01A Crye Precision helmet showing where a bullet was deflected
02John Sharian, quality manager, with rolls of MultiCam webbing
03G3 Field Shirt
04Pattern-cutting at Brooklyn HQ
05MultiCam straps
06Designing a prototype
07Sean Gordon, designer
08Material swatches for Crye products
09Digital design process
10Cutting by hand
11CAGE Armor Chassis armoured vest at final stage of production
12Sewing MultiCam
13MultiCam samples
14Caleb Crye and Gregg Thompson
15Sewing MultiCam
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17Mat Heyner, head of automated cutting
18Ready for shipping
19Working on new ideas
The US military has long used a type of camouflage pattern designed according to the type of terrain in which it will be used. Now, a Brooklyn-based company has persuaded it to try a new way of (not) seeing things.
Issue 37
The Japanese prerfecture that leads the world that leads there world in LED making, the American company that keeps judges well-robed, and the Berlin coffee geeks on a cappuccino high.
Issue 28
Bree Street’s affordable rents and industrial past mean design schools stand next to car mechanics and menswear boutiques alongside panel beaters. The contrasts are beautiful.
Issue 51
Fine fleeces /Having faltered during the 1990s, the Australian Merino wool industry is seeing a resurgence on the back of a growing luxury market in China and it’s proving a welcome boost to Brand Australia along the way…
Issue 46
Take two retail visionaries, one Tokyo store space and one great idea, and you’ve got the Good Design Shop, a concept store made to change the way people consume.
Issue 44
While their politicians dither, Palestinians are developing a vibrant economy and creating a brand for their yet-to-be-created nation. Monocle meets the new generation of optimists.
Issue 41
The remote Alaskan outpost of Unalaska boasts the US’s biggest commercial port, thanks to a hugely profitable fishing season. And don’t forget the oil industry and a hit TV series...
Issue 59
Spain’s economic woes are creating a spirited entrepreneurial culture in its capital. We meet the people turning their fortunes around and revitalising neighbourhoods in the process, and speak to the mayor about the new…
Issue 41
Estonian robots, Lebanon's Maxime Chaya and wine sales in South America
Issue 45
Beirut's first street atlas creates order out of chaos, Nairobi gets an airport "bush hotel" and Lagos motorists get some hi-tech help to avoid traffic.
Issue 63
What do a textiles business in Japan, a UK shoemaker, a fashion firm in Italy and a publishing company in Lebanon have in common? They are all examples of brands whose obituaries had been written until new life was breathed…
Issue 10
British microbrand Finisterre has introduced some blue-sea thinking into a global surfwear market that’s worth around €9bn a year. It produces just six high-tech, low-impact garments and when the surf’s up, the team grab…
Issue 44
While still a schoolgirl, Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele was representing her family firm Chopard and visiting clients including Imelda Marcos. With her brother and her parents actively involved, business is full of kindred…
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