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Albam, a British start-up, is keeping costs down without turning to factories in China for help.
Monocle reports from the Japanese coal city deserted by 90 per cent of its residents.
Monocle meets the leading lights of the digital media world.
Rebranding Beijing: the Olympic building boom reaches a frenzy.
Monocle visits the Geneva Motor Show, where Nissan reveals a 'new type of car'.
Lady Yvonne Cochrane talks about Beirut's urban planning, architecture and future..
At Baselworld buyers have to convince brands that they're a desirable customer.
Watch our video report from the Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Monocle on how attitudes to the kimono are starting to change in Japan.
In the second part of our series on Europe's borders, we report from the Italian island of Lampedusa. Each year 20,000 immigrants enter the country illegally by sea and 70 per cent of them land on this tiny outpost with a population of just 5,000 locals.
Writer: Ivan Carvalho Photographer: James Reeve
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