Monocle Business
By Monocle
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Devoted to identifying opportunities and inspiring the reader.
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| 1 | VideoNeighbourhood: Main Street Life | Continuing our series on neighbourhoods we witness the transformation of a turbulent area in Downtown Johannesburg into a lively, creative community. | 21 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoABACE 2012 | Private aviation in China is in its infancy compared to North America and Europe. But demand is growing and this year's Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai saw an industry kicking in to high gear in the region. Monocle heads to the show to understand the sector’s potential. | 3 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoGeneva Motor Show 2012 | This year's Geneva Motor Show arrived in style, with its luxury launches and all-singing, all-dancing attractions often diverting attention away from the actual cars. But it was also a solid year for sensible motoring, with many models you could drive home in without feeling too guilty about the carbon tyre-tracks. | 19 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoSheer Genius | Australia's fine Merino wool producers are seeing business take off as demand for high quality fabrics booms around the world. The market is especially strong in Asia, where China now buys the majority of Australian wool exports. Monocle heads out to Boorowa and Yass in the New South Wales countryside to visit the wool farmers. | 8 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoSingapore Airshow | 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 and executive sectors. Monocle headed to the Changi Exhibition Centre to see what’s on offer. | 23 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoISPO – 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. | 8 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoPower play | As the auto industry faces significant technological and social change, Monocle reports from the Frankfurt motor show on the effect this is having on car design. | 26 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoEbace | The private flight market is still waiting for a real recovery but no one has given up yet. Monocle visits the annual private aviation exhibition EBACE. | 21 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoAircraft Interiors Expo | Hamburg is a hub for aircraft interiors, making it a natural place to hold the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo. Gabriel Leigh finds out what’s new inside airplanes. | 25 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoNew York Auto Show | Monocle looks at the role of the regional auto show in car manufacturer’s global marketing mix. | 13 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoBaselworld Watch Fair 2011 | Taking place each spring, the BaselWorld trade fair continues to be the leading light in the global watch and jewellery industry. | 5 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoGeneva Motor Show 2011 | A look at the highlights from the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. | 23 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoPitti Uomo | Monocle's Jonathan Openshaw travels to Florence to find out what fashion has in store for male consumers this autumn. | 22 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoPro Montagna | Monocle reports from Vienna on the importance of cultivating a culture of craft. | 16 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoTrångsviken | Monocle expolores how the Swedish town of Trångsviken is developing a reputation for breeding serial entrepreneurs. | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoBabers’ 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. | 3 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoKenzo Estate | The Kenzo Estate in Napa Valley, California, is owned by Kenzo Tsujimoto, founder of video games giant Capcom. | 30 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoStyle directory - Shopkeepers | Monocle travels to London, Madrid and New York to visit independent shopkeepers who are raising the bar in menswear retailing. | 26 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoBlatt Chaya | Lebanese retiree Edgar Chaya got into the tile-making trade by chance, after stumbling upon a suitcase belonging to a great uncle. | 18 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoPrinzessinnengarten | We spend a day on the farm in deepest Berlin to find out how urban agriculture is taking root in the German capital. | 12 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoFarnborough Air Show | It was good news in general for the airline industry as the 2010 Farnborough Air Show took place this week. Most major manufacturers, both commercial and military, were represented. Monocle travelled to Farnborough to take it all in. | 23 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoAdaptive Eyewear | 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. | 3 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoThe Impossible Project | Four years ago Polaroid halted production at its factory in the Netherlands. The digital revolution was making its film obsolete - or so Polaroid believed. But Austrian entrepreneur Florian Kaps and Polaroid factory manager André Bosman thought otherwise. | 29 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoRapha Cycle Club | The Rapha Cycle Club is a pop-up shop, café, gallery and meeting spot for road-racing enthusiasts in London. | 25 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoTaipei Cycle Show | The Taipei International Cycle Show is one of the most important bicycle industry events in the world. | 19 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoEBACE | Private aviation has had a rough couple of years but now the business jet appears to be coming back into favour. | 13 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoGeneva Motor Show 2010 | At this year's Geneva Motor Show it was all about scaling down, and everyone from Chevrolet to Ferrari were going green. | 20 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoEcole hôtelière de Lausanne | What makes a great hotel manager? Who is shaping the future of hospitality? | 30 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoThandi 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 have grown the brand. | 8 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoQ&A: 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. | 21 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoBrasimba beer | Lubumbashi, the capital of the Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is home to one of the country's largest breweries. | 23 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoGaleria Leme | Five years ago, in a graffiti-painted corner of São Paulo inhabited by cross-dressers, Eduardo Leme opened an art gallery showing provocative, conceptual Brazilian art. His pioneering approach is paying off, as Galeria Leme is now expanding and its success is helping regenerate the area. | 5 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoStumptown Printers | Inside Stumptown Printers, in an old industrial building near Portland's docklands, the small team works lovingly with beautiful old brass and iron printing presses, making carefully crafted CD cases for artists in the US and Europe who care what their music packaging looks like. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoMotoya Express | More and more Tokyo residents are switching from tea to coffee. And in some cases, it’s thanks to Motoko Ito who runs a small fleet of yellow vans which sell lovingly brewed lattes at key points around the city. | 21 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoNorton & Sons | Step inside the Savile Row tailoring house that has modernised without losing a drop of its heritage. Norton and Sons young, new owner, Patrick Grant, personally picks his cloths from some of Britain's best mills. | 17 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoGenoa Boat Show | Monocle's Ivan Carvalho visits this year's Genoa Boat Show to learn how makers of pleasure craft are making evasive manoeuvres by pitching pro-environment messages and updating cabin interiors with big names from the world of design. | 17 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoBaselworld Watch Fair | With sales of timepieces falling by 20 per cent in the first few months of this year, watchmakers are remaining confident by looking to their archives. Monocle's Ivan Carvalho reports from Baselworld. | 5 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoGeneva Motor Show | Car sales around the world are in freefall but the global economy is not the only problem - too many vehicles are design disasters. | 19 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoThe 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 psychotherapy. Saul Taylor reports from the heart of Bloomsbury on the enterprise that gives new meaning to the phrase 'retail therapy'. | 3 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoHotel Nimb | Recently reopened in Copenhagen's Tivoli gardens, Nimb has provided the city with a badly needed asset - an outstanding hotel. Furnished with the best, locally sourced materials and bespoke Danish designs, the family-run business is obsessive about quality and provenance. There's even an on-site dairy so guests can be sure their yoghurt is fresh. Monocle visits the hotel that is raising the bar in Denmark and beyond. | 9 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoThe Bookseller of Beirut | As anywhere, Lebanon's independent bookstores have slowly been eaten up by big, bland chains. Set in the once thriving district of Hamra, Esquire stands out as a slightly dusty, but proud, pillar of independence. Today its income comes largely from newspapers, magazines and books on Lebanon's modern history. Yet what makes Esquire so charming is the treasure trove of racy paperback novels from the seventies. Monocle's Robert Bound reports. | 18 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoEBACE | Smaller, faster, comfier and even cheaper - private aircraft of all shapes, sizes and price points were on offer at the EBACE aviation expo in Geneva. With sales on this side of the Atlantic still brisk, Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé picks his best in show. There's more on the entire aviation sector in the June 2008 issue of the magazine. | 29 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoBaselworld Watch Fair | Baselworld, the biggest watch fair on earth, is where aficionados drool over exquisitely made tourbillons, escapements and overcoils, and where luxury watchmakers pick and choose the buyers they believe are worthy of their wares. Monocle visited the 91-year-old expo to see the latest horological must-haves. | 15 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoGeneva Motor Show | Green credentials and energy efficiency were the buzzwords at the glitzy annual Geneva Motor Show, now in its 78th year. But the real show-stopper was Nissan's latest project, its luxury sub-brand Infiniti, set to launch in Europe this year. Toyota's Lexus will be watching very closely as Nissan takes the wraps off its new FX, touted as a whole new type of car. | 4 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoCracking the market | Al Rifai – the 'Rolls-Royce of nut companies' – is famous throughout the Middle East for its perfectly roasted pistachios and giant cashews. Now the Lebanese company has opened a Swedish HQ as it attempts to break into the European market with its premium products. Monocle travels to Helsingborg to see how heir apparent Moussa Al Rifai Jr is developing this iconic family business. | 21 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoQ&A with Jürg Peritz | Swiss retailer Coop has opened a supermarket just outside Zürich for the discerning shopper. Not only is the company promoting provenance and sustainability with its products, but it is also building stores that raise the bar for green architecture. Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé talks to Jürg Peritz, Coop's head of marketing and purchasing, about selling Swissness and why it's time to let in the daylight. | 17 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoEataly | "Buy, taste and learn about the best foods all under the same roof." That's the slogan of Oscar Farinetti's super-market Eataly, which opened earlier this year in Turin. Housed in a former vermouth factory, Eataly offers the finest artisanal produce from Italian suppliers, all selected with the assistance of Slow Food Italia and accompanied by lovingly compiled details of its provenance and production. You can even learn how to cook the dishes on offer in the numerous on-site cafés and bars. Monocle sent Ivan Carvalho to sample the fior di latte. | 19 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoBrand Lexus: Turning up the J-factor | Rewind to 1980 and the idea of a Japanese luxury car brand would have been unthinkable. Today, Toyota's Lexus division has become a dominant force in the US luxury market and wants to do the same in Europe. Monocle's Editor in chief reckons they need to start exploiting their Japanese roots to make this happen. | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoFrankfurt Motor Show | Frankfurt's biannual motor show is where the big guns roll out their great hopes for the future. While quality and newness are touchstones, global warming was the hot topic and "hybrid" the buzz word. Monocle's Robert Bound reports on the 62nd International Motor Show. | 24 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoPerfect High Street | Everyone loves an urban village but few cities know quite how to get the mix of retail, services and residents right. Monocle has taken inspiration from its favourite neighbourhoods to engineer the perfect precinct. | 21 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoQ&A: Matteo di Montezemolo | Poltrona Frau are one of Italy's most interesting groups, and certainly didn't disappoint at 2007's Salone del Mobile, with a massive stand and strong product range. Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé talks to CEO Matteo di Montezemolo about the importance of the Salone to the group, and their broader ambitions. | 15 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoConstructing the future | The Gantenbein Winery, in Fläsch, Switzerland, has been the prototype for an entirely new approach to bricklaying: using modified industrial robots. Traditionally, the promise of industrial robots has been that they would replace the human workforce. But these projects, led by the Architecture and Digital Fabrication laboratory at ETH Zürich, demonstrate a different result: architects are free to create designs and patterns of a precision that simply could not be achieved by hand. Monocle spoke to Professors Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, who have been collaborating on the project with partners Keller AG and Bearth & Deplazes, about what it means for both building and buildings, and the industry's initial reaction to a prospective army of robot builders. | 15 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoQ&A: Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, CEO of Lego | Founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, Lego started life in the wooden toy business. Derived from the Danish words 'leg' (play) and 'godt' (well), the company's play-well concept has turned Lego into one of the most recognised premium toy brands in the world, and one of Denmark's most iconic companies. An assault from the electronic gaming industry and evaporating play time in Lego's key age groups means that both Lego and its competitors are having a tough time on shop shelves. Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé talks to Lego CEO, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, at the company's innovation centre in Billund, Denmark. | 15 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 53 Episodes |
