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Madrid has thrown off the shackles of tradition: what was once a buttoned-down bastion of conservatism has become Spain's unabashed centre of the avant-garde. Monocle Films visits the city to discover a melting pot of talent, taste and tenacity.

Our new book OFF THE ROAD showcases globetrotters from around the world, as well as their trusted cars, campers, 4x4s, and other temporary homes. Explore the world through the photos and videos taken by the new generation of vagabonds who are choosing to leave behind the 9-to-5 workday in favor of a life on the go. View a short preview of OFF THE ROAD on Gestalten.tv and buy the book in our online shop.

Michigan-based illustrator Lucy Engelman takes a highly emotional approach to cartography that balances geographic accuracy with her subjective experiences. Her intricate maps aren't instructional guides of where to go and what to see. Instead, they are embedded with a sense of how a place makes her feel. Meet Lucy Engelman in our latest video on Gestalten.tv and see more of her work in our recent release MIND THE MAP.

Artist Carsten Nicolai explores the complexity of math, science, and perception in his compelling art installations. Gestalten.tv visited Nicolai in his hometown of Chemnitz, Germany to learn how the rules of time and space have shaped his creative process.

To celebrate Nicolai's 50th birthday, the Kunstsammlung Chemnitz is currently exhibiting his avant-garde artwork UNITAPE until November 8. To see more of his work, check out our new book PARALLEL LINES CROSS AT INFINITY, which showcases his most fascinating projects from the past decade.

In the first of two films to celebrate the publication of THE MONOCLE GUIDE TO COSY HOMES, we visit the residence of Knud Erik Hansen, managing director of Carl Hansen & Son and grandson of the company\'s iconic founder. Hansen has transformed an impressive Danish estate into a comfortable family home, filling it with beautiful furniture and preserving the property's charm.

THE MONOCLE GUIDE TO COSY HOMES is now available at Gestalten Pavilion, Gestalten Space, and in our online shop.

Our recent release The Ride 2nd Gear presents motorcycles as motorcycles are meant to be: radical, stylish, subversive, raw. To celebrate our custom bike compendium, we invited builders from around the world—including Auto Fabrica, El Solitario, Wrenchmonkees, and many other workshops featured in The Ride 2nd Gear—to display their bikes in Gestalten Space. The show also included custom prints by Corpses From Hell and Death Spray Custom and Gestalten.tv was on the scene to catch all the excitement on camera.

We would like to extend a warm thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the opening of our exhibition The Ride 2nd Gear last Friday. The show continues until November 9 at Gestalten Space in Berlin. 

A limited number of Collector\'s Editions—which come with a linen slipcase and an original embroidered patch at no added cost—are available exclusively in our online shop.

Our book FROM TIP TO TOE is for men who are still finding their style and for those who seek to continuously refine their personal look. It features a carefully curated collection of menswear brands and makers from around the world, as well as a selection of recommended shops. One of those makers is Frank Leder, the Berlin-based menswear specialist. Gestalten.tv spoke with him about how he integrates German cultural heritage into his avant-garde garments.

Bangkok is a city both liberal and traditional, where outsiders are always welcome but few can gain a true understanding of the capital's intricacies. Bangkok: The Monocle Travel Guide will steer you to our favorite hotels and retailers, lesser-known neighborhoods, tasty restaurants and street-side bars where Bangkok's bright young things party until the early hours.

The Monocle Guide Cosy Homes tells us how to turn a house into a home in which lives can unfold, children grow up, and dogs run wild. Most architecture and interior books show houses polished to perfection, manicured to the extent that it is hard to imagine anybody actualize lives there: they seem to miss the point that homes are meant to be inhabited. Through striking photography, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes also gives you a glimpse into the lives that unfold in these apartments, villas, and cottages, showing that these homes are alive and that is precisely what makes them special.

The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes is available at Gestalten Pavillion, Gestalten Space, and the Gestalten online shop.

Our new release The Still Life showcases the evolution of this age-old genre in stunning product portraiture and editorial photography by some of today\'s most imaginative photographers, designers, and stylists—including Scheltens & Abbenes. Ranging from minimally understated to opulently glamorous, the featured work meticulously styles objects into elaborate compositions that skillfully meld elements of scenography and sculpture with the art of selling. The book is available now at Gestalten Pavilion, Gestalten Space, and in our online shop.

Dutch design duo Scheltens & Abbenes captures quiet moments in their photographs with near scientific precision. The pair's Amsterdam studio acts as a laboratory for their beautiful experiments in conceptualizing composition in which they use products as building blocks to create photographic illusions of depth, light, and color. Join Gestalten.tv for a visit and hear from Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes about their work and approach to still life.