About Monocle Magazine
Monocle is the magazine for people who use "well-curated" unironically — a global affairs, design, and lifestyle publication that treats typography, paper stock, and column grids with the same seriousness it brings to geopolitics.
Founded in 2007 by Tyler Brûlé after Wallpaper*, Monocle's visual language is dense editorial, premium uncoated paper, and the quiet confidence of someone who knows what a good typeface looks like. Yellow is the splash; everything else is restraint.
- Origin
- London (Midori House HQ), with bureaux in Zürich, Tokyo, Toronto, Hong Kong
- Era
- 2007 (founded); consistent design identity 2007–present
- Key figures
- Tyler Brûlé · Richard Spencer Powell
- Movements
- Premium editorial design · New internationalism · Design journalism
Monocle Magazine design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
Barlow CondensedHeadings
Libre BaskervilleBody
Space MonoMono
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