Beirut

MONOCLE was launched by Tyler Brûlé in 2007 as a monthly magazine briefing on glob- al affairs, business, culture, design, and much more. Today, MONOCLE is a complete, media brand with a suite of travel guides under its belt, a 24-hour radio station, a film-rich web- site, retail ventures around the globe, and cafés in Tokyo and London. Besides their London HQ they have seven international bureaux in New York, Toronto, Istanbul, Singapore, Tokyo, Zurich, and Hong Kong. At their core is the simple belief that there will always be a place for a print brand that is committed to telling fresh stories and send- ing photographers on assignments.