Business / Sport
Muscle display
The fitness industry appears to be outrunning the economic downturn. At the Fibo trade show in Essen in April, optimism was high – and so was the number of million-euro equipment deals.
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Business / Society
Pray & display
Poland remains one of Catholicism’s European bastions, where the religious market is thriving. Trade fair SacroExpo is a kitsch celebration of everything from souped-up confessional boxes to huge church bells – via an…
Affairs / Health
Monocolumn
Sunday 26 June
Sino-Indian rapprochement… through the medium of yoga
If further proof were needed of China’s boom, it was on display last week in a Guangzhou hall, sporting garish shades of locally branded lycra.
The Urbanist, episode 29
Signs of the times: a survey of how everything from billboards on skyscrapers to the dazzling advertising displays in Times Square help colour our cities.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 19 December
Fishing for compliments
As celebrations go, it was an unusual display: a Japanese politician who had just been re-elected to parliament, beaming for the television cameras while waving a dead fish.
The Curator, episode 8
Hugo Macdonald picks an interview with author Sam Leith, a trip to a Lebanese microbrewery and a reflection from Tyler Brûlé on Christmas window displays.
The Stack, episode 4
David Hepworth talks us through the future of rock publishing, we discuss the art of magazine display, and visit the World Newspaper Congress in Kiev.
Culture / Arts
Finishing touches
The Rijksmuseum’s overhaul has taken 10 long years. However, it is finally ready to reopen its doors to reveal an interior revamp that is almost as impressive as the wealth of art it so beautifully displays.
Design / Watches
One to watch
The BaselWorld watch fair is ticking over nicely. With watchmakers posting healthy profits, everything from jewel-encrusted timepieces to golden age classics are on display. And the trade chatter? Chinese and Brazilian…
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 24 March
Seal hunt protests
On 15 March, Canadian embassies and consulates around the world were subjected to rare displays of political theatre, much of it both angry and scantily clad.
Business / Society
On the pulse
Medica is the world’s largest healthcare trade fair. This year 4,360 companies displayed the latest must-haves for the 21st-century doctor from souped-up ambulances to rather too realistic anatomical models
Business / Retail
Weapons of mass attraction
Modern warfare is not simply divided between conventional and nuclear, guerrilla or acts of terrorism. It’s a complicated mix of all these and more. But what to buy to defend yourself? Every two years, defence firms gather…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Thursday 27 January
Young Ugandans weary of world’s pothole capital
Kampala’s moneyed youth mill round a photography exhibition, quaffing wine and debating the works on show. But this is no ordinary exhibition and these are no ordinary conversations. The exhibition displays photographs of…
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Tuesday 22 November
For flyers, Christmas is no season to be jolly
Christmas is near. You can see it all around you. High streets are draped with sparkling light displays, shops are starting to spew out Yuletide classics, and – thank heavens – you can find mulled wine almost anywhere.
Culture / Arts
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand, one of Germany's most iconic contemporary artists, is the focus of a new exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Demand's work is inspired by photographs that have become memories, recreated as…
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 8 April
Weekend Agenda: 9/10 April 2011
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global round-up of the key cultural events to occupy your Saturday and Sunday.
Business / Aviation
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 July
Farnborough Air Show reaches new heights
It was the big jets that got the attention as the 2010 Farnborough Air Show got underway this week, and the bulk of the gazes were directed at one in particular: Boeing’s 787.
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Monday 11 April
The Salone series: Viva Italia at the Triennale
Each year Milan’s Salone continues to sprawl into more of the city’s neighbourhoods, with more events, cocktails and sideshows to lure visitors away from the never-ending Rho fairgrounds. One of this year’s must-sees of…
Business / Graphic Design
Signs of the times
You may not know its name but chances are you use its designs every week. Italian company Solari revolutionised train and airport information boards in the 1950s and continues to innovate with LCD-screen and punch-card…