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Business Briefing— Global
Preface
A new airline that aims to turn Tibet into a Chinese transport hub, an entrepreneur with an antique printing press, and a new type of contract lens that's a sight for sore eyes.
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01Iran tourism
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02Eye-popping design
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03One of a type
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04One of a type
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Business / Technology
Balmy army
Issue 32
Guam’s population will increase by almost half in 2014 when the US military relocates to this tropical paradise from Japan’s Okinawa. It’s a milestone in the island’s history and a development boom is under way.
Edits / Technology
The man of modem
Issue 14
It creates the ultimate communications equipment that allows everyone from troops in Afghanistan to sailors in the Atlantic to be constantly a call away. And now Thrane & Thrane is finding that information junkies and…
Edits / Technology
Inventory No. 8
Issue 8
Beautiful bookmarks, must-have MP3 players and everything else you should covet over the next month.
Business / Technology
Sunny outlook
Issue 33
The Mojave desert receives more sunlight than anywhere else in the US, so plans for it to become a solar-power ‘Saudi Arabia’ seem spot on. But while many recession-hit locals are in full support, others are casting a…
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Edits / Technology
Inventory no.24
Issue 24
Things we've got our eye on this month: Pijama sleeves for sleeping laptops, nice white footwear from Sweden and Mallocran salty treats.
Culture / Technology
Future forward
Issue 39
As the pace of technology speeds on full-throttle, four media visionaries describe how new developments will influence how we produce and consume news in 2011. And while they may have different views, one thing’s agreed:…
Design / Technology
Robot college
Issue 14
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology is Asia’s MIT or Cambridge, and determined to be as well-known. Its innovation – and robot humanoids – proves it to be worthy of the task.
Affairs / Technology
Portal combat
Issue 36
Warfare in the 21st century is as likely to be fought on computer screens as it is on battlefields. Monocle goes to Estonia to meet the web wizards preventing hackers and ‘cyber-jihadis’ from attacking Nato member states…
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Edits / Technology
Inventory No. 54
Issue 54
Some of the most coveted items in the Monocle office this month are the Bruno Swiss-designed bike, the Murano glass Happy Pill vases and leather duffle bags by Beastin.
Edits / Technology
Inventory No. 41
Issue 41
A round-up of beautiful and functional objects, including one-man-branded leather wallets and artist-designed backgammon boards.
Business / Technology
Pride of place
Issue 46
It may not have the instant global brand recognition of some of its competitors but white goods company V-Zug is proving that precision and attention to detail go a long way – benefits of the “Made in Switzerland” tag.
Culture / Technology
Media/Art Briefing
Issue 43
A gallery in Istanbul, a radio for rock star and a Q&A with New-York based art collector Henry Buhl.