Culture & Society

Dreams and danger and death. Riding through the redemptive night. Building fire-breathing disco trikes, seeking secret sexy hideaways, eating kangaroo in the outback, laughing in the red dust of distant lands, finding powerful poetry amid race day’s rush… yet again our contributors have drawn deep on the rich, strange potion of pedal-driven existence. Welcome to issue 20!Magazine: 100 Pages Product Dimensions: 200 x 240 mmISBN: 977239750200820Published by Boneshaker Magazine

Kindling is a place to explore the new ideas and fresh perspectives that come with being a parent. It’s non-judgmental, unfussy and made to be enjoyed by anyone currently raising a child under the age of ten. We’re interested in exploring the big ideas around parenthood, not what your child should be having for dinner or wearing at the weekend. Compact and colorful, the magazine is designed to be kept and treasured—whether on a coffee table or a child’s bookshelf. Inside The Emotions Issue, y...

A global toy manufacturer, lego first started from a small Carpenter’s workshop in 1932. Its signature bricks offer unlimited building possibilities and let a wealth of creative ideas emerge through play for anyone. Behind the worldwide popularity of lego, there lies a set of meticulous calculation based on thorough knowledge in engineering.Magazine: 130 pagesProduct Dimensions: 170 x 240 mmISBN: 9788998415143Published by Magazine B

Ever since diving head first into the home entertainment market with a subscription-based DVD-by-mail operation, Netflix has constantly sought to improve the user experience through their user-specific movie recommendation algorithms. By introducing streaming in 2007 and removing the conventional constraints of time and place, Netflix has redefined the way we watch movies and television. Magazine: 138 PagesProduct Dimensions: 170 x 240 mmISBN: 9791160360028 Published by Magazine B

Patagonia, an outdoor clothing brand with an environmental focus, was founded in 1973 by Yvon Chouinard, who since 1964 had been manufacturing pitons (metal anchors used in rock climbing) that would not damage the rock. While insisting on offering the best quality, the brand has contributed to a sustainable society and natural environment by developing eco-friendly materials and returning 1% of its sales back to society. Patagonia has redefined the role of a company and it continues to inspir...

The first Star Wars film was released in 1977. Over the past four decades, this chronicle of galactic war and adventure has established itself as an American pop culture icon, generating tremendous revenue and attracting an enormous fandom across the globe. During that time, Star Wars has grown into a universe all its own, spawning TV series, video games, toys, and theme parks. The audio and visual technologies used in the films have also provided a foundation for Industrial Light & Magic...

In 2005, three employees at PayPal came together to cofound YouTube, an online platform where users could upload and share video content with a quickly growing audience. YouTube encouraged the average internet users to tap into their creativity and equipped them with the powerful tool of video streaming, resulting in an endless content library that caters to all tastes and a gargantuan online media presence for the website. Going the extra mile to share ad revenue with creators, YouTube has f...

Monocle’s July/August issue is a celebration of the city – it spotlights the cities, leaders and luminaries shaping urban life for the better. Monocle has doubled down on reporting and scoured the globe for outposts of opportunity worth uncovering. Plus: Monocle profiles 20 urban projects that are adding a sense of purpose to planning: from skinny parks in Seoul to libraries in Nairobi and somewhere to swim in Stockholm.Magazine: 178 pagesProduct Dimensions: 200 x 265 mmPublished by Monocle

Monocle’s September issue celebrates the marvels of mobility while issuing a call to arms for us all to get outside and make the most of our cities. In a packed issue, we profile the transport movers making it a pleasure to get from A to B and highlight the small cities you’ll want to settle in to start your next venture. Plus: a tasty Hungary survey. Let’s get moving.Magazine: 154 PagesProduct Dimensions: 200 x 265 mmPublished by Monocle

“How to design a better world” is the theme of Monocle’s October issue. It’s a rallying cry for better design in all facets of life and includes features on desert architecture, how to fix US politics and rethinking retail. You’ll also find our autumn fashion manifesto and a special survey on Italian innovation – cin cin!

“Time for change” is the theme of Monocle’s November issue. It’s packed with inspiration, ideas and long reads covering everything from urban heroes who are improving cities to businesses on the rise and voices from the media in US swing states. Inside is everything you need to rethink how the worlds of politics, business, design and travel work. Plus: offbeat wines, fashion fixes and canny developers to watch.

As we prepare to ring in 2021, it’s time to look back and assess which countries are flying high in our annual Soft Power Survey. There’s plenty to take stock of in Monocle’s end-of-year December/January issue: from a range of voices on what’s next for the US, to the power of rural reinvention and the big business of looking forward. We’ve got all your holiday prepping sorted, too, with an inspiring 15-page gift guide – and an extensive run-down of all the books, TV shows and films that will ...

NANG is an English-language 10-issue magazine which covers cinema and cinema cultures in the Asian world with passion and insight. Issue 3 is dedicated to Fiction. Writers and comic artists from around the world were invited to present creative responses to an Asian film or films of their choice. The selected stories range from straightforward fan fiction, in which protagonists continue to exist after their movie has seemingly ended, to semi-autobiographical accounts in which the experience o...

New omens appear on a daily basis: uncontrollable fires and floods, melting ice, rising seas, mass extinction, incurable pandemics, and escalating violence of thought and deed. How can Real Review add something positive to this context, at the very climax of our global anxiety? Time destroys all worlds, and good riddance! The past is a foreign country, its horrors and delights recast by the temperaments of our present day. End Times is about a different relationship with the future, as truly ...

One cannot fully comprehend the significance of Hari Raya Puasa (Eid al-Fitr) without an insight into Ramadan – they are two sides to the same coin. The literal meaning of ‘puasa’ being ‘fasting’, Hari Raya Puasa refers to a great day of celebration that marks the end of the fasting month. Ramadan has deep spiritual meaning to Muslims, who believe that it was in this month that the Angel Gabriel revealed God’s message to the Prophet Muhammad, culminating in the Quran. As fasting is one of the...

Of all the festivals we celebrate in Singapore, Hungry Ghost Festival might be the most divisive, one that reveals the cracks and crevices of multiracial and multireligious living in Singapore. For the duration of the entire seventh lunar month, there would be the smell of burnt incense in the air, flyaway joss paper on the roadside, and performances for the visiting ‘hungry ghosts’. Complaints of noise, ash, and melted candle wax are not uncommon during this period, and can well be cause for...