Saturday 11 September
Anyone who has passed through Cairo during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will have taken one visual memory home with them: the sight of row upon row of lights – flashy, fizzy, gaudy and kitsch – dominating the streets…
Tuesday 13 April
People often remark that you can tell a “good” Salone by the weather: rain might make for wet feet but often coincides with a good show; sun and blue sky, though an altogether more appealing prospect, spells bad news on the…
Specialist scents, made by small artisanal producers, are beginning to make a big splash with retailers and consumers alike, as Monocle discovers on a visit to a Milan trade fair for the niche market.
The Ajeto glassmaking factory makes one-off pieces to commission for artists and designers. Glass master and owner Petr Novotný believes this is the way forward for the industry – not mass production.
Who puts the lead in your pencil? Probably a German firm with a history of making fine writing instruments. And it’s a past these players want to highlight as they do battle with those pesky digital gadgets. Meet the stars…
Spanish shipbuilders have seen out the storms and now, thanks to booming global demand, their order books are full. But as the yards launch ships for the Australian navy and the world’s biggest dredgers, could the tide turn…
Tuesday 12 March
The added sense of identity in a paper notebook is something tablet technology may never be able to replicate.
A centre of perfume making for centuries, the town of Grasse in the South of France is holding on to its reputation as fragrance capital of the world by developing new technology alongside time-honoured traditions.
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.
Recent high-profile security lapses and safety concerns have damaged the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency’s standing. Aware of its PR failings, the body has launched a hunt to find the nuclear industry’s most beautiful…
Everyone from parents to President Putin is attacking the vending and amusement machine industry. As the key players gathered in Europe to launch a counter attack, we were there to see if all their cherries would come up…
Wednesday 16 February
After spending much of his first term taking a cautious approach, New Zealand prime minister John Key has finally raised a very unpopular idea indeed.
Friday 6 August
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.
Friday 23 April
For years Israelis have watched their oil-rich Arab neighbours and envied their abundant energy supplies and the political clout that they bring.
Tuesday 8 December
About 1.3 billion people sitting around the mother of all fires: that’s how I see China in the great climate debate.
The surprising success of the importing of a European artisan cheese culture to China, while a new trend for fine wine also takes off in Hong Kong, and discussions to submit plans to legalise casinos in Japan get underway…
With a rapidly shifting media landscape and declines in newspaper sales, it might seem logical to expect paper mills to be struggling. Not so in the case of northern England’s James Cropper, whose unique colours and spec…
A family-run company, Clarins’s business strategy has always been about making products that are never discontinued but simply improved upon. This has won it a loyal following and helped to set it apart from other cosmetics…
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