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Super modeller
From a childhood obsession with animal bones, Esben Horn has carved out a career creating detailed, large-scale models of bugs and beasts. Now his firm is sought-after around the globe.
Travel
We test Turkey's new high-speed rail service and check upon the Shangri-La hotel in Tokyo. Plus there's our Chicago address book
Buoyed up
The world’s second largest container transporter, the Mediterranean Shipping Company, has managed to sidestep the global slump in trade by diversifying into pleasure cruises.
Design for life?
It’s graduation time in design schools. But will there be jobs for the new talents – and do they deserve them? Monocle asks leading players if we’re creating the designers we need.
Pleasure as business
Since his appointment as CEO of MSC’s pleasure cruise business, Pierfrancesco Vago has seen passenger numbers rocket. He explains what makes his company revolutionary and outlines his predictions for economic recovery.
Business
Why money grows on trees, New Zealand's food moves, Africa's largest wind farm and India's carrier bag ban.
Friends in the north
At the tip of North Africa, a short hop from Sicily, the city of Tunis is enjoying its time in the sun, benefiting from an influx of foreign business and investment.
Floating a new idea
Once consigned to history, the airship is being reinvented for the eco generation. British firm Hybrid Air Vehicles is creating a cargo airship that is spacious, fast and green.
Art market
Fancy a Hockney? We preview the best of New York sales and talk business with the director of the Hong Kong Art Fair.
Track record
Switzerland’s reputation for being the most efficient country in the world is not undeserved: SBB, the state-controlled railways, has a 96 per cent punctuality rate and slick service.
