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Monocle Minute

Technological advances

14 June 2016

Tokyo is about to lose another landmark: the Sony Building in the Ginza shopping district will be torn down next spring. Designed by Yoshinobu Ashihara and completed in 1966, the eight-storey edifice – with five additional…

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The Tech 10 - Growing business

31 October 2017

Freddie Blackett and Ed Barrow’s technology-savvy horticultural firm is blossoming in London. Patch is an online garden centre that identifies the best indoor and outdoor plants for each customer using a unique algorithm…

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The Tech 10 - Publish or peril

27 October 2017

The way we work and digest information may have changed but São Paulo print-lover Samuel Seibel knows the value of a good bookshop. His Livaria Da Villa bookstores have become cultural hubs throughout Brazil.

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Mademoiselle Privé Tokyo - Soo Joo Park

10 November 2019

Korean-American actress and DJ Soo Joo Park explains to Monocle’s editor-in-chief, Tyler Brûlé, how a multicultural upbringing and education helped her to master Chanel’s codes and her fascination when seeing them being…

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The Way to Work - The human-technology interface

28 July 2020

We learn more about some of the technological changes that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated in the world of work – and how organisations and individuals can best navigate them.

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Cold calling

14 December 2017

We seldom stop to think about how our food gets from its source to our plates but, when we do, we realise the mammoth effort involved. Luckily technology is revolutionising the industry and temperature-controlled cargo is…

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Media/Art

21 April 2011

A gallery in Istanbul, a radio for rock star and a Q&A with New-York based art collector Henry Buhl.

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The man of modem

17 May 2008

It creates the ultimate communications equipment that allows everyone from troops in Afghanistan to sailors in the Atlantic to be constantly a call away. And now Thrane & Thrane is finding that information junkies and…

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Inventory No. 8

17 October 2007

Beautiful bookmarks, must-have MP3 players and everything else you should covet over the next month.

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Breath of fresh air

8 December 2016

Despite being conceived in the 1960s, science-and-technology park Sophia Antipolis remains a green and pleasant blueprint for anyone wanting to do business and think big.

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Go go gadgets

10 September 2020

Our working life is going through changes and that’s partly down to the advancements in technology that just keep on coming. From noise-cancelling headphones and wireless chargers to portable speakers and an electric bike…

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Inventory No. 54

17 May 2012

Some of the most coveted items in the Monocle office this month are the Bruno Swiss-designed bike, the Murano glass Happy Pill vases and leather duffle bags by Beastin.

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Inventory No. 41

17 February 2011

A round-up of beautiful and functional objects, including one-man-branded leather wallets and artist-designed backgammon boards.

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Hold the phone

17 August 2023

Meet the man making phone-free spaces happen – in concerts, schools and even courtrooms.

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The Urbanist - Technology in the cities

9 March 2017

From innovations in public lighting to what Madrid’s new Google Campus has done for the city, how has the digital revolution caught up with our cities? Plus: Vienna’s uneasy relationship with technology and a word from our…

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The Tech 10 - Virtual reality

24 October 2017

Bec Brittain opened her eponymous lighting and product-design studio in Brooklyn six years ago. For her designs – such as the Shy Light – she relies on 3D programmes that translate paper models and sketches into reality.