On the rise

Chapter 1

Beirut’s start-up scene

From the maker of a wildfire-fighting drone to the inventor of a robotic roadie, Monocle’s Beirut correspondent Venetia Rainey meets the city’s entrepreneurs to discover why they’re staying put and how they’re innovating in the face of the country’s business hurdles.

Chapter 2

EyeEm

What’s the future of photography? And in the search for the perfect image will brands and agencies now turn to amateurs instead of pros? We sit down with Lorenz Aschoff, co-founder of Berlin-based start-up EyeEm, to find out.

Chapter 3

The Collective

We visit The Collective to test out a new residential model that offers an intriguing solution to London’s housing crisis. But can millennials be persuaded to adopt a living situation that more closely resembles a young version of a retirement community?