Nic Monisse
Where ideas have room to breathe: Ten creatives on the personal spaces that shape their work
We meet outstanding architects, artists and designers in spaces that have influenced them, from dance floors to museum halls, to find out how these places have informed their approach to their own practice.
The second edition of our ‘Design Directory’ is a reminder that there is more to the sector than meets the eye
The latest edition of our annual Design Directory is packed with smart reportage and fresh takes. Executive editor Nic Monisse introduces an issue about how design shapes communities and cultures.
The best new homewares, books and accessories for design lovers
From Alessi’s screw-inspired moka pot to Fiio’s Moma-approved cassette player, these are the objects and publications bringing style back into homes.
Inside six spaces around the world where good design means more than aesthetic charm
From an Hermès factory with 260 AI-proof jobs to a Wiltshire hotel that preserves tradition through a modern lens, here are interiors that show how design choices shape where we live, eat and work.
‘Most have lost touch with the reality of the built world.’ Australian designer Henry Wilson on why working with independent makers matters
In a market overrun by banal mass production, the Sydney industrial designer talks sand-casting, working with small foundries and why he would rather live with an object than simply admire it.
Jeanne Autran-Edorh is making the case for a West African architecture rooted in craft, not imports
The co-founder of Studio Neida on celebrating non-Western design roots, working with local artisans and why craft is at risk of disappearing.
What makes a healthy workspace? At Novolife’s Bangkok HQ, blurring the line between office and outdoors goes a long way
When creating the new concrete HQ for the natural pharmaceutical company, Thai design firm Studio Krubka chose to look beyond the office walls and embrace the country’s tropical climate.
A designer’s advice on finding clarity in your career and life: Take that sabbatical
Harry Thaler had long dreamt of going on a sabbatical – so he took a year off. He learnt that it wasn’t an escape from life but a way to recharge it.
From tea house to research organisation: Nice Projects reimagines a Kyoto relic into a laboratory
How do you design for scientists who talk to pickles? The new Kyoto head quarters of Artificial Life Institute is the answer.
This new Bjarke Ingels Group-designed HQ in Denmark combines workplace and showroom
A look inside the doughnut-shaped, low-carbon structure for Danish horticultural logistics company, Dymak.
