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Handmade retailers
We love to champion retailers who make a point of differentiating themselves from other stores on the high street. Monocle films travels to Buenos Aires, New York and Budapest to visit specialist shops where…
2nd Cycle – collectable castoffs
In 1935 the founders of Artek drew up a manifesto that the Finnish furniture company still lives by. Their "one chair is enough" slogan promoted a philosophy of consuming in an intelligent way. And…
Retooling Motor City
For decades Detroit has been a poster child of the misfiring American dream but amid block after block of post-industrial decline there are signs that Motor City is jump-starting its economy. Years of under…
The art of getting lost
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…
Seoul Design
Long overshadowed by its neighbours, Seoul's creative community is flourishing as a new generation of designers, artists and entrepreneurs develop projects from product design to theatre spaces. Monocle's Gabriel Leigh travelled to the South…
Neighbourhood: Main Street Life
Continuing our series on neighbourhoods we witness the transformation of a turbulent area in Downtown Johannesburg into a lively, creative community.
Burel: Fabricating felt
We follow the fortunes of a Burel factory frozen in time in Portugal's Serra da Estrela mountains and rescued by local entrepreneurs João Tomás and Isabel Costa.
Make, Do, Change
With the maker movement gathering pace across the United States, we headed to the hilly, vibrant city of San Francisco to see where it all began.
ABACE
Private aviation in China is in its infancy compared to North America and Europe. But demand is growing and this year's Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai saw an industry kicking…
Sheer Genius
Australia's fine Merino wool producers are seeing business take off as demand for high quality fabrics booms around the world. The market is especially strong in Asia, where China now buys the majority of…
