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Have you ever thought about owning an airport?

Thanks to Madrid studio Mad Lab, your desk or coffee table could soon become a miniature Heathrow or Haneda.

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TUESDAY. 02/11/21

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Have you ever thought about owning an airport?

Thanks to Madrid studio Mad Lab, your desk or coffee table could soon become a miniature Heathrow or Haneda. We have also created a forest of lovable tree ornaments that are perfect for this year's festivities. Plus: here's the perfect shelf on which to display them.


Mad lab x Monocle Aircraft

What these helicopters and planes lack in flying power, they more than make up for in character. The vehicles are carved in Spain from solid oak and accented with custom brass details. Oh, and there's a control tower to ensure that no mischievous aircraft are tempted to take off by themselves.

Mad lab x Monocle Cargo coptair
Mad lab x Monocle Control tower
Mad lab x Monocle High Wing Air
Monocle tree ornaments

Each of these five timber tokens – including a hedge, festive pine and nut tree – is hand-turned on a lathe in Sussex, resulting in individual peculiarities, and finished with a contrasting brass trunk. The wooden pieces will look particularly handsome on our String shelf - see below.

String x Monocle
Monocle issue 148

In the November issue of Monocle, a design special, we take you around the block to meet some of the world's best makers. Plus: bangers in Berlin and why Lisbon is the new Leblon.

Support your local newsstand. Here are some of the newsstands around the world where you can find us.

Book Soup - Los Angeles
Casa News - New York
Standaard Boekhande - Antwerp
Earl of East - London 
Libraire Candide - Brussels
Free Time - Madrid
Reading Room - Milan

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