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Singapore Airshow 2012
The Singapore Airshow has become one of the premier exhibitions of military hardware and defence technology in the world. The event is a key focal point for a booming Asian aerospace market across commercial…
ISPO – Mountain Fit
As fashion brands plunder the world of sports for ideas Monocle's film crew headed to ISPO - the leading trade fair devoted to sports - to discover new ideas and hi-tech advancements.
Secure Influence, Charleston
In a former jail, now home to the American College of Building Arts, students are learning traditional restoration techniques and preserving their city of Charleston, South Carolina, in the process. David Kaufman visits the…
THE MONOCLE BRIEFINGS: Craftsmanship
Some cities come to mind straight away when you think of craft and design, but it's also true that untapped markets offer opportunities for entrepreneurship. We talk to designers and artisans in Shanghai, Bradford,…
THE MONOCLE BRIEFINGS: Barbers’ Tales
From a barber in Beirut’s scholarly district to a hairdresser in a Hong Kong alleyway, we get a hair cut in four cities. They might be in very different locations, but they each give…
Playtype
Typefaces are something of an obsession at Copenhagen design agency e-Types. They’ve recently started selling fonts out of a shop around the corner from their office, the first bricks-and-mortar outlet for typefaces in the…
Power play
The auto industry is facing a moment of significant technological and social change as electric power begins to gather pace in its charge against fossil fuels. Monocle reports from the Frankfurt motor show on…
Q&A: Ray LaHood
The US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has the task of getting the nation on to high-speed rail and persuading the country's airlines to up their game. In Washington he tells our editor, Andrew Tuck,…
Aircraft Interiors Expo
Hamburg is a hub for aircraft interiors, making it a natural place to hold the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo. A marketplace for everything you could possibly put in an aircraft, this is where the…
New York Auto Show
The New York Auto Show doesn’t quite attract the media attention of the season-opener in Detroit, but for consumers it’s by far the bigger event. Monocle looks at the role of the regional auto…
