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Asia
Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and his highly armoured motorcade, green cities in Japan, and an interview with India's chief economic adviser.
Future makers
Meet the entrepreneurs building a future for Egypt post-Mubarak. Each is attempting to turn crisis into opportunity and help spark a much-needed national economic recovery.
Quick on the draw
The CEO of Japan’s largest entertainment store chain has a peculiar management style. He never gives orders and encourages failure, yet Muneaki Masuda has built a hugely successful business.
Playtype
Typefaces are something of an obsession at Copenhagen design agency e-Types. They’ve recently started selling fonts out of a shop around the corner from their office, the first bricks-and-mortar outlet for typefaces in the…
Second life
While many post-industrial towns languish, Pittsburgh is bucking the trend. Monocle visits its thriving East Liberty neighbourhood to see how the city is becoming a major hi-tech hub and Silicon Valley alternative.
Business
Canadians go south for cheap flights, Shanghai gets virtual supermarkets in its subways, plus Melbourne's laneways get some investment.
More than a moghul
Alexander Lebedev, former politician and owner of the UK’s ‘Independent’ and Russian opposition title ‘Novaya Gazeta’, is not your average oligarch. Here, he tells us why his management style is definitely hands-off.
Rugs to riches
The ‘made in Switzerland’ tag is more associated with precise timekeeping than carpets. But one firm in Altbüron is showing that delivering a high-quality product can go a long way.
Erskineville
Erskineville’s rise as an address for urban professionals hasn’t stripped its character. Old workers’ cottages provide creative living spaces, and Erskineville Road offers attractive shops, restaurants, bars and a prized bakery.
Inventory No. 47
This month Monocle’s most desired products include a training kit to master wine aromas, an oversized skateboard made from a 19th-century library table and two must-have items for coffee addicts.
