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…
The biannual Pitti Uomo menswear show is a highlight of the fashion calendar but its host country isn’t the force it used to be. That necessitates an unfamiliar focus on expansion into foreign markets – and Japan is first…
Biannual design and homeware treasure trove (and trade show) Maison & Objet brings the great, good and design-minded of the retail world to the Parc des Expositions in Paris each January. Here are a few things that caught…
Taking place in the shadow of a retail slowdown, this year’s Pitti Immagine Uomo nevertheless managed to have an air of solidarity and optimism – the bright and playful clothing on show bucking the usual greys and neutrals…
With its usual array of design news from Italy and beyond, the 54th Salone del Mobile brings furniture's finest players to Milan, while the biannual Euroluce shines with the brightest talent in lighting design. Allow us to…
The largest of its kind, Orgatec is a biannual trade fair that draws office furniture manufacturers from around the globe to the outskirts of Köln. It’s a chance for the industry’s largest names to showcase the office of…
Menswear buyers and brands flock to Pitti Uomo to read the industry tea leaves: who’s buying what, from where and why. This year in Florence African menswear has been brought to the fashion fore with “Generation Africa”,…
The world’s top menswear show, Pitti Uomo, has not escaped the effects of the consumer spending slow-down or big label defections. But the brands on show this summer were taking new directions and exhibiting strong and…
Parisian concept store Merci’s subversive design exhibition Imparfait, Nobody’s Perfect opened this week, just in time for the start of biannual furniture fair Maison et Objet. In an age where many people strive for perf…
Today marks the opening of Euronaval, France’s biannual exhibition of naval technology, which will see 400 exhibitors from 37 countries show off the latest in maritime defence and security over five days. While the event’s…