emilie Wade

6 days ago | monocle.com | Emilie Wade

Nye, who coined the term "soft power", died yesterday at the age of 88. Here in full is his upcoming article from Monocle's June issue. The death of Joseph S Nye was announced on Wednesday. The professor who had coined the phrase 'soft power' was 88. Nye's humility and expertise have been lauded in the hours since by many who knew him and many who did not.

2 weeks ago | monocle.com | Emilie Wade

From a Danish supermarket brand encouraging healthier eating habits to a taste of luxury in Ho Chi Minh City, grocery shops are focusing on enhancing customers' experience. What's in their baskets? Grocery shopping often feels like a chore. But across the globe, smart retailers are showing that it can offer far more than just loud packaging, harsh strip lighting and busy, unappealing displays.

3 weeks ago | monocle.com | Emilie Wade

On our round-up is everything from a steamy Brazilian thriller and an art installation's debut in Iceland to a small-screen exploration of humans and machines. FilmRiefenstahlAndres VeielLeni Riefenstahl is best known for directing Triumph of the Will, a striking Nazi propaganda film. She has been endlessly debated since, questioning whether it's possible to spin beauty out of evil.

3 weeks ago | monocle.com | Emilie Wade

First up, Sérgio Dávila on the importance of keeping a newspaper full of surprises. The week that I began to think about this column, Jeff Bezos announced that the opinion section of The Washington Post, which he owns through a holding company, would start focusing on articles about "personal liberties and free markets". Pieces opposing those views, he suggested, would not be published. That's a bad idea.

3 weeks ago | monocle.com | Emilie Wade

Shigeru Ban: Complete Works 1985 - Today (published by Taschen) celebrates the work of one of Japan's best-known contemporary architects. Ban studied in the US in the 1970s and 1980s, where he was influenced by American modernism. His first large-scale international work was the Centre Pompidou-Metz in northeast France, which opened in 2010 and was modelled on a Chinese bamboo-woven hat; others, such as the timber-clad Swatch/Omega Campus in Switzerland, soon followed.