It was inevitable. Fashion Week Daily reports on the highly successful and admired magazine, Monocle, is expanding once again. After opening its store in London last year, Monocle is set to open another in LA on April 6th. New York will have to wait, but plans for a shop this year are in the works as well as one in Tokyo. via Racked.

Coming out of the UK is FILE Magazine. A new dvd magazine meant to be read and watched. The first issue contains over 2 hours worth of content including music videos, short films, and interviews. Every issue is accompanied with a limited edition print. First up is Geoff McFetridge. There’s no info on whether FILE is available to the U.S. Market yet, but we won’t be surprised if it surfaces in one of the design and art book shops in the city.

It’s an art weekend. Pierogi gallery in Williamsburg will unveil their latest space tomorrow called The Boiler, for obvious reasons. The ceiling reaches an astounding 40 feet high, allowing for some incredible installations. The inaugural show will include works by Tavares Strachan which consists of a piece of ice block from the arctic encased in a solar powered freezer unit. Also on view are works by Yoon Lee and Jonathan Schipper. See more of the space and what to expect here. via The Moment.

The instructions were simple, too simple. Everyone meet at 247 Stuyvesant Avenue at 3pm in BedStuy and be prepared to cook. We were invited to observe as well as participate. It was the first ever Cooklyn Improv, an improvisational food event that brought together amateur chefs consisting of designers, entrepreneurs, bloggers, and food lovers. The result was a seven and a half hour dining experience that began with a room full of strangers and ended with a seven course meal. Maggie Shi takes us through this culinary experiment.

Scout contributor, Aaron Carambula reports on the hyper-inflated currency printed after World War I in Germany known as notgelds or “emergency money.” Regional versions were being printed throughout the country, consisting mostly of nationalistic imagery. Thuringia, the capital of Germany at the time opted for a more refined approach. At just 23 years old, Herbert Bayer was assigned to design the bank notes with a focus on typography and Bauhaus standards. Read more on Speak Up.

If the stars are aligned and the telecommunication gods are working in our favor, we may be able to twitter from the PULSE Art Fair this morning. Reception for our phones haven’t been the best on the west side. Stay tuned…