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Monocle Minute

Fair point

30 August 2016

“The future is in Izmir,” or so say the signs that have fluttered all weekend over the most liberal Turkish city on the Aegean Sea. As old as the Republic itself, the Izmir International Fair was the tradeshow that started…

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Fun of the fair

23 March 2017

New York’s art-world innovator Independent is taking its idiosyncratic style to Brussels. We ask some key figures what makes it special.

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Capsule time

17 February 2011

For many, Paris remains the true home of fashion – and a clutch of well-timed, small-scale trade fairs are giving events like Italy’s Pitti Uomo a run for their money.

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Fair play

19 April 2016

A trade show can often be an insular talking shop where industry insiders chatter among themselves about the issues and hot topics affecting their businesses (but few people besides). Imex in Frankfurt, which opens to the…

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The Menu - Modern Georgian cuisine and Lyon’s Sirha trade fair

31 January 2025

We meet Diana Militski, the founder of Kinkally, a restaurant in London championing a modern approach to Georgian cuisine. Then: Michael Booth is at Europe’s biggest food-supplier trade fair in Lyon to get a preview of the…

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Fair play

5 May 2016

New York arguably didn’t have a decent contemporary design fair aimed at collectors until Collective Design was conceived in 2012 and launched the following year. Now housed in the vast Skylight Clarkson Sq – a warehouse…

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Think tank

16 March 2015

Bringing together an explosive mix of military manufacturers and eager customers, the International Defence Exhibition is an all-action trade fair with an attentive audience.

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Monocle on Design - Copenhagen International Fashion Fair: Revolutionising the trade show

17 January 2024

To mark Monocle on Design’s partnership with the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair, we’re taking a look at how one of Europe’s most inspirational trade platforms supports the growth of best-in-class brands from Scand…

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Monocle on Design - London Fashion Week, Habitare trade fair

17 September 2024

Highlights from London Fashion Week and a report from the Habitare trade fair in Finland.

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Show offs

20 October 2016

Monocle visits the annual trade fairs where craft aficionados are upholding traditions such as barrel-making and basket-weaving and forward-looking ceramicists are reinventing the humble tile.

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Garden Party

21 October 2015

We visit the world-leading garden trade fair where budding makers are challenging the supremacy of cheap imports.

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Tools of the trade

30 November 2023

Hermès is at the forefront of a movement to uphold France’s leather-working traditions. We visit its new factory to meet its expert artisans.

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High street revival

20 March 2014

If the atmosphere at the EuroShop trade fair was anything to go by, the death of bricks-and-mortar retail has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the noises coming out of the retail extravaganza suggested that shops are…

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A fair to remember

23 May 2024

We look back at some of the key projects showcased at this year’s Salone del Mobile and ask industry leaders: what comes next?

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Toy story

17 February 2011

This issue our regular Fairplay series on trade fairs from around the world makes a return. Here we visit the Toys & Games Fair in Hong Kong, the second largest exhibition of its kind in the world, where serious-minded…

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Word has it

20 April 2017

Each month we’ll be capturing the signature looks at our favourite trade fairs. This issue the crowd at Art Basel in Hong Kong has something to say.