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Taipei Cycle Show
The Taipei International Cycle Show is one of the most important bicycle industry events in the world, with nearly 900 exhibitors on hand this year. Held annually at the Nangang Exhibition Center in the…
The Impossible Project
Adaptive Eyewear is a social enterprise that’s working to correct the vision of some of the millions of people in developing nations that have no access to glasses. They do this using a unique…
Bicycle Design
As the concept of urban mobility gains momentum, bike manufacturers are harnessing the world's best industrial designers to re-invent locomotion on two wheels. Monocle's Sarah Balmond reports on design innovation in Copenhagen and Hong…
Thandi Wine
Based in South Africa, Thandi is the first black-owned-and-operated wine collective in the world and also the largest black-owned exporter. Kashfi Halford visits the vineyards in the Southern Cape to meet the people who…
Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
What makes a great hotel manager? Who is shaping the future of hospitality? We visit the famous Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne to observe the service stars of tomorrow as they are put through their…
Gildo Zegna
Editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé welcomes Gildo Zegna, CEO of supreme Italian menswear brand Ermenegildo Zegna, to the Monocle HQ in London to discuss the brand's centenary in 2010 and its longer-term future.
Brasimba beer
For the past eight decades, the Brasimba brewery has provided a rare slice of normality to the people of the DR Congo, a country that has endured a long history of conflict and unrest.…
Q&A: Adrian van Hooydonk
In the run-up to the Frankfurt Motor Show, Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé talks to Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design at BMW, about designing cars to suit the times, consumer expectations and the relationship…
Full speed ahead
Later this year, Barack Obama's transportation secretary Ray LaHood will begin allocating $8 billion to emerging American train systems, with another $5 billion to come over the next five years - the first time…
The School of Life
A curious new shop has appeared in central London. Billed as a cultural apothecary for the mind, The School of Life sells ideas and inspiration, from evening courses to curated holidays, secular sermons to…
