Affairs / Soft Power
Dungaree diplomats
When a flood devastates Uganda or an earthquake strikes Pakistan, Germany’s THW gets some of the first aid workers on the ground. Mostly volunteers, they are part of Germany’s soft power arsenal.
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Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 December
The engine of the new economy
If it’s true that information is the only natural resource Germany has to offer, then Berlin is quickly moving from the equivalent of mining city to refinery.
Design / Technology
Robot college
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 / Investments
Monocolumn
Wednesday 21 October
Iraq opens for business
American troops are leaving Iraq, but the engineers, hotel architects and database managers are heading in.
Design / Manufacturing
Little wonder
Japan’s mini-car boom was rooted in affordability, low taxation and aesthetic myopia. Then Honda handed its new mini-car project to an F1 engineer, who surprised everyone by putting high-spec design at the heart of the kei…
Business / Automotive
Monocolumn
Thursday 15 September
Frankfurt Motor Show – the future looks a bit like the past
There is hardly a whiff of diesel or rumble of engine at the 64th version of Frankfurt’s IAA Motor show, which opened yesterday.
Design / Industry
Monocolumn
Friday 6 August
DIY and the death of design
The Industrial Designers Society of America’s annual International Conference brings some 600 designers, engineers and professional thinkers from around the world to Portland this weekend.
The Monocle Daily, episode 97
Germany threatens the way search engines work, a report on a unique resort in Austria, and Jonathan Openshaw discusses Basel’s World Watch And Jewellery Show.
Edits / Retail
Inventory no.64
Keep your engine oiled, your table tidy and your tache trimmed with our specially chosen products this month.
Design / Automotive
Driving test
Whether it is solid German engineering at Hochschule Pforzheim, new technologies at the RCA in London or size limitations at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, what rolls off students’ drawing boards today could…
Design / Architecture
Hidden gem
When architect Angelo Bucci was asked to design a holiday home that wouldn’t disrupt the forest or beach in Ubatuba, he came up with a house that is a masterpiece of engineering.
Edits / Health
Revitalising retreats
Be it yoga in Brazil or hot springs in Japan, these destinations won’t recharge your batteries – they’ll replace them with hybrid engines.
The Briefing, episode 73
Why Nicolas Sarkozy trails in French election polls, voters in East Timor choose their own election runners and we discuss the latest in engineering technology.
Business / Emerging Markets
Business Briefing
Sydney's business district's new waterfront development, why Brazilian biofuels make a good investment, and how sustainable engineering is benefiting Africa.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Wednesday 9 May
The joy of going underground
Every now and then, usually after another weekend of engineering works on the London Underground, I reacquaint myself with my bicycle, which has been gathering dust in the hallway throughout the winter.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 47
We talk to a former Rolls-Royce engineer Tom Cecil, now committed to designing the perfect hipflask, and get management tips from Hublot’s Jean-Claude Biver.
Business / Industry
Under growth
With roads gridlocked, delivering goods in the world’s cities is a growing problem. One engineer believes the answer lies in underground Victorian-style pneumatic pipes and he has some powerful backers.
Design / Start-ups
Fresh start
Setting up shop on your own after three decades at a leading engineering firm is a huge leap of faith. But for Cecil Balmond, who runs a nascent design company with his daughter, it seemed like the logical step.
Affairs / Government
Perfect parliament
This issue’s theme is all about how to engineer the perfect parliament. Monocle has surveyed the globe and come up with a master plan for a well-run chamber full of lively debate.
Business / Industry
The X-tractor
In the next in our series decoding the DNA of success – of anything – we visit a 90-year-old tractor firm in northern Italy that through innovation and careful brand acquisition has quietly remained an engineering power…