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The Monocle Design Awards 2025: All 50 winners
From handsome Nordic furniture to sleek kitchen appliances, the following 50 designs, people and places are the recipients of Monocle’s annual Design Awards.
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Meet the team behind Milan’s Salone de Mobile
The furniture industry’s prestige annual event relies on the hard work and expertise of a dedicated team.
Design agenda: A Shigeru Ban monograph, Buenos Aires’s colourful regeneration and more
Shigeru Ban: Complete Works 1985 – Today (published by Taschen) celebrates the work of one of Japan’s best-known contemporary architects. Ban studied in the US in the 1970s and 1980s, where he was influenced…
Where are all the design critics these days?
In a world in which everything from film to fashion is discussed in minute detail, there’s a black hole when it comes to talking about design. What’s going on?
Anticàmera, the scouting service that knows Milan’s most secret spots
Though beautiful, Italy’s fashion capital can be a little secretive. Enter Anticàmera.
Snøhetta’s regeneration of a former slaughterhouse into a social hub
A long-abandoned former abattoir in Milan is undergoing a makeover – and its developers are keen to keep the community involved in its rebirth.
Liberty architecture: Italy’s take on art nouveau
In a Milan that is often celebrated its contemporary design scene, Liberty points to another chapter in the city’s lifespan.
We meet Milan design doyenne Carla Sozzani in the city that has shaped her career
An extract from ‘Konfekt’, Monocle’s sister magazine.
Interview: Jordi Canudas on the creation of Marset’s Dripping Light
We discuss the design of the famous lamp with its maker, who inisits that every light has a personal touch.
British designer Lee Broom on lighting as a form of art
There’s no excuse for harsh, clinical lighting when much thought has gone into creating the perfect glow. Exhibit A: These spheres.
South Korean lighting firm ILKW’s bright idea
Combining the beauty of incandescent lights with the efficiency of LEDs is what its owner hopes will take the brand global.
