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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…
Novel Ideas – Tsutaya
As the big media store chains disappear, Japan's most successful book, music and magazine seller has opened a project that challenges everyone. We visit the floors of a refreshed retail landscape.
Monocle: The first five years
Five years ago Monocle hit the newsstands. Today it’s at the heart of a very modern media company – but also one with some old-school values. Here is a film that chronicles the first…
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,…
Handmade Retailers
Monocle finds out why children's books sometimes appeal to adults, learns how to boost employment in the regions with a Heidelberg printing press, and muses on the difference between art books and books about…
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…
Museums as Soft Power
“How museums became soft power ambassadors”. Monocle and the V&A hosted a discussion exploring how culture nations. Moderated by Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûle speakers on the panel were: Simon Anholt, independent policy…
Tokyo Designers Week
In the wake of a very difficult year for Japan, Monocle heads to Tokyo for its annual design week to see how the city and country is using craft heritage to attract new business.
