End Point / Technology
Observation
Over the Christmas season Monocle will be going up a gear rather than winding down. But of course we’ll still find time to enjoy a glühwein or two in St Moritz.
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Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Tuesday 27 November
Malodorous marketing
Brad Pitt in black and white, staring at me from behind a row of lipsticks in the perfume hall of a London department store. It stopped me in my tracks.
Business / Entrepreneurialism
Well Played
Founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, Lego started life in the wooden toy business. Derived from the Danish words *‘leg’* (play) and *‘godt’* (well), the company’s play-well concept has turned Lego into one of the most…
Affairs / Government
Europe Briefing
Style leader Sandra Roelofs, brain drain in the Czech Republic and election watch Estonia.
Edits / Food & Drink
Ghraoui chocolate
Bassam Ghraoui and his workers defy the Syrian heat to produce exquisitely packaged, award-winning chocolates and fondants. We join them to find out why, for Ghraoui, the future is orange.
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 36
This month’s treats include iced coffee from Japan, Moroccan wine and dog food that sounds so tasty you’ll want to eat it.
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
A round-up of the best books, films and music.
Business / Food & Drink
Dane and Deluca
Emmerys is the kind of food “chain” that we would like to see in every country. Run by Per Brun, each outlet is individual, each product high-quality. It is a unique Nordic mix of chic 7-11 meets Dean & Deluca. Yet its…
Business /
Doggie style
The Japanese are going bonkers over their canines. But with the market for doggie products reaching saturation point, what’s next for the lucrative industry? Funerals and hotels apparently.
Edits / Retail
The real deal
As we sat in Midori House we dreamed of one city where you could do all your Christmas shopping with ease. Then we realised where it was: Vienna.
Culture / Television
Dub be good to me
Across the world there are people who are literally being John Malkovich. Or Homer Simpson or Paris Hilton. And in their home nations the voices of dubbing artists are more famous than those of their Hollywood counterparts…
Affairs / Soft Power
Soft central
Monocle's third annual Soft Power Survey is an attempt to push the debate on where soft power comes from and how to use it. With current shifts in the global power balance, never has it been more relevant.